Denver Nuggets 116, Cleveland Cavaliers 119 — Recap

March 18, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 116, Cleveland Cavaliers 119 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 29-31 CLE; Q2 DEN 34-21 CLE; Q3 DEN 24-26 CLE; Q4 DEN 20-29 CLE; OT1 DEN 9-12 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 32 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists on 15-of-24 shooting; Lauri Markkanen (CLE) 31 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 27 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists on 11-of-22 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 14 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists on 9-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

32 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST · 15-24 FG

Scoring · CLE

Lauri Markkanen

31 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 6 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · CLE

Evan Mobley

27 PTS, 11 REB, 0 AST · 11-22 FG

Season highs

Lauri Markkanen · Season-high 31 points

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	OT		T
DEN	29	34	24	20	9		116
CLE	31	21	26	29	12		119

🧮 How They Scored

DENCLE

66Points in the paint58

14Fast-break points17

15Second-chance points19

18Points off turnovers29

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.4%Effective FG%52.0%

15.3%Turnover %9.1%

29.5%Offensive rebound %28.3%

0.196Free-throw rate0.265

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	38	32	10	8	2	1	4	15-24	0-4	2-2	-16
Will Barton G	36	10	7	3	0	0	2	3-14	2-6	2-2	-15
Aaron Gordon F	35	20	8	5	0	1	7	9-15	0-4	2-5	-16
Nah'Shon Hyland G	35	17	3	7	3	0	1	6-13	3-8	2-2	+6
Jeff Green F	34	10	2	3	0	0	0	3-5	0-1	4-4	-11
Austin Rivers G	22	3	3	3	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	+18
Monte Morris G	20	2	4	2	0	1	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	-5
JaMychal Green F	19	8	4	1	1	0	0	3-4	2-3	0-0	+8
DeMarcus Cousins C	16	12	8	2	0	0	1	4-8	2-3	2-3	+13
Bryn Forbes G	11	2	2	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	+3

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Darius Garland G	45	25	4	14	1	0	2	9-20	2-4	5-7	+25
Lauri Markkanen F	42	31	10	3	4	0	1	11-18	6-12	3-4	+21
Evan Mobley F-C	39	27	11	0	1	2	1	11-22	0-3	5-7	-2
Isaac Okoro F-G	37	4	5	2	1	1	1	2-8	0-3	0-0	+18
Kevin Love F-C	31	12	9	4	1	0	2	4-9	4-9	0-0	-9
Caris LeVert G	29	10	4	4	1	0	1	3-11	2-3	2-4	-7
Lamar Stevens F	21	8	1	3	2	0	1	4-7	0-0	0-0	+8
Brandon Goodwin G	11	0	1	1	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-2	-21
Dylan Windler G-F	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-2	2-2	-11
Moses Brown C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	38	32	64.3	34.5	-23.6	22.5
Aaron Gordon	Bench	35	20	58.1	30.0	-23.2	6.9
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	35	17	61.2	19.7	+10.8	13.1
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	16	12	64.4	26.3	+36.7	20.1
Jeff Green	Bench	34	10	74.0	9.1	-17.9	7.9
Will Barton	Bench	36	10	33.6	20.7	-22.9	2.8
JaMychal Green	Bench	19	8	100.0	9.1	+24.4	12.3
Austin Rivers	Bench	22	3	150.0	3.9	+42.7	6.1
Bryn Forbes	Bench	11	2	25.0	15.4	+19.3	3.1
Monte Morris	Bench	20	2	25.0	12.8	-12.2	2.8

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Lauri Markkanen	Bench	42	31	78.4	20.6	+25.3	20.5
Evan Mobley	Bench	39	27	53.8	28.6	+1.4	14.4
Darius Garland	Bench	45	25	54.2	24.3	+28.1	14.3
Kevin Love	Bench	31	12	66.7	16.9	-19.5	13.3
Caris LeVert	Bench	29	10	39.2	20.9	-12.7	2.6
Lamar Stevens	Bench	21	8	57.1	17.0	+21.4	10.4
Isaac Okoro	Bench	37	4	25.0	10.2	+25.7	1.8
Dylan Windler	Bench	6	2	34.7	18.8	-94.9	1.6
Brandon Goodwin	Bench	11	0	0.0	16.7	-92.4	-10.3
Moses Brown	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	-63.6	0.0