Cavaliers
Cleveland
Eastern Conference
Central
50
20
70
1594
1389
31
15
48
86
48
56
17
13
76
35
8
43
4
38
10
12
19
124
4
76
52
68
2317
146
6
65
54
83
96
60
156
40
86
12
54
3818
6060
108
44
41
2323
1216
52
42
31
74
911
11
922
00
1014
34
12
3137
6060
7
5
71
23
14
61
6
5
83
9
6
15
4
8
1
5
38
60
6
2
33
17
6
35
5
4
80
6
0
6
0
6
2
4
18
60
10
4
40
23
12
52
4
3
75
9
1
10
0
10
3
1
31
60
8
4
50
23
16
70
2
1
50
11
1
12
0
14
4
2
37
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
LeBron
James
LeBron James
True
33
12
19
63
1
2
50
8
11
73
3
8
11
11
0
0
3
2
33
38
triple
J.R.
Smith
J.R. Smith
True
28
6
12
50
3
6
50
0
0
0
1
3
4
5
4
0
1
3
15
21
none
Channing
Frye
Channing Frye
True
25
5
9
56
3
7
43
1
2
50
0
3
3
2
0
1
0
2
14
20
none
Kyrie
Irving
Kyrie Irving
True
23
4
12
33
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
0
0
2
1
8
6
none
Timofey
Mozgov
Timofey Mozgov
True
21
3
4
75
0
0
0
3
3
100
2
2
4
0
2
0
2
1
9
26
none
Iman
Shumpert
Iman Shumpert
False
23
2
4
50
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
4
4
4
1
1
1
3
5
10
none
Matthew
Dellavedova
Matthew Dellavedova
False
22
3
7
43
3
5
60
1
1
100
0
3
3
7
0
0
0
2
10
20
none
Richard
Jefferson
Richard Jefferson
False
21
4
9
44
1
5
20
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
9
2
none
Tristan
Thompson
Tristan Thompson
False
21
4
5
80
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
7
1
2
1
0
3
8
2
none
James
Jones
James Jones
False
8
2
2
100
2
2
100
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
6
10
none
Sasha
Kaun
Sasha Kaun
False
5
2
2
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
4
5
none
Jordan
McRae
Jordan McRae
False
5
1
1
100
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
3
5
none
Kevin
Love
Kevin Love
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
23
March
2016
Wednesday
Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland
Bucks
Milwaukee
True
Nuggets
Denver
Western Conference
Northwest
29
42
71
1636
1963
22
8
36
81
32
40
25
19
76
25
10
35
4
19
10
16
16
91
4
36
21
58
2023
810
40
96
54
56
310
25
335
13
56
43
24
2325
6060
67
23
34
1919
77
4
82
82
100
75
21
96
00
44
12
46
2419
6060
3
2
67
20
8
40
9
5
56
3
2
5
1
5
4
2
23
60
6
1
17
23
10
43
6
4
67
10
5
15
3
6
3
4
25
60
6
2
33
19
7
37
8
8
100
7
2
9
0
4
1
4
24
60
7
3
43
19
7
37
2
2
100
5
1
6
0
4
2
6
19
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gary
Harris
Gary Harris
True
34
4
12
33
1
6
17
2
2
100
0
2
2
1
2
0
0
2
11
-45
none
Darrell
Arthur
Darrell Arthur
True
26
1
4
25
0
1
0
2
4
50
2
3
5
3
0
0
1
3
4
-14
none
Emmanuel
Mudiay
Emmanuel Mudiay
True
26
1
11
9
1
3
33
2
2
100
1
2
3
3
1
0
2
1
5
-26
none
Nikola
Jokić
Nikola Jokić
True
22
4
12
33
0
1
0
3
3
100
1
3
4
3
3
0
2
2
11
-24
none
JaKarr
Sampson
JaKarr Sampson
True
10
1
3
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
-17
none
Will
Barton
Will Barton
False
25
9
12
75
4
5
80
5
6
83
1
3
4
1
2
0
4
2
27
-3
none
Jusuf
Nurkić
Jusuf Nurkić
False
25
5
7
71
0
0
0
1
4
25
2
5
7
3
1
3
4
3
11
-13
none
D.J.
