Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Denver Nuggets

Oct 25, 2021

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	29	21	25	24	99
DEN	24	22	24	17	87

Game Recap

The Cavaliers defeated the Nuggets, 99-87. Jarrett Allen led the Cavaliers with 21 points (10-11 FG) and 16 rebounds, while Kevin Love added a team-high 22 points, along with six rebounds in the victory. Nikola Jokic tallied 24 points, 19 rebounds and three steals for the Nuggets in the losing effort. The Cavaliers improve to 2-2 on the season, while the Nuggets fall to 2-1.

Player Stats

CAVALIERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24Lauri MarkkanenSF	27	4-12	2-8	2-2	4	2	4	1	1	1	+10	12
4Evan MobleyPF	26	4-8	0-0	2-2	8	2	0	1	3	3	+16	10
31Jarrett AllenC	36	10-11	0-0	1-3	16	2	0	0	0	1	+5	21
2Collin SextonSG	24	4-11	3-5	3-4	3	2	0	0	1	3	+10	14
10Darius GarlandPG	31	4-9	1-3	0-0	3	7	1	0	3	1	+12	9
35Isaac Okoro	28	2-5	0-0	0-0	2	2	2	2	1	2	+8	4
3Ricky Rubio	24	2-10	0-3	3-4	4	8	1	1	2	5	+8	7
0Kevin Love	20	8-13	1-4	5-5	6	0	0	0	1	0	+5	22
16Cedi Osman	11	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	2	+6	0
6Kevin Pangos	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4	0
9Dylan Windler	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0
45Denzel Valentine	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0
32Dean Wade	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0
8Lamar Stevens	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0
21Ed Davis	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	38-8246.3%	7-2528.0%	16-2080.0%	49	26	8	5	14	18	-	99

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	27	4-14	3-9	0-0	5	3	1	1	2	2	-10	11
50Aaron GordonPF	28	5-14	1-5	1-2	9	1	0	0	3	2	-7	12
15Nikola JokicC	34	9-15	1-4	5-6	19	3	3	0	6	3	-12	24
5Will BartonSG	31	5-9	1-4	1-2	2	1	2	2	2	0	-12	12
11Monte MorrisPG	27	1-4	0-1	0-0	2	6	0	0	2	2	-4	2
35PJ Dozier	9	1-3	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	2	-13	2
7Facundo Campazzo	17	1-4	1-4	0-0	2	3	1	0	1	3	-11	3
32Jeff Green	18	2-7	0-3	1-2	1	0	0	0	1	3	-4	5
25Austin Rivers	13	1-4	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	0	-5	2
JaMychal Green	10	1-4	0-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	3	-5	2
3Bones Hyland	10	3-5	1-3	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	2	+3	7
00Markus Howard	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	0	+5	0
10Bol Bol	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+5	2
21Petr Cornelie	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+5	0
22Zeke Nnaji	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+5	3
TOTAL	-	35-8640.7%	9-3823.7%	8-1266.7%	47	21	10	3	21	22	-	87

