Newer meeting, Feb 9: CLE 119, DEN 117

Cleveland Cavaliers vs Denver Nuggets: player stats

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

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Game leaders

DEN

Points
Cleveland Cavaliers: Donovan Mitchell33 PTS10-17 FG, 6-12 3P, 7-7 FT
Denver Nuggets: Jamal Murray27 PTS10-20 FG, 3-6 3P, 4-4 FT
Rebounds
Cleveland Cavaliers: Jarrett Allen10 REB3 OREB, 7 DREB
Denver Nuggets: Nikola Jokic14 REB3 OREB, 11 DREB
Assists
Cleveland Cavaliers: Darius Garland7 AST25 PTS, 2 TOV
Denver Nuggets: Nikola Jokic13 AST27 PTS, 1 TOV

The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Denver Nuggets 149-135 on December 27, 2024 at Ball Arena. Donovan Mitchell led the Cleveland Cavaliers with 33 points; Jamal Murray scored 27 for the Denver Nuggets.

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Cleveland Cavaliers
Darius GarlandG	32:00	25	2	7	10-18	2-8	3-4	4	0	2	1	+13
Jarrett AllenC	31:00	22	10	4	10-13	0-0	2-2	3	1	2	2	+18
Evan MobleyF-C	31:00	26	5	6	9-13	4-6	4-6	0	1	1	4	-1
Donovan MitchellG	30:00	33	5	6	10-17	6-12	7-7	1	0	3	2	+4
Dean WadeF	26:00	11	3	5	3-4	3-4	2-2	0	2	1	1	+19
Max StrusG	24:00	5	5	1	2-6	1-4	0-0	1	0	1	4	-5
Caris LeVertG	23:00	13	3	3	5-10	3-4	0-0	0	1	0	1	+3
Sam MerrillG	19:00	9	3	0	3-4	3-4	0-0	0	2	0	1	+10
Georges NiangF	16:00	3	1	3	1-5	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	1	-4
Ty JeromeG	7:00	2	0	4	1-6	0-3	0-1	1	0	0	0	+15
Jaylon TysonG-F	2:00	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	-2
Team	241	149	38	40	54-96	23-48	18-22	10	7	10	17

DNP: Luke Travers, Craig Porter, Isaac Okoro, JT Thor, Tristan Thompson, Emoni Bates

Denver Nuggets box score
Denver Nuggets
Jamal MurrayG	40:00	27	3	11	10-20	3-6	4-4	2	0	4	3	-9
Nikola JokicC	36:00	27	14	13	12-19	0-3	3-4	3	0	1	1	-15
Michael Porter Jr.F	32:00	18	4	3	6-11	5-8	1-2	0	0	1	5	-5
Christian BraunG	32:00	16	2	1	7-9	2-4	0-0	1	0	1	4	-21
Russell WestbrookG	30:00	11	4	7	5-13	1-5	0-0	1	0	4	3	-13
Peyton WatsonG	26:00	18	1	2	6-8	2-2	4-5	1	1	0	0	-16
Julian StrawtherG	23:00	11	2	0	4-7	1-2	2-2	0	0	2	0	+6
DeAndre JordanC	11:00	4	7	1	2-4	0-0	0-1	0	2	0	3	-1
Hunter TysonF	6:00	3	1	0	1-3	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	-2
Zeke NnajiF-C	2:00	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	+2
Jalen PickettG	2:00	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	+2
Spencer JonesF	2:00	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	+2
Team	242	135	38	39	53-94	15-31	14-18	8	3	13	20

DNP: PJ Hall, Trey Alexander, Dario Saric, DaRon Holmes II, Aaron Gordon, Vlatko Cancar

Team stats

Team stats: Cleveland Cavaliers and Denver Nuggets
CLE	Stat	DEN
56.3%54-96	Field-goal percentage	56.4%(better)53-94
47.9%23-48	Three-point percentage	48.4%(better)15-31
81.8%(better)18-22	Free-throw percentage	77.8%14-18
38	Rebounds	38
9(better)	Offensive rebounds	8
29	Defensive rebounds	30(better)
40(better)	Assists	39
10(better)	Steals	8
7(better)	Blocks	3
10(better)	Turnovers	13
17(better)	Personal fouls	20

Team advanced
CLE	Stat	DEN
106.4(better)	Pace	105.9
139.5(better)	Off. rating	126.4
126.4(better)	Def. rating	139.5
13.1(better)	Net rating	-13.1
70.5(better)	TS%	66.2
68.2(better)	eFG%	64.4
8.6(better)	TOV%	11.3
23.1(better)	OREB%	21.6
0.229(better)	FT rate	0.191
50.0(better)	3PA rate	33.0

Keel projection

How the projections do →

Replayed with a fit on another season: the model had not seen this game.

CLE 57%DEN 43%

Expected margin: CLE by 2.1
Result: CLE by 14: The projection called it.

The projected margin was 11.9 pts from the result. Its largest input: Net rating so far this season, 3.9 pts toward CLE. 3 more inputs are in Pro

Season series

CLE 2, DEN 0

Dec 5Denver Nuggets 114, Cleveland Cavaliers 126
Dec 27 · this gameCleveland Cavaliers 149, Denver Nuggets 135

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