Cleveland Cavaliers @ Denver Nuggets
3-5, 2-3 Away
93
3-5, 2-3 Away
3-4, 2-2 Home
100
3-4, 2-2 Home
Cleveland Cavaliers
starters |
bench |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 40 | 20 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | 1 | 0-9 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 36 | 19 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 37 | 17 | 7-17 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | 15 | 7-16 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 16 | 6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | 8 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 5-6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | 5 | 2-10 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
93 | 34-82 | 3-13 | 22-30 | 42 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 30 | 26 | ||
41% | 23% | 73% |
Denver Nuggets
starters |
bench |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 29 | 11 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | 11 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | 22 | 8-16 | 0-1 | 6-7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | 20 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 15 | 8 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | 14 | 5-14 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | 8 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
100 | 40-80 | 0-3 | 20-34 | 44 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 22 | ||
50% | 0% | 59% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
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