{"id":512167,"date":"2026-01-02T17:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/512167\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T17:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:31:16","slug":"preview-denver-nuggets-pass-halfway-point-of-road-trip-against-cleveland-cavaliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/512167\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Denver Nuggets pass halfway point of road trip against Cleveland Cavaliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s game four of the Denver Nuggets seven game road trip, one that has already seen two players go down for a month with an injury: Nikola Jokic and Jonas Valanciunas. Despite this, the Nugges are coming off a win and look to continue the good vibes against a tough Cleveland Cavaliers team. The Cavs were one of the Eastern Conference elite last year and while their record is not quite as gaudy this time around, they\u2019re still chock full of talent including Donovan Mitchell and reigning Defensive Player of the Year Evan Mobley. All that has added up to the Nuggets being double digit underdogs tonight.<\/p>\n<p>The Basics<\/p>\n<p>Who: Denver Nuggets (23-10) at Cleveland Cavaliers (19-16)<\/p>\n<p>When: 5:30PM MST<\/p>\n<p>Where: We couldn\u2019t make enough money on financial services so we went into the predatory lending industry instead\u2026Arena. Cleveland, OH.<\/p>\n<p>How to watch\/listen: Altitude TV, Prime Video. Altitude Radio 92.5FM<\/p>\n<p>Rival Blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fearthesword.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fear the Sword<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Matchup<\/p>\n<p>PositionNuggetsCavsAdvantagePGJamal MurrayDarius GarlandNuggetsSGJalen PickettDonovan MitchellCavsSFPeyton WatsonDean WadeEvenPFSpencer JonesEvan MobleyCavsCDaRon Holmes IIJarrett AllenCavsBenchBruce Brown, Zeke Nnaji, Tim Hardaway Jr., Julian StrawtherSam Merrill, Jaylon Tyson, De\u2019Andre Hunter, Craig Porter Jr.Cavs<\/p>\n<p>Injury report: Jamal Murray \u2013 probable (ankle), Julian Strawther \u2013 probable (illness), Nikola Jokic \u2013 out (knee), Aaron Gordon \u2013 out (hamstring), Christian Braun \u2013 out (ankle), Cameron Johnson \u2013 out (knee), Jonas Valanciunas \u2013 out (calf), Tamar Bates \u2013 out (foot); De\u2019Andre Hunter \u2013 questionable (illness), Sam Merrill \u2013 questionable (ankle), Larry Nance Jr. \u2013 out (calf), Max Strus \u2013 out (foot), Chris Livingston \u2013 out (G-League), Luke Travers \u2013 out (G-League)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s game four of the Denver Nuggets seven game road trip, one that has already seen two players&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3772],"tags":[877,7,306,561,305,193,3846,791,187,864,576,762,6,253,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-512167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-cavaliers","8":"tag-aaron-gordon","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-cavaliers","11":"tag-christian-braun","12":"tag-cleveland","13":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","14":"tag-clevelandcavaliers","15":"tag-darius-garland","16":"tag-denver-nuggets","17":"tag-donovan-mitchell","18":"tag-evan-mobley","19":"tag-jamal-murray","20":"tag-nba","21":"tag-nikola-jokic","22":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115826700055738546","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}