Wrap-Up – After a drama-filled four-game West Coast road trip – from the huge Christmas Day matchup in Oakland to the blowout loss in Portland to Monday night’s thriller in Phoenix, the Cavaliers needed a nice, one-sided win over a struggling club. Tuesday night’s virtually wire-to-wire win over a shorthanded Nuggets squad was just the remedy, with Cleveland taking the 93-87 victory to even the road trip heading home for a pair.
The Cavaliers weren’t especially sharp on Tuesday night – and after four games in five nights out West that stands to reason. But the Nuggets were without their leading scorer, Danilo Gallinari, and their prized rookie guard, Emmanuel Mudiay.