Nuggets (126) vs Cavaliers (117) · Mar 3, 2018 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Mar 3, 2018

35-28DenverNuggets

126

36-26ClevelandCavaliers

117

Game Recap

Gary Harris scores 32 points and Will Barton adds 23 as the Nuggets defeat the Cavaliers 126-117.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	37	36	30	23	126
CLE	31	31	35	20	117

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
21Wilson ChandlerSF	27	7-10	2-4	0-0	2	3	0	1	2	3	16	+7
4Paul MillsapPF	26	4-9	1-2	2-2	6	4	1	1	1	2	11	+7
15Nikola JokicC	32	3-8	1-2	2-3	7	8	0	1	2	2	9	+12
14Gary HarrisSG	36	10-17	6-10	6-6	2	4	1	0	0	1	32	+7
27Jamal MurrayPG	31	6-11	3-4	1-1	3	5	1	0	1	1	16	+11
5Will Barton	33	9-17	4-10	1-1	8	7	0	0	1	3	23	+8
22Richard Jefferson	15	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	2	4	+2
24Mason Plumlee	15	4-7	0-0	0-0	5	1	1	0	0	3	8	-3
34Devin Harris	16	1-3	1-2	1-2	1	1	0	0	2	2	4	-9
25Malik Beasley	5	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	+3
00Darrell Arthur	— did not play —												— did not play —
35Kenneth Faried	— did not play —												— did not play —
7Trey Lyles	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		47-8654.7%	19-3554.3%	13-1586.7%	35	35	4	3	9	19	126

CAVALIERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
23LeBron JamesSF	42	8-19	1-4	8-11	10	15	2	0	3	2	25	-6
16Cedi OsmanPF	23	6-7	1-2	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	3	13	-15
13Tristan ThompsonC	27	6-10	0-0	0-1	7	0	1	0	1	1	12	-18
5JR SmithSG	34	7-12	2-5	3-4	2	2	1	1	1	1	19	-13
3George HillPG	33	6-10	3-4	2-2	4	4	0	0	2	3	17	-13
1Rodney Hood	26	3-9	0-4	0-0	3	2	0	1	1	1	6	-1
8Jordan Clarkson	23	4-9	2-3	1-1	4	1	1	0	0	1	11	+11
22Larry Nance Jr.	20	6-10	0-1	2-2	8	0	0	0	0	4	14	+9
26Kyle Korver	7	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1
15London Perrantes	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10John Holland	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
81Jose Calderon	— did not play —												— did not play —
41Ante Zizic	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		46-8852.3%	9-2437.5%	16-2176.2%	41	25	5	2	9	16	117

