Cavaliers 99-74 Nuggets (17 Jan, 1998) Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

22-14, 12-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	18	26	26	29	99
DEN	22	15	15	22	74

Denver Nuggets

2-35, 2-15 home

Cleveland Cavaliers

starters
Cedric HendersonC. Henderson
Wesley PersonW. Person
Zydrunas IlgauskasZ. Ilgauskas
Shawn KempS. Kemp
Brevin KnightB. Knight
bench
Danny FerryD. Ferry
Henry JamesH. James
Vitaly PotapenkoV. Potapenko
Shawnelle ScottS. Scott
Derek AndersonD. Anderson
Scott BrooksS. Brooks
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
36	5-11	0-0	5-6	2	4	6	1	1	1	3	4	0	15
37	7-15	2-4	4-7	0	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	20
21	5-7	0-0	0-2	3	8	11	0	0	1	1	4	0	10
35	6-14	0-0	7-9	5	6	11	5	1	2	4	5	0	19
30	1-5	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	5	3	0	2	2	0	2
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	4
3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	2-5	0-0	2-6	1	5	6	1	1	1	1	4	0	6
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
33	5-11	1-3	9-9	1	1	2	2	2	0	1	2	0	20
12	1-3	0-1	1-1	1	1	2	4	2	0	1	2	0	3
	34-75	3-9	28-40	15	33	48	20	12	6	16	27		99
	45.3%	33.3%	70.0%

Denver Nuggets

starters
LaPhonso EllisL. Ellis
Tony BattieT. Battie
Dean GarrettD. Garrett
Anthony GoldwireA. Goldwire
Bobby JacksonB. Jackson
bench
Harold EllisH. Ellis
Eric WashingtonE. Washington
Joe WolfJ. Wolf
Danny FortsonD. Fortson
Priest LauderdaleP. Lauderdale
Kiwane GarrisK. Garris
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	6-14	1-4	3-3	1	3	4	3	0	1	3	4	0	16
23	1-6	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	2	1	2	0	6	0	2
34	3-6	0-0	4-7	3	6	9	1	1	1	3	2	0	10
43	1-6	0-3	0-0	2	2	4	5	0	1	1	1	0	2
38	10-17	0-1	8-8	3	4	7	3	6	0	7	4	0	28
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
14	2-6	0-0	2-2	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	6
27	1-5	0-0	1-2	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	3	0	3
5	0-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	0-1	0-0	4-4	1	4	5	0	1	0	1	5	0	4
4	0-2	0-0	1-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1
5	0-2	0-0	2-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
	24-69	1-8	25-30	12	26	38	16	10	6	20	29		74
	34.8%	12.5%	83.3%

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

Regular Season Series

CLE wins 2-0

Nuggets
83
Cavaliers
102

Game 1

11/12

Cavaliers
99
Nuggets
74

Game 2

17/1

12:00 AM, 17 January 1998

Attendance: 10,216

Referees:
Terry Durham
Joe DeRosa
Leon Wood

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	16	1	.941	-	W1
Detroit	7	10	.412	9	L2
Indiana	6	9	.400	9	L2
Milwaukee	6	9	.400	9	W2
Chicago	6	10	.375	9.5	L1

Team	W	L

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