Cavaliers Visit Millsap, Nuggets

Nuggets Face Struggling Cavs

The Denver Nuggets meet the Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday at 10:30 PM ET on ESPN. The Nuggets just welcomed, arguably, their most important player back into the lineup.

The Cleveland Cavaliers looked like they had things figured out at the trade deadline. The remodeled Cavs have gone 2-4 SU and 1-5 ATS since the All-Star break. Tonight they’ve got a tough road game that starts a pivotal 6-game road trip.

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The Nuggets (35-29 SU, 29-32-3 ATS) already own one of the best home-court advantages in the NBA. Playing in the thin air at the Pepsi Center has always given the Nuggets a decided advantage on many nights. Now they’ve got PF Paul Millsap in uniform after a three-month absence following surgery on his left wrist.

Millsap was Denver’s key offseason acquisition in free agency. The Nuggets have won back-to-back games since he returned to the starting rotation.

That includes Saturday’s 126-117 victory over the Cavaliers (37-26 SU, 20-42-1 ATS). They were 5-point road dogs on the NBA betting lines. Cleveland didn’t have nearly the same offensive flow as the Nuggets. They served up 25 assists to Denver’s 35.

The quality of their bench has improved since the trade deadline. Depth will be an ongoing concern for the Cavs until PF Kevin Love (broken hand) returns from the injured list later this month.

Recent Form

Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Cleveland	37-26	20-42-1	110.06	109.76	0.3	7-25-1	13-17	31-30-2	15-16-2	16-14
Denver	35-29	29-32-3	108.64	107.70	0.94	17-15-1	12-17-2	32-32	16-17	16-15

Power Stats

Assists Turnovers
Name	Assists	Turnovers	Ratio
CLE	23.62	13.62	1.73
DEN	24.70	14.72	1.68

Rebounding
Name	Offense	Defense	Total
CLE	8.43	33.78	42.21
DEN	11.11	33.00	44.11

ShootingPercentage
Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
CLE	47.42	47.32	0.1
DEN	46.88	48.06	-1.18

Team Records

Cleveland Cavaliers

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	37-26	22-11	15-15	20-42-1	7-25-1	13-17	110.06	109.76	0.30
Last 10	6-4	2-4	4-0	5-5	1-5	4-0	112.80	107.40	5.40
vs Div	9-5	6-1	3-4	6-7-1	3-3-1	3-4	113.21	106.57	6.64
vs EAST	27-14	15-6	12-8	14-26-1	5-15-1	9-11	110.37	107.71	2.66
vs WEST	10-12	7-5	3-7	6-16	2-10	4-6	109.50	113.59	-4.09

Denver Nuggets

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	35-29	24-9	11-20	29-32-3	17-15-1	12-17-2	108.64	107.70	0.94
Last 10	6-4	2-2	4-2	4-6	1-3	3-3	117.50	117.20	0.30
vs Div	6-6	5-1	1-5	7-4-1	4-1-1	3-3	101.58	102.00	-0.42
vs EAST	13-8	7-4	6-4	9-11-1	4-7	5-4-1	112.76	108.81	3.95
vs WEST	22-21	17-5	5-16	20-21-2	13-8-1	7-13-1	106.63	107.16	-0.53

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	110.06	5	107.70	21
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	109.13	6	105.39	17
Away Team Road Rebounds vs Home Team Home Rebounds Allowed	42.33	18	39.79	2
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	108.64	8	109.76	26
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	111.21	6	108.37	18
Home Team Home Rebounds vs Away Team Road Rebounds Allowed	44.97	8	44.50	21

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	ATS	O/U	AVG	AVG ½	FG%	REB	3PT	steals
Cleveland	6-4	5-4-1	5-4-1	109.70	55.60	45.64	42.20	104/281	7.30
Denver	4-6	4-5-1	5-4-1	105.40	57.50	48.07	44.00	93/246	7.50