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterCLEDEN

(11:56) Jump Ball Jokic vs. Allen: Tip to Markkanen
(11:37) MISS Markkanen 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:34) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:21) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:21) Markkanen STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (11:17) Markkanen 2' Running Dunk (2 PTS)
20
(10:56) MISS Porter Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:52) Mobley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:43) MISS Sexton 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:39) Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (10:31) Porter Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Morris 1 AST)
23
+2 (10:11) Allen 3' Hook Shot (2 PTS) (Markkanen 1 AST)
43
(9:50) MISS Jokic 7' Turnaround Hook Shot
(9:47) Markkanen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:39) Garland 10' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
63
(9:25) Jokic OFF.Foul (P1) (T.Brothers)
(9:25) Jokic Offensive Foul Turnover (P2.T2)
(9:14) Garland Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (9:05) Barton 17' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Morris 2 AST)
65
(8:55) MISS Sexton 4' Running Finger Roll Layup
(8:53) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (8:41) Jokic 3' Layup (2 PTS)
67
+3 (8:18) Markkanen 27' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Garland 1 AST)
97
(7:55) MISS Gordon 14' Fadeaway Jumper
(7:50) Mobley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:47) MISS Sexton 3' Running Layup
(7:47) Barton BLOCK (1 BLK)
(7:44) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:43) Gordon Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(7:43) Markkanen STEAL (2 STL)
(7:42) Gordon Personal Take Foul (P1.T1) (T.Brothers)
(7:26) MISS Mobley 14' Step Back Jump Shot
(7:24) Mobley REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (7:23) Mobley 3' Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS)
117
+2 (7:05) Gordon 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS)
119
(7:05) Mobley S.FOUL (P1.T1) (T.Washington)
(7:05) MISS Gordon Free Throw 1 of 1
(6:56) Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (6:51) Rubio 7' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Markkanen 2 AST)
139
(6:39) MISS Porter Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:36) Rubio REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:22) MISS Markkanen 3PT Jump Shot
(6:18) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:18) Mobley S.FOUL (P2.T2) (N.Buchert)
(6:18) NUGGETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+1 (6:18) Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
1310
(6:18) MISS Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2
(6:15) Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:59) MISS Rubio 15' Fadeaway Jumper
(5:56) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(5:51) Porter Jr. Offensive Charge Foul (P1) (T.Brothers)
(5:51) Porter Jr. Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T4)
(5:41) MISS Osman 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:38) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (5:33) Gordon 3' Driving Layup (4 PTS)
1312
(5:33) Allen S.FOUL (P1.T3) (T.Brothers)
+1 (5:33) Gordon Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
1313
+2 (5:09) Okoro 1' Driving Dunk (2 PTS) (Rubio 1 AST)
1513
(4:45) MISS Jokic 7' Turnaround Hook Shot
(4:43) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(4:42) MISS Jokic 4' Putback Layup
(4:40) Love REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:34) Porter Jr. P.FOUL (P2.T2) (N.Buchert)
(4:20) Dozier S.FOUL (P1.T3) (T.Washington)
+1 (4:20) Love Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1613
+1 (4:20) Love Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1713
(4:04) MISS Barton 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:04) Campazzo REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(3:53) MISS Dozier 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:51) Barton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(3:45) MISS Barton 12' Pullup Jump Shot
(3:40) Love REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (3:26) Love 14' Step Back Jump Shot (4 PTS)
1913
(3:26) Dozier S.FOUL (P2.T4) (N.Buchert)
+1 (3:26) Love Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
2013
+2 (3:08) Jokic 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (5 PTS)
2015
+2 (2:58) Allen 3' Alley Oop Dunk (4 PTS) (Rubio 2 AST)
2215
(2:58) NUGGETS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
+2 (2:42) Jokic 16' Jump Shot (7 PTS)
2217
+2 (2:25) Love 18' Jump Shot (7 PTS)
2417
(2:06) Rivers Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T5)
+2 (1:51) Love 23' Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Garland 2 AST)
2617
+2 (1:31) Je. Green 2' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Campazzo 1 AST)
2619
(1:15) Garland Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T2)
(1:15) Dozier STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (1:08) Campazzo 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Dozier 1 AST)
2622
(1:05) Cavaliers Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(0:52) MISS Love 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:49) Hyland REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (0:30) Rivers 5' Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2624
+3 (0:13) Garland 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
2924
(0:01) Osman P.FOUL (P1.T4) (T.Brothers)
(0:00) MISS Je. Green 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(0:00) NUGGETS Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

CLE

DEN

99Points87

38-82(46.3%)Field Goal(%)35-86(40.7%)

7-25(28.0%)3-Point(%)9-38(23.7%)

16-20(80.0%)Free Throw(%)8-12(66.7%)

49(11)Rebounds(Offensive)47(11)

26Assists21

8Steals10

5Blocks3

14Turnovers21

18Fouls22

56Pts In The Paint46

8Fast Break Pts18

32Pts Off Turnovers16

33Bench Pts26

17Largest Lead1

Game Details

Monday, October 25, 2021 · 9:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 14,221 (74.5%)