Nuggets
Denver
Western Conference
Northwest
12
20
32
2273
2351
24
5
21
89
37
42
11
8
73
40
12
52
6
18
8
18
19
87
4
57
02
4
2124
109
5
12
11
92
88
16
104
01
76
11
34
2121
6060
48
12
25
2123
99
5
26
15
58
1113
23
1136
23
41
33
56
2025
6060
5
0
0
21
10
48
1
1
100
8
1
9
0
7
1
3
21
60
7
2
29
24
9
38
2
1
50
8
6
14
1
6
1
4
21
60
4
1
25
21
9
43
2
1
50
11
2
13
2
4
3
5
20
60
8
2
25
23
9
39
6
5
83
13
3
16
3
1
3
6
25
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gary
Harris
Gary Harris
True
32
5
13
38
1
6
17
1
2
50
1
6
7
2
2
0
2
2
12
1
none
Kenneth
Faried
Kenneth Faried
True
27
4
8
50
0
0
0
1
2
50
3
5
8
0
1
0
0
3
9
1
none
Joffrey
Lauvergne
Joffrey Lauvergne
True
24
7
12
58
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
4
7
3
1
0
4
1
14
-15
none
Jameer
Nelson
Jameer Nelson
True
23
0
6
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
8
1
1
1
2
0
-9
none
Kostas
Papanikolaou
Kostas Papanikolaou
True
21
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
4
5
1
0
0
2
2
0
-8
none
Will
Barton
Will Barton
False
34
11
20
55
3
8
38
4
4
100
0
7
7
1
0
2
3
0
29
1
none
Randy
Foye
Randy Foye
False
25
3
9
33
1
3
33
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
1
0
1
2
7
3
none
Nikola
Jokić
Nikola Jokić
False
22
4
11
36
0
0
0
2
3
67
2
5
7
1
1
1
2
6
10
4
none
Darrell
Arthur
Darrell Arthur
False
20
3
6
50
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
0
1
2
1
1
6
-7
none
Mike
Miller
Mike Miller
False
7
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
-1
none
Emmanuel
Mudiay
Emmanuel Mudiay
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
J.J.
Hickson
J.J. Hickson
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Jusuf
Nurkić
Jusuf Nurkić
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
30
December
2015
Wednesday
Moda Center
Portland
Trail Blazers
Portland
False
Cavaliers
Cleveland
Eastern Conference
Central
21
9
30
2232
1368
22
4
18
86
38
44
22
13
59
35
9
44
3
17
12
12
16
93
4
92
21
23
2623
1213
46
00
00
0
98
41
139
00
46
12
22
2627
6060
74
10
14
2116
76
4
517
49
9
810
31
841
12
52
36
44
1921
6060
9
2
22
26
12
46
0
0
0
9
4
13
0
4
1
2
26
60
2
1
50
23
13
57
0
0
0
8
1
9
0
6
2
2
27
60
7
1
14
21
7
33
5
4
80
8
3
11
1
5
3
4
19
60
4
0
0
16
6
38
17
9
53
10
1
11
2
2
6
4
21
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Kevin
Love
Kevin Love
True
36
4
16
25
0
5
0
0
2
0
1
13
14
1
2
0
1
2
8
16
none
Tristan
Thompson
Tristan Thompson
True
34
4
7
57
0
0
0
1
6
17
2
5
7
0
1
1
0
1
9
4
none
LeBron
James
LeBron James
True
34
13
24
54
1
3
33
7
8
88
3
3
6
2
2
1
5
2
34
3
none
Matthew
Dellavedova
Matthew Dellavedova
True
29
1
5
20
0
1
0
2
2
100
1
6
7
5
2
0
2
2
4
16
none
J.R.