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	ATS	Total	O/U	FG% Edge	Reb Edge	3PT Edge	Away Half Score	Home Half Score	Away FG%	Home FG%	Away Rebounds	Home Rebounds	Away Three Pointers	Home Three Pointers	Away Steals	Home Steals
Mar 3, 2018	DEN	126	CLE	117	-4.5	DEN	228.5	O	DEN	CLE	DEN	73	62	54.7	52.3	35	41	19/35	9/24	4	5
Mar 22, 2017	CLE	113	DEN	126	2	DEN	228	O	DEN	DEN	CLE	59	73	50.6	53.1	38	44	15/37	11/26	4	7
Feb 11, 2017	DEN	109	CLE	125	-12	CLE	232	O	CLE	Push	CLE	55	59	40.2	54.8	45	45	12/37	15/30	8	9
Mar 21, 2016	DEN	91	CLE	124	-11.5	CLE	212	O	CLE	CLE	CLE	48	56	39.5	55.8	35	43	8/22	15/31	10	10
Dec 29, 2015	CLE	93	DEN	87	6	Push	195	U	CLE	DEN	DEN	53	42	44.2	41.6	44	52	4/22	5/24	12	8
Nov 17, 2014	DEN	106	CLE	97	-11.5	DEN	218.5	U	DEN	CLE	DEN	53	52	48.2	43	39	42	12/31	10/29	10	7
Nov 7, 2014	CLE	110	DEN	101	6.5	CLE	211	P	CLE	Push	DEN	58	45	47.6	47.1	42	42	6/23	11/29	5	5
Jan 17, 2014	CLE	117	DEN	109	-7	CLE	211	O	CLE	CLE	DEN	68	57	47.7	43.5	49	41	5/16	14/37	8	6
Dec 4, 2013	DEN	88	CLE	98	3.5	CLE	201	U	CLE	CLE	DEN	52	56	39.1	40.7	43	58	6/23	5/14	6	6
Feb 9, 2013	DEN	111	CLE	103	6	DEN	215.5	U	DEN	DEN	CLE	58	52	50	44	46	38	6/17	9/20	9	9

NBA Betting Trends

Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland's last 7 games
Cleveland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Cleveland is 4-12 ATS in its last 16 games on the road
Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Cleveland is 5-11 SU in its last 16 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Cleveland's last 11 games on the road
Cleveland is 2-3-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Denver
Cleveland is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing Denver
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing Denver
Cleveland is 4-1-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Denver
Cleveland is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Denver
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Cleveland's last 21 games when playing on the road against Denver

Denver Nuggets
Denver is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
Denver is 9-4 SU in its last 13 games
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Denver's last 11 games
Denver is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Denver's last 5 games at home
Denver is 3-5-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Cleveland
Denver is 3-6 SU in its last 9 games when playing Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Denver's last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Denver is 1-4-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Cleveland
Denver is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Denver's last 21 games when playing at home against Cleveland

Team Last 5 Games

Cleveland Cavaliers

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Mar 5, 2018	DET	112-90	W	-6	220.5	W/U	48.86	82.35	12	H
Mar 3, 2018	DEN	117-126	L	-4.5	228.5	L/O	52.27	76.19	9	H
Mar 1, 2018	PHI	97-108	L	-3	222	L/U	41.38	69.57	9	H
Feb 27, 2018	BKN	129-123	W	-10.5	222	L/O	51.55	62.96	12	H
Feb 25, 2018	SAN	94-110	L	-4.5	213	L/U	41.76	71.43	8	H

Denver Nuggets

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	Total	ATS Result	field goal percentage	free throw percentage	three pointers	Location
Mar 6, 2018	DAL	107-118	L	-6.5	216.5	L/O	41.30	76.92	11	A
Mar 3, 2018	CLE	126-117	W	4.5	228.5	W/O	54.65	86.67	19	A
Mar 2, 2018	MEM	108-102	W	-9	216.5	L/U	54.79	84.62	6	A
Feb 27, 2018	LAC	120-122	L	-5.5	228.5	L/O	49.43	80.00	10	H
Feb 25, 2018	HOU	114-119	L	4.5	225	L/O	48.35	66.67	10	H

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