The game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Denver Nuggets will take place at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on Thursday, February 23 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers will welcome the Denver Nuggets to Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse for an NBA game on Thursday. The Cavaliers lost 118-112 in their last game over the 76ers. Donovan Mitchell had 33 points — including 25 in the second half — for the Cavaliers. They had won seven straight. Darius Garland added 27 points for Cleveland, and Evan Mobley had 23.
“We allowed them to put a little bit of doubt in our minds early, but we figured it out,” Cavaliers head coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. After the game, Embiid — scheduled to be a starter in the All-Star Game in Utah on Sunday night — indicated that he may sit the game out due to lingering left foot soreness that has been officially marked on the Sixers injury report since the club’s trip to the West Coast in late December.
Embiid mentioned that doctors had told him that getting off of the foot was necessary in order to prevent the injury from getting worse. “I was trying to get the All-Star Break without missing games” Embiid said. “But I think that I may have reached the point where I need to follow the doctors advice. We’ll see how the next few days go.”
The Denver Nuggets on the other hand won 118-109 against the Mavericks in their last game. Reserve Jeff Green scored a season-high 24 points, Nikola Jokic notched his 21st triple-double of the season and the Denver Nuggets headed into the All-Star break with a 118-109 victory over the short-handed Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.
Nikola Jokic finished with 14 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for the Western Conference-leading Nuggets, who moved to an NBA-best 27-4 at home this season. Michael Porter Jr. hit five 3-pointers and finished with 22 points. “For us to continue to find ways to win and have different guys step up every night, I think it speaks to our chemistry, our depth,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “We’ve got a really good team in there.”
Luka Doncic had 37 points in leading a banged-up Dallas team that was missing guard Kyrie Irving due to lower-back tightness. Doncic and Irving have played alongside each other in two games since Irving was acquired as part of a deal with Brooklyn on Feb. 6.
Cleveland Cavaliers: Evan Mobley, Isaac Okoro, Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell
Denver Nuggets: Michael Porter Jr., Vlatko Cančar, Nikola Jokić. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Bruce Brown Jr.
Cleveland Cavaliers: Cedi Osman, Ricky Rubio
Denver Nuggets: Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon, Reggie Jackson, Collin Gillespie, Zeke Nnaji
The game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Denver Nuggets will take place at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on Thursday, February 23 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Denver Nuggets will be telecast live on Bally Sports Ohio, Fox Sports Ohio, Altitude.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Ohio, Fox Sports Ohio, Altitude. | February 23 (7:00 PM ET) |
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