Smith
J.R. Smith
True
25
4
11
36
1
6
17
2
2
100
0
2
2
3
2
0
0
1
11
5
none
Iman
Shumpert
Iman Shumpert
False
31
7
13
54
2
5
40
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
0
0
1
16
-1
none
Mo
Williams
Mo Williams
False
18
3
4
75
0
0
0
1
2
50
0
1
1
4
1
0
3
2
7
-10
none
Timofey
Mozgov
Timofey Mozgov
False
15
2
5
40
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
0
0
0
1
4
4
-3
none
Richard
Jefferson
Richard Jefferson
False
12
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
-4
none
Jared
Cunningham
Jared Cunningham
False
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
none
James
Jones
James Jones
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
none
Sasha
Kaun
Sasha Kaun
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Anderson
Varejão
Anderson Varejão
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
2
January
2016
Saturday
Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland
Magic
Orlando
True
The Cleveland Cavaliers ( 21 - 9 ) defeated the Denver Nuggets 93 - 87 on Tuesday to get their road record to .500 . Cleveland did n't play the prettiest game on Tuesday , but they let their defense carry them to a much needed road win . They held the Nuggets to 25 points or under in every single quarter and held them to a 5 - for - 24 mark from long distance . The shooting in genera was bad all - around , as both teams shot under 73 percent from the free - throw line , under 21 percent from three - point range and just over 40 percent from the field . All the starters were horrible as well , as only one starter between the two teams scored more than 14 points . Most people look at the Cavaliers and think of elite offense with LeBron James , Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love , but their defense is no joke . They rank second in the NBA in points allowed and absolutely stifled the Nuggets here . King James was at full force tonight , as he scored 34 points and snatched six boards . Iman Shumpert also had one of his best games of the season , as he scored 16 points off the bench and played some hounding defense . Cleveland will have a few days off until they host the Orlando Magic on Saturday in their next game . Denver played with a lot of energy in this game , but they simply could n't shoot a lick . The starters combined for just 35 points and that 's an indication of just how bad the injuries are hampering this team right now . With no Danilo Gallinari , Wilson Chandler or Emmanuel Mudiay , the offense is really struggling . Will Barton continues his breakout season though , as he scored another 29 points off the bench while grabbing seven boards . It may be getting to a point where Barton would be better implemented into the starting - five with their recent struggles . Denver will have to travel to Portland on Wednesday to take on the Trail Blazers in the back end of a back - to - back set .
The Cleveland Cavaliers (21 - 9) defeated the Denver Nuggets 93 - 87 on Tuesday to get their road record to .500. Cleveland didn't play the prettiest game on Tuesday, but they let their defense carry them to a much needed road win. They held the Nuggets to 25 points or under in every single quarter and held them to a 5 - for - 24 mark from long distance. The shooting in genera was bad all - around, as both teams shot under 73 percent from the free - throw line, under 21 percent from three - point range and just over 40 percent from the field. All the starters were horrible as well, as only one starter between the two teams scored more than 14 points. Most people look at the Cavaliers and think of elite offense with LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love, but their defense is no joke. They rank second in the NBA in points allowed and absolutely stifled the Nuggets here. King James was at full force tonight, as he scored 34 points and snatched six boards. Iman Shumpert also had one of his best games of the season, as he scored 16 points off the bench and played some hounding defense. Cleveland will have a few days off until they host the Orlando Magic on Saturday in their next game. Denver played with a lot of energy in this game, but they simply couldn't shoot a lick. The starters combined for just 35 points and that's an indication of just how bad the injuries are hampering this team right now. With no Danilo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler or Emmanuel Mudiay, the offense is really struggling. Will Barton continues his breakout season though, as he scored another 29 points off the bench while grabbing seven boards. It may be getting to a point where Barton would be better implemented into the starting - five with their recent struggles. Denver will have to travel to Portland on Wednesday to take on the Trail Blazers in the back end of a back - to - back set.
