3/7/2018 Denver v. Cleveland Game Preview

Cleveland Cavaliers (38-26, 16-15 away)
Denver Nuggets (35-30, 24-10 home)
March 7, 2018 at 10:30 PM ET
Regular Season

Ball Arena
Denver, Colorado

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Season Series - Tied 1-1

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Mar 3, 2018 Denver Cleveland 126 - 117 Denver Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Mar 7, 2018 Cleveland Denver 113 - 108 Cleveland Regular Season Ball Arena

2017-2018 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Cleveland8248.1110.940.484.8.47612.032.1.37218.123.3.7798.533.742.123.47.13.813.918.6
Denver8248.5110.040.786.6.47011.530.9.37117.122.3.76711.033.544.525.17.64.915.018.7
CLE Opponents8248.1109.941.888.3.47411.731.7.36814.619.4.7569.933.743.625.97.54.113.520.7
DEN Opponents8248.5108.541.386.7.47610.928.8.37815.020.4.7389.831.941.624.78.04.814.120.7


Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Mar 3, 2018 Denver Cleveland 126 - 117 Denver Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Mar 22, 2017 Cleveland Denver 113 - 126 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Feb 11, 2017 Denver Cleveland 109 - 125 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Mar 21, 2016 Denver Cleveland 91 - 124 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Dec 29, 2015 Cleveland Denver 93 - 87 Cleveland Regular Season Ball Arena
Nov 17, 2014 Denver Cleveland 106 - 97 Denver Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Nov 7, 2014 Cleveland Denver 110 - 101 Cleveland Regular Season Ball Arena
Jan 17, 2014 Cleveland Denver 117 - 109 Cleveland Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 4, 2013 Denver Cleveland 88 - 98 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Feb 9, 2013 Denver Cleveland 111 - 103 Denver Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 11, 2013 Cleveland Denver 91 - 98 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Mar 7, 2012 Cleveland Denver 100 - 99 Cleveland Regular Season Ball Arena
Jan 28, 2011 Denver Cleveland 117 - 103 Denver Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 15, 2011 Cleveland Denver 99 - 127 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Feb 18, 2010 Denver Cleveland 118 - 116 Denver Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 8, 2010 Cleveland Denver 97 - 99 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 19, 2008 Cleveland Denver 105 - 88 Cleveland Regular Season Ball Arena
Nov 13, 2008 Denver Cleveland 99 - 110 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Feb 10, 2008 Denver Cleveland 113 - 83 Denver Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Nov 12, 2007 Cleveland Denver 100 - 122 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Mar 25, 2007 Denver Cleveland 105 - 93 Denver Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 19, 2007 Cleveland Denver 99 - 110 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Jan 18, 2006 Cleveland Denver 89 - 90 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 15, 2005 Denver Cleveland 85 - 94 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Feb 11, 2005 Denver Cleveland 106 - 101 Denver Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Dec 2, 2004 Cleveland Denver 92 - 73 Cleveland Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 2, 2003 Cleveland Denver 103 - 115 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Nov 5, 2003 Denver Cleveland 93 - 89 Denver Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 17, 2003 Cleveland Denver 80 - 97 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 14, 2002 Denver Cleveland 104 - 111 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 10, 2002 Cleveland Denver 91 - 96 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 8, 2001 Denver Cleveland 99 - 109 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Mar 24, 2001 Denver Cleveland 105 - 117 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 19, 2001 Cleveland Denver 88 - 91 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Mar 5, 2000 Cleveland Denver 100 - 92 Cleveland Regular Season Ball Arena
Feb 17, 2000 Denver Cleveland 101 - 119 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 16, 1998 Cleveland Denver 99 - 74 Cleveland Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 10, 1997 Denver Cleveland 83 - 102 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 16, 1997 Cleveland Denver 87 - 88 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Nov 10, 1996 Denver Cleveland 86 - 101 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 12, 1996 Cleveland Denver 83 - 90 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 17, 1995 Denver Cleveland 79 - 92 Cleveland Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Apr 2, 1995 Denver Cleveland 104 - 101 Denver Regular Season Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Jan 21, 1995 Cleveland Denver 101 - 100 Cleveland Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Feb 15, 1994 Denver Cleveland 99 - 111 Cleveland Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Nov 18, 1993 Cleveland Denver 93 - 100 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Mar 8, 1993 Denver Cleveland 107 - 122 Cleveland Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Jan 23, 1993 Cleveland Denver 95 - 97 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Mar 15, 1992 Denver Cleveland 91 - 100 Cleveland Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Feb 12, 1992 Cleveland Denver 102 - 108 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Jan 12, 1991 Cleveland Denver 120 - 128 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 4, 1990 Denver Cleveland 117 - 121 Cleveland Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Mar 1, 1990 Cleveland Denver 125 - 131 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 20, 1989 Denver Cleveland 104 - 89 Denver Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Jan 14, 1989 Cleveland Denver 116 - 104 Cleveland Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 4, 1988 Denver Cleveland 103 - 122 Cleveland Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Mar 2, 1988 Cleveland Denver 81 - 99 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Jan 4, 1988 Denver Cleveland 101 - 122 Cleveland Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Mar 18, 1987 Denver Cleveland 104 - 100 Denver Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Feb 28, 1987 Cleveland Denver 119 - 117 Cleveland Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Jan 27, 1986 Cleveland Denver 103 - 124 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 7, 1985 Denver Cleveland 114 - 124 Cleveland Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Jan 26, 1985 Cleveland Denver 127 - 144 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 8, 1984 Denver Cleveland 114 - 108 Denver Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Mar 16, 1984 Denver Cleveland 118 - 102 Denver Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Mar 1, 1984 Cleveland Denver 113 - 119 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Mar 1, 1983 Cleveland Denver 121 - 132 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 10, 1982 Denver Cleveland 117 - 107 Denver Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Mar 7, 1982 Cleveland Denver 127 - 147 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 12, 1981 Denver Cleveland 120 - 115 Denver Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Mar 1, 1981 Cleveland Denver 127 - 137 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 18, 1980 Denver Cleveland 122 - 130 Cleveland Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Dec 29, 1979 Denver Cleveland 106 - 124 Cleveland Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Nov 13, 1979 Cleveland Denver 110 - 116 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Feb 7, 1979 Cleveland Denver 105 - 120 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Jan 23, 1979 Denver Cleveland 107 - 108 Cleveland Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Nov 3, 1978 Cleveland Denver 93 - 110 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Mar 1, 1978 Cleveland Denver 110 - 104 Cleveland Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Feb 16, 1978 Denver Cleveland 87 - 119 Cleveland Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Jan 17, 1978 Cleveland Denver 89 - 104 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Nov 1, 1977 Denver Cleveland 93 - 110 Cleveland Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Apr 7, 1977 Denver Cleveland 94 - 108 Cleveland Regular Season Richfield Coliseum
Jan 14, 1977 Cleveland Denver 96 - 116 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 9, 1976 Cleveland Denver 94 - 104 Denver Regular Season McNichols Sports Arena
Nov 30, 1976 Denver Cleveland 93 - 99 Cleveland Regular Season Richfield Coliseum

