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Cavaliers at Nuggets · Thu, Mar 18 · 9:00 PM ET

Cleveland at Denver. Here is where each team has the edge.

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Pregame win chance

The win-chance line starts at tip-off.

Every basket moves it.

From team Elo ratings, home court and rest. How this works

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01Where the edges are

Based on 2025-26

Cavaliers edges

No clear mismatch in Cleveland's favor.

Nuggets edges

No clear mismatch in Denver's favor.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

Using last season's numbers until both teams have played 10 games this season. Rosters may have changed.

02Tale of the tape

Based on 2025-26
CLERankStatRankDEN
120.26thOffensive rating1st123.4
116.015thDefensive rating21st118.2
+4.19thNet rating7th+5.2
99.113thPace20th97.7
56.14thEffective FG %1st57.7
11.79thTurnover %3rd10.9
26.99thOffensive rebound %24th23.6
20.616thFree throw rate4th23.7
54.314thOpponent eFG %14th54.3
12.513thForced turnover %30th10.0
74.411thDefensive rebound %7th75.3
20.917thOpponent FT rate10th19.6

Game plan

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03Form and season series

Cavaliers4-6 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. W
  6. L
  7. W
  8. W
  9. W
  10. L

Nuggets6-4 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. W
  3. L
  4. L
  5. L
  6. W
  7. W
  8. W
  9. W
  10. W

2025-26 series: Fri, Jan 2 DEN 108, CLE 113 · Mon, Feb 9 CLE 119, DEN 117

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers