Donovan Mitchell scored 33 points and Darius Garland had 18 points and eight assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the short-handed Denver Nuggets 113-108.

Even when the Cleveland Cavaliers seemed to get almost everything right in the first half, they still, somehow, almost ended up wrong. A mostly-one-man show in

Coming off wins against two other Western Conference teams, the Cleveland Cavaliers hosted the Denver Nuggets. Here's how the action unfolded.

While the Nuggets weren't able to take care of business against the Cavs, Jamal Murray was still impressed with his team's effort.

For Friday's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, which marks game four of a seven-game Eastern Conference road trip, the Nuggets have not only ruled out Valanciunas but have also listed all five of their opening-day starters on their injury report.

Friday night wasn’t exactly a masterpiece hanging in the Louvre. But in the NBA, you don’t ask how, you ask how many. And right now, the Cleveland Cavaliers are counting three straight wins after surviving a 113-108 brawl against a depleted Denver Nuggets squad.

The Denver Nuggets visit the Cleveland Cavaliers on January 2, 2026, at Rocket Arena. The game comes at a difficult time for Denver, which arrives wit.

Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers face the Denver Nuggets without Nikola Jokic in this Friday night NBA matchup.

We expect a Celtics win, but Denver has played well even banged up as they are now, and Boston will be down more than Jayson Tatum for this game.