Cleveland Cavaliers 108, Denver Nuggets 121 — Recap

January 6, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 108, Denver Nuggets 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 28-26 DEN; Q2 CLE 30-36 DEN; Q3 CLE 24-32 DEN; Q4 CLE 26-27 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 28 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Caris LeVert (CLE) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 16 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

28 PTS, 15 REB, 10 AST, 3 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · CLE

Caris LeVert

22 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 8-13 FG

Scoring · CLE

Darius Garland

21 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 8-20 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CLE	28	30	24	26		108
DEN	26	36	32	27		121

🧮 How They Scored

CLEDEN

60Points in the paint50

17Fast-break points15

16Second-chance points19

18Points off turnovers14

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.1%Effective FG%63.6%

5.6%Turnover %11.6%

33.3%Offensive rebound %37.1%

0.364Free-throw rate0.284

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jarrett Allen C	36	13	9	1	1	1	1	4-11	0-1	5-8	-18
Evan Mobley F-C	34	12	9	4	1	3	1	6-13	0-2	0-6	-3
Caris LeVert G	33	22	4	3	0	0	1	8-13	3-4	3-5	-12
Darius Garland G	33	21	4	8	0	0	1	8-20	1-6	4-6	-15
Cedi Osman F	28	15	1	2	2	0	0	6-10	3-6	0-0	-7
Kevin Love F-C	24	10	6	4	1	0	1	3-6	1-2	3-3	-5
Raul Neto G	20	6	1	5	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	+2
Isaac Okoro F-G	17	3	5	2	2	0	1	1-5	0-0	1-2	-13
Lamar Stevens F	14	6	1	1	0	1	0	2-6	0-1	2-2	+6
Robin Lopez C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	35	28	15	10	2	0	4	10-17	3-4	5-5	+18
Michael Porter Jr. F	33	16	8	1	0	0	1	5-13	3-8	3-4	+13
Jamal Murray G	32	18	4	2	1	2	1	7-13	2-5	2-2	+7
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	30	14	1	2	0	0	1	4-7	2-4	4-4	+15
Aaron Gordon F	30	12	10	1	0	0	0	4-8	1-2	3-6	+16
Bruce Brown G	28	13	5	6	1	0	1	5-10	3-5	0-0	+10
Vlatko Cancar F	18	5	1	3	1	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	-3
Nah'Shon Hyland G	17	13	2	2	0	0	3	5-8	2-4	1-2	-6
Zeke Nnaji F-C	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
DeAndre Jordan C	6	2	2	1	0	2	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Christian Braun G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Ish Smith G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Davon Reed G	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Caris LeVert	Bench	33	22	72.4	20.3	-19.0	11.7
Darius Garland	Bench	33	21	46.4	27.8	-27.7	10.0
Cedi Osman	Bench	28	15	75.0	15.9	-17.6	11.2
Jarrett Allen	Bench	36	13	44.8	19.3	-27.3	5.2
Evan Mobley	Bench	34	12	38.4	21.5	-4.6	5.5
Kevin Love	Bench	24	10	68.3	14.8	-10.9	12.2
Lamar Stevens	Bench	14	6	43.6	20.7	+18.8	7.3
Raul Neto	Bench	20	6	75.0	9.1	+5.4	9.9
Isaac Okoro	Bench	17	3	25.5	15.2	-40.7	5.3
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robin Lopez	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	35	28	72.9	29.1	+27.3	24.5
Jamal Murray	Bench	32	18	64.8	18.9	+12.8	10.4
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	33	16	54.2	22.2	+19.1	7.7
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	30	14	79.9	15.6	+30.7	8.8
Bruce Brown	Bench	28	13	65.0	17.2	+19.6	12.6
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	17	13	73.2	28.6	-23.4	13.8
Aaron Gordon	Bench	30	12	56.4	16.9	+28.1	9.6
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	18	5	83.3	7.0	-8.8	4.7
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	6	2	100.0	6.7	-18.6	11.5
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	7	0	0.0	13.3	-30.8	-10.3
Christian Braun	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Davon Reed	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-100.0