The Denver Nuggets handily beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 137 to 127, on March 1, 1981.

1980-81 Denver Nuggets

Final

CLE

127

DEN

Nuggets

28-38

137

1

34

35

2

40

30

3

24

38

4

29

34

Total

127

137

Cavaliers

Nuggets

FG Made - Attempted

53-103

53-104

Field Goal %

51.5

51.0

3PT Made - Attempted

2-5

0-0

3PT %

40.0

FT Made - Attempted

19-25

31-41

Free Throw %

76.0

75.6

Rebounds

49

53

Offensive Rebounds

17

19

Defensive Rebounds

32

34

Assists

33

30

Steals

7

6

Blocks

3

6

Turnovers

16

13

Personal Fouls

33

20

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Mike Mitchell 44 36 9 2 2 1 14-23 0-0 8-13 2 2 3 6 60.9 61.5
Kenny Carr 41 17 16 4 2 1 7-14 0-0 3-3 1 5 5 11 50.0 100.0
Bill Laimbeer 35 16 12 8 0 0 8-13 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 8 61.5
Mike Bratz 32 10 2 5 0 0 4-16 2-5 0-0 3 3 2 0 25.0 40.0
Roger Phegley 31 14 2 3 1 0 6-13 0-0 2-2 3 6 0 2 46.2 100.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Richard Washington 22 12 4 2 1 1 6-11 0-0 0-0 2 6 1 3 54.5
Geoff Huston 22 11 2 5 0 0 4-6 0-0 3-3 5 4 2 0 66.7 100.0
Randy Smith 10 6 2 3 0 0 3-6 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 50.0
Mack Calvin 2 5 0 1 1 0 1-1 0-0 3-4 0 0 0 0 100.0 75.0
Kim Hughes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0

Starters

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Alex English 39 30 8 4 1 2 14-24 0-0 2-2 5 3 5 3 58.3 100.0
David Thompson 36 44 5 2 1 1 18-28 0-0 8-10 3 3 4 1 64.3 80.0
Dan Issel 31 22 10 2 0 1 8-20 0-0 6-7 1 0 2 8 40.0 85.7
Kenny Higgs 29 2 3 11 2 0 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 4 1 2 20.0
Cedrick Hordges 20 9 10 2 0 0 3-5 0-0 3-4 0 2 1 9 60.0 75.0

Bench

NAME MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG 3PT FT TOV PF +/- OREB DREB FG% 3P% FT%
Dave Robisch 24 5 5 4 0 2 2-8 0-0 1-1 0 2 3 2 25.0 100.0
Kiki VanDeWeghe 22 5 1 1 0 0 2-7 0-0 1-3 1 1 0 1 28.6 33.3
Billy McKinney 19 11 3 3 1 0 1-2 0-0 9-11 2 3 0 3 50.0 81.8
T.R. Dunn 12 2 5 1 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 3 100.0
Glen Gondrezick 6 2 3 0 1 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 1 2 50.0
Ronnie Valentine 2 5 0 0 0 0 2-2 0-0 1-3 1 0 0 0 100.0 33.3

Explore

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Team Leaders

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PPG

26.1

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

RPG

12.2

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

APG

9.0

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

Team Rankings

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ORTG

118.4

7th

DRTG

113.6

10th

NETRTG

4.8

6th

3P%

37.0

12th

2023-24 Conference Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Nuggets Nuggets
51 22 .699
2
Timberwolves Timberwolves
50 22 .694 0.5
3
Thunder Thunder
50 22 .694 0.5
4
Clippers Clippers
45 27 .625 5.5
5
Pelicans Pelicans
45 28 .616 6.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
3/29
MIN MIN
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM
Sun
3/31
CLE CLE
@
DEN DEN
3:30 PM
Tue
4/2
SAS SAS
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM
Thu
4/4
DEN DEN
@
LAC LAC
10:00 PM
Sat
4/6
ATL ATL
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM

Last Game

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DEN Nuggets

51-22

97

Final

104

PHX Suns

43-30

Wed 27 Mar 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Fantasy Basketball 2023-24

NBA 2023-24 Betting

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Celtics Celtics
57 16 .781
2
Bucks Bucks
46 27 .630 11.0
3
Knicks Knicks
44 28 .611 12.5
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
44 29 .603 13.0
5
Magic Magic
42 30 .583 14.5
6
Pacers Pacers
41 33 .554 16.5
Western W L PCT GB
1
Nuggets Nuggets
51 22 .699
2
Timberwolves Timberwolves
50 22 .694 0.5
3
Thunder Thunder
50 22 .694 0.5
4
Clippers Clippers
45 27 .625 5.5
5
Pelicans Pelicans
45 28 .616 6.0
6
Mavericks Mavericks
43 29 .597 7.5

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
3/27
MIL MIL
@
NOP NOP
100-107
Wed
3/27
BOS BOS
@
ATL ATL
122-123
Tue
3/26
PHX PHX
@
DEN DEN
104-97
Tue
3/26
SAS SAS
@
UTA UTA
118-111
Tue
3/26
LAL LAL
@
MEM MEM
136-124

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
3/29
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
7:00 PM
Fri
3/29
LAC LAC
@
ORL ORL
7:00 PM
Fri
3/29
LAL LAL
@
IND IND
7:00 PM
Fri
3/29
GSW GSW
@
CHA CHA
7:00 PM
Fri
3/29
CHI CHI
@
BKN BKN
7:30 PM