NBA

Denver Nuggets at Cleveland Cavaliers

· National Basketball Association
Denver Nuggets
0-0, 0-0 Away

vs

Cleveland Cavaliers
0-0, 0-0 Home
Regular Season Series

Series starts 1/9

Matchup Prediction

Cavaliers: 54.6%
Nuggets: 45.4%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

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0.0 Points Against 0.0
Cleveland Cavaliers Cleveland Cavaliers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Sam Merrill, G Day-To-Day Oct 20
Nae'Qwan Tomlin, F Out Oct 20
Khalifa Diop, C Day-To-Day Oct 13
Denver Nuggets Denver Nuggets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Spencer Jones, F Day-To-Day Oct 18
Julian Strawther, G Out Oct 16

Nuggets Last 5

Date OPP Result
vs UTAH L 109-97
@ UTAH W 117-106
vs CHI W 133-128
@ LAC L 122-110
@ LAL W 121-106

Cavaliers Last 5

Date OPP Result
vs NY L 121-108
vs NY L 130-93
vs BOS L 124-113
vs ORL W 119-105
@ ORL L 132-116

Game Information

Rocket Arena

Location: Cleveland, OH
Capacity:

2026-27 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 1 0 1.000 - W1
Denver 0 0 .000 0.5 -
Minnesota 0 0 .000 0.5 -
Portland 0 0 .000 0.5 -
Utah 0 0 .000 0.5 -

2026-27 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit - 0 W1 1 1
Chicago 0.5 0 - 0 0
Cleveland 0.5 0 - 0 0
Indiana 0.5 0 - 0 0
Milwaukee 0.5 0 - 0 0
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