Nuggets 88-87 Cavaliers (17 Jan, 1997) Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

21-15, 6-8 away

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
CLE	20	27	20	13	7	87
DEN	19	20	27	14	8	88

Denver Nuggets

10-28, 5-14 home

Cleveland Cavaliers

starters
D. Ferry F
B. Phills F
C. Mills SF
M. West C
T. Brandon PG
bench
A. Lang F
D. Marshall F
V. Potapenko C
B. Sura PG
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	2-8	0-0	2-2	2	7	9	1	2	0	2	3	0	6
40	4-6	0-0	1-2	1	2	3	7	2	2	4	4	0	9
37	6-9	0-0	1-2	0	4	4	2	2	0	1	2	0	13
16	3-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	6
40	7-19	1-1	0-0	1	5	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	15
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	4-9	0-1	2-2	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	10
10	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
36	7-9	0-0	2-2	5	3	8	3	1	1	0	2	0	16
23	4-12	1-2	1-3	0	2	2	4	3	0	1	1	0	10
	38-78	2-5	9-13	10	25	35	20	15	6	13	18		87
	48.7%	40.0%	69.2%

Denver Nuggets

starters
L. Ellis F
D. Ham SF
E. Johnson C
M. Jackson PG
B. Stith G
bench
T. Hammonds F
D. Ellis G
B. Thompson G
E. Bennett G
R. Pierce G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
41	12-24	2-8	1-1	1	4	5	1	0	0	2	3	0	27
38	5-8	0-0	0-0	2	3	5	1	1	0	1	5	0	10
43	2-5	0-0	0-0	2	6	8	0	0	4	2	3	0	4
46	3-7	1-2	0-0	1	5	6	13	2	1	6	1	0	7
37	7-15	3-5	3-4	2	3	5	2	1	1	2	0	0	20
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	2-4	0-0	0-0	3	6	9	2	0	1	1	2	0	4
20	1-6	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2
7	3-4	2-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	3-6	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	6
	38-79	8-19	4-5	11	29	40	20	5	7	18	16		88
	48.1%	42.1%	80.0%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Nuggets
86
Cavaliers
101

Game 1

10/11

Cavaliers
87
Nuggets
88

Game 2

17/1

12:00 AM, 17 January 1997

Attendance: 8,072

Referees:
Joe Crawford
Terry Durham
Gary Benson

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	49	33	.598	-	L2
Cleveland	48	34	.585	1	L1
Indiana	47	35	.573	2	W1
Chicago	39	43	.476	10	L1
Detroit	14	68	.171	35	L1

Team	W	L

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