Nuggets at Cavaliers Recap
Associated Press
Ty Lawson scored 24 points, Arron Afflalo added 23 and the Denver Nuggets ended Cleveland's four-game winning streak with a 106-97 victory Monday night.
Denver took the lead for good early in the third quarter and was up by as many as 14 points midway through the fourth
LeBron James, who missed the morning shootaround because of a cold, led Cleveland with 22 points.
The Nuggets limped into the game having lost seven of eight and were coming off Sunday's defeat in New York in which they made one field goal in the second quarter.
Denver looked like a different team Monday, placing five players in double figures. Leading 90-84, the Nuggets scored eight straight points and went ahead 98-84 on Lawson's layup with 6:01 to play.
Cleveland, which hit its first 11 3-pointers Saturday against Atlanta, failed to reach 100 points for the first time in six games.
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