CLEVELAND --- And now, the main event.
The schedule makers did the Nuggets no favors when bringing them to Cleveland to face the world’s best player, LeBron James, and the Cavaliers on the second of a back-to-back. And the Nuggets will face a motivated Cavs team due to the fact they lost their last home game, on Thursday, to Philadelphia.
“This is one of those schedule alert games, but it is what it is,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “We have to embrace the challenge. They’re a good team coming off of a home loss. They’re going to be ready to play, and they happen to have a guy by the name of LeBron James, who presents all sorts of problems.