Denver Nuggets 120, Cleveland Cavaliers 103 — Recap

February 19, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 120, Cleveland Cavaliers 103. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 33-23 CLE; Q2 DEN 36-27 CLE; Q3 DEN 26-30 CLE; Q4 DEN 25-23 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 50 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 8 threes on 21-of-25 shooting; Collin Sexton (CLE) 23 points, 0 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 22 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Jarrett Allen (CLE) 20 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists on 8-of-9 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 16 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

50 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 8 3PM · 21-25 FG

Scoring · CLE

Collin Sexton

23 PTS, 0 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 8-17 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

22 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 8-16 FG

Season highs

Jamal Murray · Season-high 50 pointsJamal Murray · Season-high 8 threes

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
DEN	33	36	26	25		120
CLE	23	27	30	23		103

🧮 How They Scored

DENCLE

52Points in the paint50

14Fast-break points12

10Second-chance points9

18Points off turnovers23

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

66.9%Effective FG%54.2%

14.6%Turnover %16.3%

22.2%Offensive rebound %29.5%

0.212Free-throw rate0.253

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	38	50	6	2	2	0	1	21-25	8-10	0-0	+24
Will Barton G	34	7	2	3	1	0	4	3-9	1-3	0-0	+16
Michael Porter Jr. F	33	22	7	1	0	0	2	8-16	3-6	3-4	+9
Nikola Jokic C	33	16	12	10	4	1	3	5-8	1-2	5-5	+13
Monte Morris G	29	6	1	2	0	0	0	2-8	0-3	2-2	+23
Facundo Campazzo G	28	10	2	3	2	0	4	3-5	2-3	2-2	+4
R.J. Hampton G	20	5	2	1	0	0	0	2-4	0-2	1-2	-10
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	11	2	3	0	0	1	1	1-1	0-0	0-2	+3
Zeke Nnaji F-C	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+2
Vlatko Cancar F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Markus Howard G	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1
JaMychal Green F	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Collin Sexton G	38	23	0	4	0	0	5	8-17	3-7	4-6	-22
Darius Garland G	36	14	1	5	3	0	3	6-15	2-7	0-0	-11
Jarrett Allen C	34	20	10	4	1	1	1	8-9	0-0	4-8	-5
Isaac Okoro F-G	34	14	3	2	1	1	5	5-10	3-6	1-2	-8
Cedi Osman F	26	11	6	7	1	0	1	3-8	3-7	2-3	-9
Dylan Windler G-F	26	4	4	2	0	1	0	1-7	0-1	2-2	-5
Damyean Dotson G	19	7	1	4	0	0	1	3-5	1-3	0-0	-4
JaVale McGee C	14	8	5	2	2	0	1	4-8	0-0	0-0	-12
Lamar Stevens F	14	2	4	0	0	1	1	1-4	0-0	0-0	-9

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Bench	38	50	100.0	31.3	+32.9	31.5
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	33	22	61.9	26.0	+13.4	10.9
Nikola Jokic	Bench	33	16	78.4	17.6	+19.4	23.9
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	28	10	85.0	15.4	+6.8	8.9
Will Barton	Bench	34	7	38.9	17.3	+19.9	1.9
Monte Morris	Bench	29	6	33.8	14.1	+42.9	0.8
R.J. Hampton	Bench	20	5	51.2	11.4	-23.8	2.6
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	11	2	53.2	12.0	+2.3	0.0
JaMychal Green	Bench	1	2	100.0	33.3	-33.3	8.3
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	6	0	0.0	14.3	+9.6	3.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+5.0	0.0
Markus Howard	Bench	2	0	0.0	16.7	+5.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Collin Sexton	Bench	38	23	58.6	28.2	-30.7	5.6
Jarrett Allen	Bench	34	20	79.9	16.9	-9.2	18.0
Darius Garland	Bench	36	14	46.7	21.4	-15.5	5.8
Isaac Okoro	Bench	34	14	64.3	20.5	-11.6	4.2
Cedi Osman	Bench	26	11	59.0	16.9	-17.6	12.9
JaVale McGee	Bench	14	8	50.0	25.7	-41.4	15.6
Damyean Dotson	Bench	19	7	70.0	13.0	-7.4	11.3
Dylan Windler	Bench	26	4	25.4	13.1	-9.4	2.5
Lamar Stevens	Bench	14	2	25.0	14.7	-36.9	1.7