Denver Nuggets vs Cleveland Cavaliers 114-126 — Dec 5, 2024 Box Score & Stats | stat.space

Denver

Nuggets

114

–

126

FINAL

Cleveland

Cavaliers

Date

Thursday, December 5, 2024

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
DEN	27	5	25	27	114
CLE	37	10	36	24	126

Game MVPs

Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet

Key Contributor

Sam Merrill

CLE

PTS

REB

AST

+12

+/−

Key Contributions

Deflections4

Contested Shots2

Loose Balls1

Opp FG% When Defending25.0%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.09

Impact Composite80.4

Hustle: 12.5Defense: 65.3Impact: 2.6

4 deflections+12 plus/minusheld opponents to 25.0% FGonly 3 pts allowed on 32.7 possessions

Box Score MVP

Donovan Mitchell

CLE

PTS

REB

AST

+21

+/−

Game Performance

FG11-24 (45.8%)

3PT6-10

FT0-0

TS%58.3%

eFG%58.3%

STL2

BLK2

TOV5

ORTG121

DRTG93

NET+28

6-10 from 35 deflections+21 plus/minusonly 23 pts allowed on 60.1 possessions

Box Score

DEN	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Jamal Murray	41:37	19	4	1	6	1	0	1	0	7-16	44%	1-3	33%	4-5	80%	-10
Christian Braun	39:11	10	4	0	0	2	2	2	2	4-10	40%	0-3	0%	2-2	100%	+2
Nikola Jokić	38:40	27	20	3	11	3	0	3	3	13-26	50%	0-3	0%	1-1	100%	-8
Michael Porter Jr.	37:36	24	7	2	2	3	2	4	0	8-15	53%	3-6	50%	5-6	83%	+1
Aaron Gordon	34:21	18	7	2	2	0	0	2	1	8-13	62%	0-2	0%	2-4	50%	+1
BENCH
Peyton Watson	18:13	4	4	0	1	2	0	1	3	1-3	33%	1-2	50%	1-2	50%	-13
Russell Westbrook	15:55	10	3	1	3	1	1	2	1	4-9	44%	1-3	33%	1-2	50%	-15
Julian Strawther	11:42	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1-4	25%	0-2	0%	0-0	0%	-14
Zeke Nnaji	2:45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-4
TOTAL	—	114	49	9	25	12	5	15	13	46-96	48%	6-24	25%	16-22	73%	—

DeAndre Jordan —

Hunter Tyson —

Dario Saric —

Jalen Pickett —

PJ Hall —

CLE	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Jarrett Allen	35:22	8	15	4	6	2	0	2	1	3-5	60%	0-0	0%	2-2	100%	+5
Darius Garland	33:15	24	0	0	4	0	0	1	3	9-20	45%	3-10	30%	3-3	100%	-1
Donovan Mitchell	32:56	28	3	1	6	2	2	5	4	11-24	46%	6-10	60%	0-0	0%	+21
Evan Mobley	32:15	20	9	4	4	3	0	1	1	7-11	64%	3-5	60%	3-6	50%	+13
Caris LeVert	26:57	21	3	0	6	1	0	1	0	7-11	64%	5-6	83%	2-4	50%	+17
BENCH
Sam Merrill	20:33	8	5	0	2	1	0	1	2	3-8	38%	2-7	29%	0-0	0%	+12
Dean Wade	18:41	5	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	2-5	40%	1-4	25%	0-1	0%	-8
Georges Niang	16:22	5	4	0	0	0	1	2	2	2-4	50%	1-3	33%	0-0	0%	+17
Ty Jerome	12:01	4	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	2-4	50%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	-11
Isaac Okoro	11:38	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	1-2	50%	1-2	50%	0-0	0%	-5
TOTAL	—	126	47	9	32	9	3	15	17	47-94	50%	22-48	46%	10-16	63%	—

Jaylon Tyson —

Tristan Thompson —

JT Thor —

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

DEN46/96 (48%)

Paint

38/62 (61%)

Mid

6/15 (40%)

3PT

6/24 (25%)

RA 58%ATB3 32%Paint 61%Mid 17%Corner 3 0%

CLE47/94 (50%)

Paint

20/35 (57%)

Mid

8/17 (47%)

3PT

23/50 (46%)

ATB3 42%RA 58%Paint 50%Corner 3 67%Mid 50%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

View:

Primary Matchup

Jarrett Allen

defended Nikola Jokić

10.6 min • 2 pts • 33%

Best Defender

Dean Wade

held Michael Porter Jr.

2.9 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Donovan Mitchell

vs Jamal Murray

2.0 min • 11 pts • 50%

CLE Defense	Aaron Gordon	Christian Braun	Jamal Murray	Julian Strawther	Michael Porter Jr.	Nikola Jokić	Peyton Watson	Russell Westbrook	Zeke Nnaji
Jarrett Allen	—	—	1.5m 0pts 0%	—	1.0m 4pts 100%	10.6m 2pts 33%	—	—	—
Darius Garland	1.8m 0pts 0%	2.7m 5pts 67%	4.1m 4pts 67%	—	1.6m 5pts 50%	1.1m 3pts 20%	—	1.0m 2pts 100%	—
Evan Mobley	4.9m 3pts 50%	1.6m 5pts 67%	2.2m 7pts 100%	—	1.2m 2pts 50%	2.1m 0pts 0%	—	—	—
Donovan Mitchell	2.5m 2pts 33%	3.6m 8pts 38%	2.0m 11pts 50%	—	—	—	3.7m 2pts 50%	—	—
Caris LeVert	—	2.0m 3pts 100%	1.8m 7pts 75%	—	3.1m 3pts 100%	—	—	2.9m 3pts 25%	—
Dean Wade	1.0m 2pts 50%	1.3m 3pts 100%	1.5m 0pts 0%	—	2.9m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—
Sam Merrill	—	1.9m 0pts 0%	1.6m 0pts 0%	2.0m 3pts 100%	—	—	—	—	—
Isaac Okoro	—	—	—	—	2.6m 3pts 50%	—	—	—	—
Georges Niang	—	—	1.3m 0pts 0%	1.3m 2pts 100%	—	—	—	—	—
Ty Jerome	1.2m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other	2.5m 2pts 50%	2.7m 2pts 33%	—	1.4m 8pts 100%	2.9m 2pts 33%	2.1m 3pts 33%	3.4m 6pts 100%	—	1.2m 2pts 50%

Game Flow

Win Probability

CLE win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data

DEN

50/50

CLE

Highest Leverage Moments

SUB out: C. LeVert

Q2 9:15

22.4%

62→85

SUB out: C. LeVert

Q3 12:00

22.4%

85→62

D. Mitchell lost ball TURNOVER (4 TO)

Q2 9:06

11.9%

73→85

D. Garland shooting personal FOUL (2 PF) (Murray 1 FT)

Q2 6:30

11.9%

85→73

A. Gordon cutting DUNK (14 PTS) (N. Jokić 6 AST)

Q3 10:34

10.9%

77→66

Denver Nuggets 114 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 126 — December 5, 2024 Box Score