Game completed

Denver Nuggets23-11108atCleveland Cavaliers20-16113 winner

Fri, Jan 2, 7:30 PM ESTRocket Arena, Cleveland, OHPrime Video · Altitude · FanDuel Sports Network - Ohio

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
DEN	24	35	38	11	108
CLE	28	34	26	25	113

Denver Nuggets

108

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Spencer JonesSF	36	13	6	1	0	2	1	5-8	3-5	0-0	0
Peyton WatsonPF	40	21	4	3	1	0	2	9-22	2-9	1-2	-4
DaRon Holmes IIC	24	3	4	6	0	0	0	1-6	1-4	0-0	+9
Jalen PickettSG	18	9	2	3	2	0	2	4-5	1-2	0-0	+2
Jamal MurrayPG	39	34	6	7	0	1	1	12-28	6-12	4-5	+5
Zeke Nnaji	24	13	5	0	1	0	0	3-6	1-4	6-6	-12
Tim Hardaway Jr.	28	15	2	2	0	0	0	6-14	3-9	0-0	-15
Bruce Brown	24	0	3	4	4	0	3	0-4	0-2	0-0	-4
Julian Strawther	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-6
Team		108	44	26	8	3	9	40-94	17-47	11-13

DNP: Curtis Jones, Hunter Tyson, Tamar Bates (injury), Christian Braun (injury), Aaron Gordon (injury), Cameron Johnson (injury), Nikola Jokić (injury), Jonas Valančiūnas (injury)

Cleveland Cavaliers

113

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylon TysonSF	24	8	5	1	0	0	1	3-8	1-4	1-2	-8
Evan MobleyPF	32	8	11	4	1	3	0	4-10	0-2	0-5	-9
Jarrett AllenC	30	8	12	3	1	1	2	3-5	0-0	2-2	+12
Donovan MitchellSG	35	33	6	5	1	0	4	14-24	5-12	0-2	+10
Darius GarlandPG	32	18	2	8	0	0	6	6-12	4-8	2-2	-1
Craig Porter Jr.	23	10	5	5	2	1	2	4-7	2-2	0-0	+6
De'Andre Hunter	26	16	5	4	1	0	0	5-12	2-7	4-4	+1
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	19	6	6	0	1	1	1	2-5	0-1	2-2	+6
Lonzo Ball	15	6	3	2	0	2	0	2-3	2-3	0-0	+11
Tyrese Proctor	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Team		113	63	32	7	8	16	43-86	16-39	11-19

DNP: Thomas Bryant, Sam Merrill (injury), Chris Livingston (gleague twoway), Larry Nance Jr. (injury), Max Strus (injury), Luke Travers (gleague twoway), Dean Wade (injury)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · CLE: 9
Biggest lead · DEN: 11
Times tied: 5
Lead changes: 7
Longest run · DEN: 10

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How they entered this matchup

Body clock: DENNational TV

DEN is dealing with minimal pressure: 2h on the body clock and 0h of zone shift.
DEN is in game 4 of 7 on the road with 2,989 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

Reading the setup…

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	DEN	CLE
Record	23-11	20-16
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	48h	52h
Rest swing	-4h	+4h
Travel in	189 mi	0 mi
Zone change	0h	0h
Body clock	2h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 4 of 7	Homestand · 2 of 3
Miles before tip	2,989 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—
Fatigue Index	4	1 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

DEN carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 4 vs. CLE's 1.

How each side got here189 mi vs 0 mi

How each side got here

DEN

189 mi

Toronto, ONCleveland, OH

DEN came from Toronto, ON with 189 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

Toronto, ON to Cleveland, OH

CLE

0 mi

Cleveland, OHNo travel

CLE stayed in Cleveland, OH between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Cleveland, OH

Where this game sitsroad 4 of 7 vs homestand 2 of 3

Where this game sits in the run

DEN

Road trip

DEN is on game 4 of 7 on the road, with 2,989 mi already behind it.

Game in segment4 of 7

Miles before tip2,989 mi

Segment miles3,940 mi

CLE

Homestand

CLE is in game 2 of 3 on this homestand.

Game in segment2 of 3

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: streamingPrime Video
Local TV: DENAltitudeCLEFanDuel Sports Network - Ohioin-market
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Radio: DENAltitude Sports Radio 92.5 FMSiriusXMCLEWTAM 1100 / 100.7 WMMS / S: La Mega 1300

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