Monday, November 12th, 2007
9:00pmET
Pepsi Center
TV: FSOhio, NBATVHighDef
Radio: WTAM 1100
HEAD COACHES
MIKE BROWN | GEORGE KARL
POINT GUARDS
DANIEL GIBSON | ALLEN IVERSON
SHOOTING GUARDS
LARRY HUGHES | YAKHOUBA DIAWARA
SMALL FORWARDS
LEBRON JAMES | CARMELO ANTHONY
POWER FORWARDS
DREW GOODEN | KENYON MARTIN
CENTERS
ZYDRUNAS ILGAUSKAS | MARCUS CAMBY
CAVALIERS ROTATION
DAMON | D.BROWN | IRA | PAVLOVIC
SUNS ROTATION
KLEIZA | NAJERA | JR | JONES
Carmelo Anthony : Recorded his first double-double of the season with 32 points and 10 rebounds at Indiana on 11/10.
Kenyon Martin : Pulled down a season-high-tying seven rebounds while playing a season-high 27 minutes at Indiana on 11/10.
Marcus Camby : With five blocks at Indiana on 11/10, Denver is now 3-0 this year when he has 5+ blocks (33-7 since 2005-06).
Yakhouba Diawara : Topped 10+ points for the second time this season with 11 points in 11 minutes at Indiana on 11/10.
Allen Iverson : Denver improved to an impressive 13-1 all-time when Iverson has a double-double with their win at Indiana.
OUT: Anthony Carter suffered a 3rd metacarpal fracture on his right hand and underwent successful surgery on 10/10. He is expected to miss 4-6 weeks … Chucky Atkins suffered a severe right groin strain at Phoenix on 10/25 and is expected to miss 6-8 weeks … Nene
suffered a torn ulner collateral ligament in his left thumb at Boston on 11/7 and will undergo surgery on 11/9. He is expected to miss six weeks.
QUESTIONABLE: Mike Wilks suffered a right hamstring strain vs. New Orleans on 11/4 and has missed each of the last four games. He is considered questionable for tonight’s game.
NUGGETS/CAVALIERS CONNECTIONS: Nuggets guard Mike Wilks appeared in 37 games for the Cavs during the 2005-06 season,
averaging 1.1 ppg in 6.6 mpg … Cavaliers guard Devin Brown played three games for the Nuggets in 2002-03, averaging 6.0 ppg in 23.7 mpg …
Cleveland guard Eric Snow started his career with the Seattle SuperSonics from 1995-98, who were at the time coached by Nuggets Head Coach George Karl … Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony is a member of the USA National Team alongside Cavaliers forward LeBron James … Cleveland Head Coach Mike Brown began his NBA career with the Nuggets in 1992 and spent five seasons with the team as video coordinator and scout … Nuggets Head Coach George Karl began his NBA head coaching career with the Cleveland Cavaliers, going 61-88 (.409) from 1984-86 … Cavaliers Head Athletic Trainer Max Benton was an assistant trainer with the Nuggets … Nuggets Vice President of Basketball Operations Mark Warkentien spent the 2004-05 season with the Cavaliers, serving as Director of Player Personnel and interim General Manager.
NUGGETS/CAVALIERS NOTES: The Nuggets have won seven of the last nine meetings with the Cavaliers overall since 2002-03, while
Denver has also claimed six of the last seven at the Pepsi Center dating back to 2000-01 … The Nuggets swept the Cavaliers 2-0 last season, marking just the third series sweep of Cleveland since the 1985-86 season (also in 1989-90 and 2003-04).
Cavs details to come....
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