National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Cleveland 93,
Denver 87
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #34 Kevin Cutler, #9 Derrick Stafford, #60 James Williams
Attendance: 17523
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #34 Kevin Cutler, #9 Derrick Stafford, #60 James Williams
Attendance: 17523
Final Scoring Summary
Cleveland Cavaliers
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Matthew Dellavedova - G | 29:15 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| J.R. Smith - G | 25:40 | 4-11 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Kevin Love - F | 36:20 | 4-16 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| LeBron James - F | 34:23 | 13-24 | 1-3 | 7-8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 34 |
| Tristan Thompson - C | 34:39 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Iman Shumpert | 31:04 | 7-13 | 2-5 | 0-0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Mo Williams | 18:45 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Timofey Mozgov | 15:15 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Richard Jefferson | 12:36 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jared Cunningham | 1:52 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Jones | 0:11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sasha Kaun | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Anderson Varejao | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-86 | 4-22 | 13-22 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 93 | |
| 44.2% | 18.2% | 59.1% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Gary Harris - G | 32:33 | 5-13 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Jameer Nelson - G | 23:52 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kenneth Faried - F | 27:54 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Kostas Papanikolaou - F | 21:55 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joffrey Lauvergne - C | 24:19 | 7-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Will Barton | 34:17 | 11-20 | 3-8 | 4-4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 29 |
| Randy Foye | 25:28 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Nikola Jokic | 22:25 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Darrell Arthur | 20:06 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Mike Miller | 7:11 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J.J. Hickson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Emmanuel Mudiay | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jusuf Nurkic | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-89 | 5-24 | 8-11 | 12 | 40 | 52 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 87 | |
| 41.6% | 20.8% | 72.7% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 18 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| CLE | None |
| DEN | None |
Team Statistics
| Cleveland | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 16 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
| Points in the Paint | 44 | Points in the Paint | 48 |
| Biggest Lead | 15 | Biggest Lead | 2 |