2017-2018 Cleveland Cavaliers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Smith K. Korver C. Osman T. Thompson K. Love
Rotation         K. Perkins
Lim PT G. Hill J. Holland   L. Nance, Jr. A. Zizic
Lim PT   J. Clarkson   O. White  

2017-2018 Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Murray G. Harris W. Chandler P. Millsap M. Plumlee
Rotation     J. Hernangomez T. Lyles  
Rotation       K. Faried  
Lim PT M. Morris M. Beasley   D. Arthur  
Lim PT       T. Lydon  

Cleveland Cavaliers Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
81 Jose Calderon G 57 16.0 4.5 1.6 3.2 .503 0.8 1.7 .464 0.4 0.5 .800 0.2 1.2 1.5 2.1 0.5 0.0 0.7 1.4
8 Jordan Clarkson G 28 22.6 12.6 4.7 10.2 .456 1.6 3.9 .407 1.7 2.1 .810 0.5 1.6 2.1 1.7 0.7 0.1 1.1 1.6
32 Jeff Green F 78 23.4 10.8 3.8 7.9 .477 0.7 2.2 .312 2.6 3.0 .868 0.8 2.4 3.2 1.3 0.5 0.4 1.0 1.9
3 George Hill G 24 27.9 9.4 3.5 7.8 .444 1.1 3.2 .351 1.4 1.7 .805 0.8 1.8 2.7 2.8 0.9 0.6 1.2 2.2
10 John Holland SF 24 7.3 2.2 0.7 2.5 .288 0.5 1.5 .306 0.4 0.5 .692 0.2 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.4
1 Rodney Hood F 21 25.3 10.8 4.2 9.5 .442 1.2 3.4 .352 1.2 1.5 .812 0.4 2.2 2.6 1.4 0.7 0.2 0.3 2.0
23 LeBron James F 82 36.9 27.5 10.5 19.3 .542 1.8 5.0 .367 4.7 6.5 .731 1.2 7.5 8.6 9.1 1.4 0.9 4.2 1.7
26 Kyle Korver SF 73 21.6 9.2 3.0 6.6 .459 2.2 5.2 .436 0.9 1.0 .889 0.1 2.1 2.3 1.2 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.8
0 Kevin Love FC 59 28.0 17.6 5.7 12.4 .458 2.3 5.6 .415 4.0 4.5 .880 1.7 7.5 9.3 1.7 0.7 0.4 1.5 2.0
22 Larry Nance, Jr. SF 24 20.8 8.9 3.7 6.7 .550 0.0 0.3 .125 1.5 2.1 .720 2.2 4.8 7.0 1.0 1.2 0.8 0.4 2.5
16 Cedi Osman GF 61 11.0 3.9 1.5 3.0 .484 0.5 1.4 .368 0.4 0.8 .565 0.3 1.7 2.0 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.5 1.3
15 London Perrantes G 14 4.7 0.5 0.1 0.9 .154 0.0 0.2 .000 0.2 0.4 .600 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4
5 J.R. Smith SG 80 28.1 8.3 3.0 7.4 .403 1.8 4.8 .375 0.5 0.7 .696 0.4 2.6 2.9 1.8 0.8 0.1 1.0 2.0
13 Tristan Thompson F 53 20.2 5.8 2.5 4.4 .562 0.0 0.0 .000 0.8 1.5 .544 2.4 4.3 6.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.9
41 Ante Zizic C 32 6.7 3.7 1.5 2.1 .731 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 0.9 .724 0.8 1.1 1.9 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.9