The Cleveland Cavaliers (21 - 9) defeated the Denver Nuggets 93 - 87 on Tuesday to get their road record to .500. Cleveland didn't play the prettiest game on Tuesday, but they let their defense carry them to a much needed road win. They held the Nuggets to 25 points or under in every single quarter and held them to a 5 - for - 24 mark from long distance. The shooting in genera was bad all - around, as both teams shot under 73 percent from the free - throw line, under 21 percent from three - point range and just over 40 percent from the field. All the starters were horrible as well, as only one starter between the two teams scored more than 14 points. Most people look at the Cavaliers and think of elite offense with LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love, but their defense is no joke. They rank second in the NBA in points allowed and absolutely stifled the Nuggets here. King James was at full force tonight, as he scored 34 points and snatched six boards. Iman Shumpert also had one of his best games of the season, as he scored 16 points off the bench and played some hounding defense. Cleveland will have a few days off until they host the Orlando Magic on Saturday in their next game. Denver played with a lot of energy in this game, but they simply couldn't shoot a lick. The starters combined for just 35 points and that's an indication of just how bad the injuries are hampering this team right now. With no Danilo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler or Emmanuel Mudiay, the offense is really struggling. Will Barton continues his breakout season though, as he scored another 29 points off the bench while grabbing seven boards. It may be getting to a point where Barton would be better implemented into the starting - five with their recent struggles. Denver will have to travel to Portland on Wednesday to take on the Trail Blazers in the back end of a back - to - back set.
<GAME> <DATE> 29 December 2015 <DAY> Tuesday <STADIUM> Pepsi Center <CITY> Denver <HOME> <TEAM> Nuggets <CITY> Denver <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 87 <WINS-LOSSES> 12 20 <QTRS> 21 21 20 25 <TEAM-AST> 18 <3PT> 5 <TEAM-FG> 37 <TEAM-FT> 8 <TEAM-REB> 52 <TEAM-TO> 18 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 30 December 2015 <NEXT-DAY> Wednesday <NEXT-STADIUM> Moda Center <NEXT-CITY> Portland <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Portland <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Trail Blazers <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Cavaliers <CITY> Cleveland <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 93 <WINS-LOSSES> 21 9 <QTRS> 26 27 19 21 <TEAM-AST> 17 <3PT> 4 <TEAM-FG> 38 <TEAM-FT> 13 <TEAM-REB> 44 <TEAM-TO> 12 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 2 January 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Saturday <NEXT-STADIUM> Quicken Loans Arena <NEXT-CITY> Cleveland <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Orlando <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Magic <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <PLAYER> Will Barton <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 29 <FG> 11 20 55 <FG3> 3 8 38 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 7 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Joffrey Lauvergne <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 14 <FG> 7 12 58 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 7 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 3 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Gary Harris <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 12 <FG> 5 13 38 <FG3> 1 6 17 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 7 <AST> 2 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nikola Jokić <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 10 <FG> 4 11 36 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 7 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 2 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kenneth Faried <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 27 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 8 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 8 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 3 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Randy Foye <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 7 <FG> 3 9 33 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Darrell Arthur <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 20 <PTS> 6 <FG> 3 6 50 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jusuf Nurkić <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> J. J. Hickson <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Emmanuel Mudiay <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Mike Miller <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-10 <MIN> 7 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kostas Papanikolaou <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-11 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 3 0 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jameer Nelson <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-12 <MIN> 23 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 6 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 8 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> LeBron James <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 34 <FG> 13 24 54 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 7 8 88 <REB> 6 <AST> 2 <STL> 2 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 3 <TO> 5 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Iman Shumpert <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 16 <FG> 7 13 54 <FG3> 2 5 40 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> J. R. Smith <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 11 <FG> 4 11 36 <FG3> 1 6 17 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 2 <AST> 3 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tristan Thompson <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 7 57 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 6 17 <REB> 7 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kevin Love <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 8 <FG> 4 16 25 <FG3> 0 5 0 <FT> 0 2 0 <REB> 14 <AST> 1 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 13 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Mo Williams <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 7 <FG> 3 4 75 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 1 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Timofey Mozgov <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 5 40 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Matthew Dellavedova <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 4 <FG> 1 5 20 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 7 <AST> 5 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Anderson Varejão <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Sasha Kaun <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> James Jones <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jared Cunningham <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 1 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Richard Jefferson <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none