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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Denver Nuggets

January 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Nuggets 113-108 on 2026-01-02 at home. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, and Jaylon Tyson. The Nuggets started Jamal Murray, Jalen Pickett, Peyton Watson, DaRon Holmes II, and Spencer Jones. Jamal Murray (Nuggets) scored 11 points (4/14) in his matchups, with Jaylon Tyson as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 11 points (4/5) in his matchups, with Spencer Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

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Cleveland Cavaliers 113

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	35:07	33	6	5	1	0	4	3	14-24	5-12	0-2	+10
Evan Mobley GS	32:17	8	11	4	1	3	0	2	4-10	0-2	0-5	-9
Darius Garland GS	32:09	18	2	8	0	0	6	3	6-12	4-8	2-2	-1
Jarrett Allen GS	29:48	8	12	3	1	1	2	1	3-5	0-0	2-2	+12
Jaylon Tyson GS	23:46	8	5	1	0	0	1	2	3-8	1-4	1-2	-8
De'Andre Hunter	25:36	16	5	4	0	0	0	4	5-12	2-7	4-4	+1
Craig Porter Jr.	23:12	10	5	5	2	1	2	2	4-7	2-2	0-0	+6
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	18:39	6	6	0	1	1	1	1	2-5	0-1	2-2	+6
Lonzo Ball	14:46	6	3	2	0	2	0	0	2-3	2-3	0-0	+11
Tyrese Proctor	4:40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Totals		113	55	32	6	8	16	18	43-86	16-39	11-19

Did not play: Thomas Bryant (DNP - Coach's Decision), Sam Merrill (DND - Injury/Illness)

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Denver Nuggets 108

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Peyton Watson GS	40:13	21	4	3	1	0	2	5	9-22	2-9	1-2	-4
Jamal Murray GS	38:55	34	6	7	0	1	1	0	12-28	6-12	4-5	+5
Spencer Jones GS	36:25	13	6	1	0	2	1	3	5-8	3-5	0-0	0
DaRon Holmes II GS	23:59	3	4	6	0	0	0	3	1-6	1-4	0-0	+9
Jalen Pickett GS	18:29	9	2	3	2	0	1	0	4-5	1-2	0-0	+2
Tim Hardaway Jr.	28:00	15	2	2	0	0	0	1	6-14	3-9	0-0	-15
Bruce Brown	24:20	0	3	4	4	0	3	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	-4
Zeke Nnaji	23:56	13	5	0	1	0	0	1	3-6	1-4	6-6	-12
Julian Strawther	5:43	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	-6
Totals		108	32	26	8	3	8	15	40-94	17-47	11-13

Did not play: Curtis Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Darius Garland · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson Starter 11.0 min
Lonzo Ball · Donovan Mitchell · Jarrett Allen · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. 8.6 min
Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. 6.9 min
Jarrett Allen · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 5.8 min
Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson 5.5 min

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Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jamal Murray · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson · DaRon Holmes II · Spencer Jones Starter 10.4 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Peyton Watson · DaRon Holmes II · Spencer Jones 6.7 min
Jamal Murray · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 4.6 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Peyton Watson 3.6 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · Peyton Watson 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Cavaliers defense

Jamal Murray 11 pts (4/14) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylon Tyson (18 %, 0 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (16 %, 6 pts) · Darius Garland (16 %, 5 pts)
Peyton Watson 27 pts (9/16) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Donovan Mitchell (25 %, 7 pts) · Evan Mobley (18 %, 0 pts) · Darius Garland (13 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Donovan Mitchell	Peyton Watson: 19 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Spencer Jones: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Evan Mobley	Peyton Watson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Spencer Jones: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jarrett Allen	DaRon Holmes II: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Zeke Nnaji: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Darius Garland	Jalen Pickett: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
De'Andre Hunter	Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Craig Porter Jr.	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Bruce Brown: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaylon Tyson	Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Spencer Jones: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lonzo Ball	Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Peyton Watson: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tyrese Proctor	Bruce Brown: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Spencer Jones: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Donovan Mitchell 11 pts (4/5) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Spencer Jones (27 %, 3 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (17 %, 0 pts) · Peyton Watson (15 %, 2 pts)
Darius Garland 24 pts (9/14) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Jamal Murray (24 %, 11 pts) · Jalen Pickett (23 %, 7 pts) · Spencer Jones (17 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Jaylon Tyson: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Darius Garland: 14 poss., 11 pts (3/5)
Peyton Watson	Evan Mobley: 16 poss., 13 pts (5/12) · De'Andre Hunter: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Donovan Mitchell: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · De'Andre Hunter: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Craig Porter Jr.: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Jarrett Allen: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Evan Mobley: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Bruce Brown	Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Lonzo Ball: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
DaRon Holmes II	Jarrett Allen: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Evan Mobley: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jalen Pickett	Darius Garland: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Donovan Mitchell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther	Craig Porter Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · De'Andre Hunter: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)