Denver Nuggets Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
00 Darrell Arthur PF 19 7.4 2.8 1.2 2.5 .468 0.4 1.2 .348 0.1 0.2 .667 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.8 1.2
5 Will Barton GF 81 33.1 15.7 5.7 12.7 .452 1.9 5.2 .370 2.2 2.8 .805 0.9 4.2 5.0 4.1 1.0 0.6 1.8 2.1
25 Malik Beasley SG 62 9.4 3.2 1.2 2.9 .410 0.5 1.3 .341 0.4 0.5 .667 0.2 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.6
21 Wilson Chandler SF 74 31.7 10.0 3.8 8.5 .445 1.2 3.3 .358 1.2 1.5 .772 1.4 4.0 5.4 2.1 0.6 0.5 1.2 2.1
3 Torrey Craig GF 39 16.1 4.2 1.6 3.5 .453 0.4 1.5 .293 0.6 0.9 .629 1.0 2.2 3.3 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.5 1.6
35 Kenneth Faried F 32 14.4 5.9 2.4 4.6 .514 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.6 .706 2.1 2.7 4.8 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.6
34 Devin Harris G 27 19.7 8.2 2.6 6.3 .406 1.3 3.8 .343 1.8 2.1 .845 0.1 1.4 1.6 2.5 0.5 0.1 1.0 2.0
14 Gary Harris SG 67 34.4 17.5 6.6 13.6 .485 2.3 5.9 .396 2.0 2.4 .827 0.6 2.1 2.6 2.9 1.8 0.2 1.8 1.8
41 Juancho Hernangomez F 25 11.1 3.3 1.2 3.0 .387 0.6 2.0 .280 0.4 0.5 .833 0.7 1.4 2.2 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.0
22 Richard Jefferson SF 20 8.2 1.5 0.6 1.4 .444 0.1 0.3 .286 0.2 0.3 .571 0.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6
15 Nikola Jokic C 75 32.5 18.5 6.7 13.5 .499 1.5 3.7 .396 3.5 4.2 .850 2.6 8.1 10.7 6.1 1.2 0.8 2.8 2.8
20 Tyler Lydon PF 1 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Trey Lyles SF 73 19.0 9.9 3.7 7.5 .491 1.1 3.0 .381 1.4 2.0 .706 0.8 4.0 4.8 1.2 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.5
4 Paul Millsap FC 38 30.1 14.6 5.3 11.4 .464 1.0 3.0 .345 2.9 4.2 .696 1.7 4.7 6.4 2.8 1.0 1.2 1.9 2.6
11 Monte Morris G 3 8.4 3.3 1.3 2.0 .667 0.0 0.3 .000 0.7 0.7 1.000 0.0 0.7 0.7 2.3 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.3
27 Jamal Murray SG 81 31.7 16.7 5.9 13.1 .451 2.0 5.4 .378 2.8 3.1 .905 1.0 2.7 3.7 3.4 1.0 0.3 2.1 2.1
7 Mason Plumlee PF 74 19.5 7.1 3.0 5.0 .601 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 2.4 .458 1.8 3.6 5.4 1.9 0.7 1.1 1.4 2.5

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