Wrap-Up -- The Cavaliers weren’t facing Doug Moe’s free-wheeling, high-scoring Nuggets from the ‘70s on Saturday night, but it’d be hard to tell from looking at the scoreboard.
Denver canned 19 triples – including three in the final two minutes – to prolong the Wine & Gold’s struggles on their home floor, taking the, 126-117, decision on Saturday night at The Q.
The Cavaliers had no problem on the offensive end – with seven players notching double-figures and the team as a whole shooting 52 percent from the floor. Cleveland’s woes on Saturday night came on the defensive end, as the Nuggets – playing on the second night of a back-to-back – shot 55 percent from the floor, 54 percent from long-distance and 87 percent from the stripe.