Game Stats: Cavaliers vs. Nuggets, 149-135 in the 2025 NBA Regular Season

Box score from the NBA basketball game played between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Denver Nuggets on December 27, 2024 with final result, scoring by period, game leaders and statistics by team and by player.

NBA Box Scores:

Game Score

149

Cleveland Cavaliers
- 135

Denver Nuggets

Scoring by Period

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
CLE 40 40 36 33 149
DEN 38 27 36 34 135

Game Leaders

Cavaliers Nuggets

Points

33 -
D.
Donovan
Mitchell
27 -
2 players

Rebounds

10 -
J.
Jarrett
Allen
14 -
N.
Nikola
Jokic

Assists

7 -
D.
Darius
Garland
13 -
N.
Nikola
Jokic

Steals

4 -
D.
Darius
Garland
3 -
N.
Nikola
Jokic

Blocks

2 -
2 players
2 -
D.
DeAndre
Jordan

Game Data

Date: December 27, 2024

Home Team: Denver Nuggets

Game Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

149
  Rebounds Shooting

Players

  Min Pts Off Def Tot Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/-
FG
3P
FT
Starters
 
Donovan Mitchell G 30:21 33 2 3 5 6 1 0 3 2+410-17 6-12 7-7
Evan Mobley F 31:03 26 1 4 5 6 0 1 1 4-19-13 4-6 4-6
Darius Garland G 31:30 25 0 2 2 7 4 0 2 1+1310-18 2-8 3-4
Jarrett Allen C 30:49 22 3 7 10 4 3 1 2 2+1810-13 0-0 2-2
Dean Wade F 25:48 11 1 2 3 5 0 2 1 1+193-4 3-4 2-2
Reserves
 
Caris LeVert 23:06 13 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 1+35-10 3-4 0-0
Sam Merrill 18:40 9 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 1+103-4 3-4 0-0
Max Strus 23:49 5 1 4 5 1 1 0 1 4-52-6 1-4 0-0
Georges Niang 15:59 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1-41-5 1-3 0-0
Ty Jerome 07:19 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0+151-6 0-3 0-1
Jaylon Tyson 01:36 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0-20-0 0-0 0-0
Tristan Thompson DNP - Coach's Decision

Totals:

  240 149 9 29 38 40 10 7 10 17 54-96 23-48 18-22
Percentages: .563 .479 .818

Denver Nuggets

135
  Rebounds Shooting

Players

  Min Pts Off Def Tot Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/-
FG
3P
FT
Starters
 
Nikola Jokic C 35:45 27 3 11 14 13 3 0 1 1-1512-19 0-3 3-4
Jamal Murray G 40:23 27 0 3 3 11 2 0 4 3-910-20 3-6 4-4
Michael Porter Jr. F 31:56 18 1 3 4 3 0 0 1 5-56-11 5-8 1-2
Christian Braun F 31:53 16 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 4-217-9 2-4 0-0
Russell Westbrook G 29:31 11 0 4 4 7 1 0 4 3-135-13 1-5 0-0
Reserves
 
Peyton Watson 25:39 18 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0-166-8 2-2 4-5
Julian Strawther 23:11 11 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0+64-7 1-2 2-2
DeAndre Jordan 10:39 4 3 4 7 1 0 2 0 3-12-4 0-0 0-1
Hunter Tyson 06:15 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1-21-3 1-1 0-0
Jalen Pickett 01:36 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0+20-0 0-0 0-0
Spencer Jones 01:36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+20-0 0-0 0-0
Zeke Nnaji 01:36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+20-0 0-0 0-0
Dario Saric DNP - Coach's Decision

Totals:

  240 135 8 30 38 39 8 3 13 20 53-94 15-31 14-18
Percentages: .564 .484 .778

Inactive Players:
- Cavaliers: Emoni Bates, Isaac Okoro, Craig Porter, JT Thor, Luke Travers
- Nuggets: Trey Alexander, Vlatko Cancar, Aaron Gordon, PJ Hall, DaRon Holmes II

Abbreviations:
Min = Minutes played / Pts = Points / Off, Def, Tot = Offensive, Defensive and Total Rebounds / Ast = Assists / Stl = Steals / Blk = Blocks / TO = Turnovers / PF = Personal fouls / +/- = Plus-Minus / FG = Field Goals Made - Attempted / 3P = 3-Pointers Made - Attempted / FT = Free Throws Made - Attempted