Final

Cleveland Cavaliers27-4149 winneratDenver Nuggets16-13135

Fri, Dec 27, 9:00 PM ESTBall Arena, Denver, COALT/KTVD · FanDuel Sports Network - Ohio

The box score

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
CLE	40	40	36	33	149
DEN	38	27	36	34	135

Cleveland Cavaliers

149

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dean WadeF	26	11	3	5	0	2	1	3-4	3-4	2-2	+19
Evan MobleyF	31	26	5	6	0	1	1	9-13	4-6	4-6	-1
Jarrett AllenC	31	22	10	4	3	1	2	10-13	0-0	2-2	+18
Donovan MitchellG	30	33	5	6	1	0	3	10-17	6-12	7-7	+4
Darius GarlandG	32	25	2	7	4	0	2	10-18	2-8	3-4	+13
Max Strus	24	5	5	1	1	0	1	2-6	1-4	0-0	-5
Caris LeVert	23	13	3	3	0	1	0	5-10	3-4	0-0	+3
Georges Niang	16	3	1	3	0	0	0	1-5	1-3	0-0	-4
Sam Merrill	19	9	3	0	0	2	0	3-4	3-4	0-0	+10
Ty Jerome	7	2	0	4	1	0	0	1-6	0-3	0-1	+15
Jaylon Tyson	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Team		149	38	40	10	7	10	54-96	23-48	18-22

DNP: Tristan Thompson (coach's decision)

Denver Nuggets

135

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Christian BraunF	32	16	2	1	1	0	1	7-9	2-4	0-0	-21
Michael Porter Jr.F	32	18	4	3	0	0	1	6-11	5-8	1-2	-5
Nikola JokićC	36	27	14	13	3	0	1	12-19	0-3	3-4	-15
Russell WestbrookG	30	11	4	7	1	0	4	5-13	1-5	0-0	-13
Jamal MurrayG	40	27	3	11	2	0	4	10-20	3-6	4-4	-9
Hunter Tyson	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-1	0-0	-2
Julian Strawther	23	11	2	0	0	0	2	4-7	1-2	2-2	+6
Peyton Watson

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · DEN: 5
Biggest lead · CLE: 21
Times tied: 5
Lead changes: 13
Longest run · CLE: 16

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How they entered this matchup

Rest edge: CLEBody clock: CLE4 in 6: DEN

CLE has the rest edge with 98h between tipoffs, 51.5h more than DEN.
CLE is dealing with minimal pressure: -2h on the body clock and n/a of zone shift.
DEN is playing into a 4 in 6 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
CLE is in game 1 of 4 on the road with 0 mi already logged before tip.

Reading the setup…

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	CLE	DEN
Record	27-4	16-13
Days rest	3 days edge	1 day
Hours rest	98h	46.5h
Rest swing	+51.5h	-51.5h
Travel in	n/a	n/a
Zone change	n/a	n/a
Body clock	-2h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 4	Homestand · 1 of 2
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	4 in 6
Fatigue Index	3	3

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How each side got here

CLE

n/a

No previous stopSeason opener or no tracked previous venue for this team.

CLE does not have a previous stop in the tracked window.

No previous stop tracked | Denver, CO

DEN

n/a

No previous stopSeason opener or no tracked previous venue for this team.

DEN does not have a previous stop in the tracked window.

No previous stop tracked | Denver, CO

Where this game sitsroad 1 of 4 vs homestand 1 of 2

Where this game sits in the run

CLE

Road trip

CLE is on game 1 of 4 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 4

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles2,529 mi

DEN

Homestand

DEN is in game 1 of 2 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

Local TV: DENALT/KTVDCLEFanDuel Sports Network - Ohioin-market
League Pass: Full replay + condensed game
Radio: DENAltitude Sports Radio 92.5 FMSiriusXMCLEWTAM/WMMS

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