Cleveland Cavaliers 149, Denver Nuggets 135 — Recap

December 27, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 149, Denver Nuggets 135. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 40-38 DEN; Q2 CLE 40-27 DEN; Q3 CLE 36-36 DEN; Q4 CLE 33-34 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 33 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 27 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists on 12-of-19 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 27 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 26 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 25 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

33 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 6 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

27 PTS, 14 REB, 13 AST · 12-19 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

27 PTS, 3 REB, 11 AST, 3 3PM · 10-20 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	40	40	36	33		149
DEN	38	27	36	34		135

🧮 How They Scored

CLEDEN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

68.2%Effective FG%64.4%

8.6%Turnover %11.3%

23.1%Offensive rebound %21.6%

0.229Free-throw rate0.191

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Darius Garland G	32	25	2	7	4	—	2	10-18	2-8	3-4	+13
Evan Mobley F-C	31	26	5	6	—	1	1	9-13	4-6	4-6	-1
Jarrett Allen C	31	22	10	4	3	1	2	10-13	—	2-2	+18
Donovan Mitchell G	30	33	5	6	1	—	3	10-17	6-12	7-7	+4
Dean Wade F	26	11	3	5	—	2	1	3-4	3-4	2-2	+19
Max Strus G	24	5	5	1	1	—	1	2-6	1-4	—	-5
Caris LeVert G	23	13	3	3	—	1	—	5-10	3-4	—	+3
Sam Merrill G	19	9	3	—	—	2	—	3-4	3-4	—	+10
Georges Niang F	16	3	1	3	—	—	—	1-5	1-3	—	-4
Ty Jerome G	7	2	—	4	1	—	—	1-6	0-3	0-1	+15
Jaylon Tyson G-F	2	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	-2

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	40	27	3	11	2	—	4	10-20	3-6	4-4	-9
Nikola Jokic C	36	27	14	13	3	—	1	12-19	0-3	3-4	-15
Michael Porter Jr. F	32	18	4	3	—	—	1	6-11	5-8	1-2	-5
Christian Braun G	32	16	2	1	1	—	1	7-9	2-4	—	-21
Russell Westbrook G	30	11	4	7	1	—	4	5-13	1-5	—	-13
Peyton Watson G	26	18	1	2	1	1	—	6-8	2-2	4-5	-16
Julian Strawther G	23	11	2	—	—	—	2	4-7	1-2	2-2	+6
DeAndre Jordan C	11	4	7	1	—	2	—	2-4	—	0-1	-1
Hunter Tyson F	6	3	1	—	—	—	—	1-3	1-1	—	-2
Zeke Nnaji F-C	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+2
Jalen Pickett G	2	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	+2
Spencer Jones F	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	30	33	82.2	31.5	+3.9	16.5
Evan Mobley	Bench	31	26	83.1	23.0	+0.6	13.0
Darius Garland	Bench	32	25	63.3	26.6	+20.9	13.4
Jarrett Allen	Bench	31	22	79.3	20.5	+26.9	16.5
Caris LeVert	Bench	23	13	65.0	15.4	+0.9	8.8
Dean Wade	Bench	26	11	112.7	9.2	+31.2	10.1
Sam Merrill	Bench	19	9	112.5	8.5	+23.8	9.9
Max Strus	Bench	24	5	41.7	11.1	-13.4	1.6
Georges Niang	Bench	16	3	30.0	12.5	-10.8	1.9
Ty Jerome	Bench	7	2	15.5	28.6	+78.9	2.5
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	2	—	0.0	0.0	-50.0	20.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	36	27	65.0	25.6	-17.3	19.3
Jamal Murray	Bench	40	27	62.0	26.3	-8.6	10.3
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	32	18	75.8	17.1	-5.3	6.4
Peyton Watson	Bench	26	18	88.2	14.7	-26.7	12.5
Christian Braun	Bench	32	16	88.9	13.0	-30.0	5.8
Russell Westbrook	Bench	30	11	42.3	23.6	-22.6	4.3
Julian Strawther	Bench	23	11	69.8	16.4	+10.9	5.8
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	11	4	45.0	14.3	+0.8	9.9
Hunter Tyson	Bench	6	3	50.0	20.0	-5.4	2.4
Dario Saric	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	2	—	0.0	0.0	+50.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	2	—	0.0	0.0	+50.0	10.0
Spencer Jones	Bench	2	—	0.0	0.0	+50.0	0.0