Denver Nuggets 115, Cleveland Cavaliers 109 — Recap

February 23, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 115, Cleveland Cavaliers 109. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 31-26 CLE; Q2 DEN 25-31 CLE; Q3 DEN 33-34 CLE; Q4 DEN 26-18 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Evan Mobley (CLE) 31 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-19 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 24 points, 18 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 22 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-20 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Evan Mobley

31 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 12-19 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

25 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 6 3PM · 8-14 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

24 PTS, 18 REB, 13 AST, 2 3PM · 8-13 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
DEN	31	25	33	26		115
CLE	26	31	34	18		109

🧮 How They Scored

DENCLE

38Points in the paint68

14Fast-break points9

18Second-chance points16

15Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.5%Effective FG%51.1%

14.5%Turnover %9.2%

39.1%Offensive rebound %31.0%

0.274Free-throw rate0.222

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	36	24	18	13	2	0	7	8-13	2-2	6-6	+14
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	34	17	3	2	3	2	2	6-6	4-4	1-1	+7
Jamal Murray G	33	16	1	9	2	0	2	6-19	3-11	1-2	+13
Michael Porter Jr. F	29	25	6	0	0	1	1	8-14	6-10	3-3	+13
Vlatko Cancar F	26	10	3	1	0	0	0	3-6	1-2	3-3	+9
Jeff Green F	22	11	2	1	0	1	0	5-10	0-1	1-2	-3
Bruce Brown G	22	2	2	2	0	0	0	1-5	0-2	0-0	-3
Reggie Jackson G	18	7	4	2	0	0	1	2-8	1-4	2-2	-7
Thomas Bryant C	12	2	6	0	0	0	2	0-3	0-0	2-2	-5
Christian Braun G	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	-8

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Mobley F-C	38	31	9	1	1	1	1	12-19	2-4	5-5	0
Darius Garland G	37	22	1	5	2	0	2	7-20	1-6	7-8	-12
Donovan Mitchell G	35	22	3	3	4	0	2	9-22	2-7	2-2	-1
Caris LeVert G	32	6	4	9	0	1	1	3-5	0-2	0-0	-3
Jarrett Allen C	30	14	13	2	1	0	1	6-10	0-0	2-2	-6
Cedi Osman F	27	5	2	3	0	0	1	2-8	1-6	0-2	+1
Isaac Okoro F-G	20	2	2	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Lamar Stevens F	14	5	4	0	2	0	1	2-3	0-1	1-1	+2
Dean Wade F	8	2	3	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	29	25	81.6	23.2	+19.7	16.9
Nikola Jokic	Bench	36	24	76.7	27.7	+21.3	22.0
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	34	17	132.0	9.8	+10.0	15.1
Jamal Murray	Bench	33	16	40.2	28.2	+19.4	6.2
Jeff Green	Bench	22	11	50.6	22.9	-7.7	8.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	26	10	68.3	10.8	+14.1	6.5
Reggie Jackson	Bench	18	7	39.4	23.8	-21.2	4.5
Bruce Brown	Bench	22	2	20.0	10.4	-7.7	-1.2
Thomas Bryant	Bench	12	2	25.8	20.7	-26.3	-3.6
Christian Braun	Bench	8	1	56.8	11.1	-48.6	-7.1
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Peyton Watson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jack White	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Evan Mobley	Bench	38	31	73.1	24.7	0.0	17.1
Donovan Mitchell	Bench	35	22	48.1	28.2	-1.4	8.7
Darius Garland	Bench	37	22	46.8	29.8	-12.9	7.1
Jarrett Allen	Bench	30	14	64.3	17.9	-4.2	15.9
Caris LeVert	Bench	32	6	60.0	8.5	-1.2	12.4
Cedi Osman	Bench	27	5	28.2	17.5	+9.3	-0.5
Lamar Stevens	Bench	14	5	72.7	13.8	+16.3	22.6
Dean Wade	Bench	8	2	50.0	15.8	-23.5	2.2
Isaac Okoro	Bench	20	2	100.0	2.2	-11.6	0.0
Dylan Windler	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Danny Green	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robin Lopez	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Raul Neto	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0