Augustin
D.J. Augustin
False
24
3
10
30
1
2
50
1
1
100
0
2
2
5
1
0
1
0
8
-6
none
Axel
Toupane
Axel Toupane
False
19
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
0
0
1
0
2
0
-13
none
Joffrey
Lauvergne
Joffrey Lauvergne
False
18
3
7
43
0
1
0
3
3
100
1
3
4
0
0
0
1
0
9
1
none
Mike
Miller
Mike Miller
False
5
1
2
50
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
-5
none
Jameer
Nelson
Jameer Nelson
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Kenneth
Faried
Kenneth Faried
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
23
March
2016
Wednesday
Pepsi Center
Denver
76ers
Philadelphia
True
The Cleveland Cavaliers ( 50 - 20 ) defeated the Denver Nuggets ( 29 - 42 ) 124 - 91 on Monday . Even without Kevin Love ( illness ) , the Cavs had no trouble exerting their will on a considerably inferior Nuggets squad , and clinching a division title in the process . LeBron James had been fairly quiet in recent games by his standards , but stepped up his role in the offense without Love in the lineup . LeBron managed his second triple - double of the season , posting 33 points , eleven rebounds and eleven assists . Cleveland outperformed Denver in every major category , and played an outstanding defensive game overall . They also managed a 56 percent success rate from the field , and a 48 percent figure from three - point range . The Nuggets were paced by a spectacular effort off the bench from Will Barton , who managed 27 points , four rebounds , an assist and a pair of steals . Nikola Jokic and Gary Harris led the starters , but it was only with a pair of 11 - point efforts . The former also added four rebounds , three assists and three steals , while the latter managed a pair of rebounds , an assist and a pair of steals . No other member of the first unit tallied double - digit points , but Jusuf Nurkic did pitch in with 11 points , seven rebounds , three assists , a steal and three blocks in 26 minutes off the bench . Denver remains in fourth place in the Western Conference 's Northwest Division , and 7 games behind eighth - seeded Dallas Mavericks . They 're home against the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday . J.R. Smith followed James ' effort with 15 points , five assists , four rebounds and four steals . Channing Frye filled in admirably for Love , producing 14 points , three rebounds , two assists and a block . Matthew Dellavedova paced the bench with 10 points , seven assists and three rebounds . The Cavaliers remain atop the Eastern Conference , with a slim 2 game lead over the Toronto Raptors . They 're home again against the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday .
The Cleveland Cavaliers (50 - 20) defeated the Denver Nuggets (29 - 42) 124 - 91 on Monday. Even without Kevin Love (illness), the Cavs had no trouble exerting their will on a considerably inferior Nuggets squad, and clinching a division title in the process. LeBron James had been fairly quiet in recent games by his standards, but stepped up his role in the offense without Love in the lineup. LeBron managed his second triple - double of the season, posting 33 points, eleven rebounds and eleven assists. Cleveland outperformed Denver in every major category, and played an outstanding defensive game overall. They also managed a 56 percent success rate from the field, and a 48 percent figure from three - point range. The Nuggets were paced by a spectacular effort off the bench from Will Barton, who managed 27 points, four rebounds, an assist and a pair of steals. Nikola Jokic and Gary Harris led the starters, but it was only with a pair of 11 - point efforts. The former also added four rebounds, three assists and three steals, while the latter managed a pair of rebounds, an assist and a pair of steals. No other member of the first unit tallied double - digit points, but Jusuf Nurkic did pitch in with 11 points, seven rebounds, three assists, a steal and three blocks in 26 minutes off the bench. Denver remains in fourth place in the Western Conference's Northwest Division, and 7 games behind eighth - seeded Dallas Mavericks. They're home against the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday. J.R. Smith followed James' effort with 15 points, five assists, four rebounds and four steals. Channing Frye filled in admirably for Love, producing 14 points, three rebounds, two assists and a block. Matthew Dellavedova paced the bench with 10 points, seven assists and three rebounds. The Cavaliers remain atop the Eastern Conference, with a slim 2 game lead over the Toronto Raptors. They're home again against the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday.