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterdencle

(11:55) Jump Ball Thompson vs. Jokic: Tip to Murray
+2 (11:38) Chandler 9' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
20
(11:16) MISS Thompson 10' Hook Shot
(11:14) Millsap REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:10) G. Harris 1' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Millsap 1 AST)
40
+3 (10:53) Hill 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (James 1 AST)
43
(10:40) MISS G. Harris 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:33) Thompson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:30) Thompson Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:30) Millsap STEAL (1 STL)
(10:16) MISS Murray 31' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:13) James REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:08) Osman 1' Driving Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (James 2 AST)
45
+2 (9:53) Chandler 14' Driving Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
65
(9:38) MISS Hill 17' Jump Shot
(9:38) Jokic BLOCK (1 BLK)
(9:35) Hill REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(9:34) MISS Hill 18' Jump Shot
(9:30) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:22) MISS Millsap 3' Cutting Layup Shot
(9:20) James REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (9:17) Osman 1' Running Dunk (4 PTS) (James 3 AST)
67
(8:57) Osman P.FOUL (P1.T1) (G.Petraitis)
+2 (8:50) G. Harris 16' Step Back Jump Shot (4 PTS)
87
+2 (8:26) Hill 15' Fadeaway Jumper (5 PTS)
89
(8:17) Millsap Traveling Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (8:06) James 1' Driving Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (Hill 1 AST)
811
+2 (7:54) Jokic 1' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
1011
(7:54) Hill S.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.Williams)
+1 (7:54) Jokic Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
1111
(7:36) Osman Traveling Turnover (P1.T2)
(7:20) Osman S.FOUL (P2.T3) (J.Williams)
+1 (7:20) G. Harris Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
1211
+1 (7:20) G. Harris Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
1311
(7:12) Chandler P.FOUL (P1.T1) (A.Smith)
+2 (7:03) Thompson Alley Oop Dunk (2 PTS) (James 4 AST)
1313
(6:46) CAVALIERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(6:33) MISS Murray 2' Driving Layup
(6:31) Millsap REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(6:31) MISS Millsap 1' Tip Layup Shot
(6:29) Thompson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:23) MISS Osman 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:18) Millsap REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(6:11) MISS Chandler 5' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(6:11) Thompson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(5:58) MISS James Driving Layup
(5:58) James REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(5:53) MISS James 1' Tip Layup Shot
(5:52) Thompson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(5:52) MISS Thompson 1' Tip Layup Shot
(5:50) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (5:47) Millsap 3' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
1513
(5:31) Chandler P.FOUL (P2.T2) (A.Smith)
(5:27) Jokic Violation:Kicked Ball (A.Smith)
+2 (5:19) Osman 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Hill 2 AST)
1515
+3 (5:04) G. Harris 25' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
1815
+2 (4:46) Osman 18' Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Hill 3 AST)
1817
+3 (4:32) Barton 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
2117
(4:14) James Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(4:14) G. Harris STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (4:10) Chandler 1' Running Layup (6 PTS) (G. Harris 1 AST)
2317
(4:10) CAVALIERS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
+2 (3:56) Thompson 9' Jump Shot (4 PTS) (James 5 AST)
2319
+2 (3:41) Murray 19' Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2519
+2 (3:29) Hill 20' Jump Shot (7 PTS)
2521
+3 (3:10) Murray 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (G. Harris 2 AST)
2821
(2:55) MISS James 2' Cutting Layup Shot
(2:52) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+3 (2:49) Barton 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (G. Harris 3 AST)
3121
+2 (2:26) James Driving Layup (4 PTS)
3123
+2 (2:12) Murray 1' Driving Layup (7 PTS) (Jokic 5 AST)
3323
(2:00) Hood Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T4)
(1:46) MISS Murray 17' Jump Shot
(1:43) Nance Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:40) Nance Jr. 1' Running Dunk (2 PTS)
3325
(1:25) MISS Plumlee 2' Cutting Layup Shot
(1:23) Plumlee REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(1:19) MISS Barton 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:15) Murray REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (1:13) Jefferson 1' Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (Barton 1 AST)
3525
+2 (1:03) Hood 14' Jump Shot (2 PTS)
3527
+2 (0:49) Barton 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Murray 2 AST)
3727
(0:41) Jefferson S.FOUL (P1.T3) (G.Petraitis)
+1 (0:41) Nance Jr. Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
3728
+1 (0:41) Nance Jr. Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
3729
(0:34) Hood P.FOUL (P1.T4) (A.Smith)
(0:27) MISS G. Harris 15' Fadeaway Jumper
(0:25) Nance Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:06) Plumlee P.FOUL (P1.PN) (J.Williams)
+1 (0:06) James Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
3730
+1 (0:06) James Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
3731
(0:01) MISS Barton 29' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:01) G. Harris REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(0:00) MISS G. Harris 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:00) Nuggets Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

CLE

126Points117

47-86(54.7%)Field Goal(%)46-88(52.3%)

19-35(54.3%)3-Point(%)9-24(37.5%)

13-15(86.7%)Free Throw(%)16-21(76.2%)

35(6)Rebounds(Offensive)41(12)

35Assists25

4Steals5

3Blocks2

9Turnovers9

19Fouls16

44Pts In The Paint50

14Fast Break Pts21

11Pts Off Turnovers11

42Bench Pts31

15Largest Lead3

Game Details

Saturday, March 3, 2018 · 7:30 PM

Dodger Stadium · Los Angeles, CA

attendance: 20,562 (36.7%)