The Cleveland Cavaliers (50 - 20) defeated the Denver Nuggets (29 - 42) 124 - 91 on Monday. Even without Kevin Love (illness), the Cavs had no trouble exerting their will on a considerably inferior Nuggets squad, and clinching a division title in the process. LeBron James had been fairly quiet in recent games by his standards, but stepped up his role in the offense without Love in the lineup. LeBron managed his second triple - double of the season, posting 33 points, eleven rebounds and eleven assists. Cleveland outperformed Denver in every major category, and played an outstanding defensive game overall. They also managed a 56 percent success rate from the field, and a 48 percent figure from three - point range. The Nuggets were paced by a spectacular effort off the bench from Will Barton, who managed 27 points, four rebounds, an assist and a pair of steals. Nikola Jokic and Gary Harris led the starters, but it was only with a pair of 11 - point efforts. The former also added four rebounds, three assists and three steals, while the latter managed a pair of rebounds, an assist and a pair of steals. No other member of the first unit tallied double - digit points, but Jusuf Nurkic did pitch in with 11 points, seven rebounds, three assists, a steal and three blocks in 26 minutes off the bench. Denver remains in fourth place in the Western Conference's Northwest Division, and 7 games behind eighth - seeded Dallas Mavericks. They're home against the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday. J.R. Smith followed James' effort with 15 points, five assists, four rebounds and four steals. Channing Frye filled in admirably for Love, producing 14 points, three rebounds, two assists and a block. Matthew Dellavedova paced the bench with 10 points, seven assists and three rebounds. The Cavaliers remain atop the Eastern Conference, with a slim 2 game lead over the Toronto Raptors. They're home again against the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday.
<GAME> <DATE> 21 March 2016 <DAY> Monday <STADIUM> Quicken Loans Arena <CITY> Cleveland <HOME> <TEAM> Cavaliers <CITY> Cleveland <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 124 <WINS-LOSSES> 50 20 <QTRS> 38 18 31 37 <TEAM-AST> 38 <3PT> 15 <TEAM-FG> 48 <TEAM-FT> 13 <TEAM-REB> 43 <TEAM-TO> 12 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 23 March 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Wednesday <NEXT-STADIUM> Quicken Loans Arena <NEXT-CITY> Cleveland <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Milwaukee <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Bucks <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <VIS> <TEAM> Nuggets <CITY> Denver <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 91 <WINS-LOSSES> 29 42 <QTRS> 23 25 24 19 <TEAM-AST> 19 <3PT> 8 <TEAM-FG> 32 <TEAM-FT> 19 <TEAM-REB> 35 <TEAM-TO> 16 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 23 March 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Wednesday <NEXT-STADIUM> Pepsi Center <NEXT-CITY> Denver <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Philadelphia <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> 76ers <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <PLAYER> LeBron James <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 33 <FG> 12 19 63 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 8 11 73 <REB> 11 <AST> 11 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 3 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> triple <PLAYER> J. R. Smith <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 28 <PTS> 15 <FG> 6 12 50 <FG3> 3 6 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 5 <STL> 4 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Channing Frye <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 14 <FG> 5 9 56 <FG3> 3 7 43 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Matthew Dellavedova <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 10 <FG> 3 7 43 <FG3> 3 5 60 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 7 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Richard Jefferson <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 9 44 <FG3> 1 5 20 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Timofey Mozgov <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 9 <FG> 3 4 75 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 4 <AST> 0 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 2 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tristan Thompson <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 8 <FG> 4 5 80 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 7 <AST> 1 <STL> 2 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kyrie Irving <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 23 <PTS> 8 <FG> 4 12 33 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> James Jones <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 8 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 2 100 <FG3> 2 2 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Iman Shumpert <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-9 <MIN> 23 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Sasha Kaun <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-10 <MIN> 5 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 2 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jordan McRae <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-11 <MIN> 5 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kevin Love <TEAM> Cleveland Cavaliers <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> Will Barton <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 27 <FG> 9 12 75 <FG3> 4 5 80 <FT> 5 6 83 <REB> 4 <AST> 1 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jusuf Nurkić <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 11 <FG> 5 7 71 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 4 25 <REB> 7 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 3 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 2 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nikola Jokić <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 11 <FG> 4 12 33 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 4 <AST> 3 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Gary Harris <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 11 <FG> 4 12 33 <FG3> 1 6 17 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Joffrey Lauvergne <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 9 <FG> 3 7 43 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 4 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> D. J. Augustin <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 8 <FG> 3 10 30 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 2 <AST> 5 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Emmanuel Mudiay <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 5 <FG> 1 11 9 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Darrell Arthur <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 4 <FG> 1 4 25 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 2 4 50 <REB> 5 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Mike Miller <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 5 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> JaKarr Sampson <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-9 <MIN> 10 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 3 33 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kenneth Faried <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <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> Jameer Nelson <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <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> Axel Toupane <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 19 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none