The Denver Nuggets play the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday. Tipoff is at 7:00 p.m. ET. Listen to the live radio broadcast via the links provided below.
Cleveland overcame their rocky start to the season and has won four straight games, a clear indicator the new-look Cavaliers are beginning to gel. Their latest win came against the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday with a 127-94 blowout win, one in which superstar LeBron James cited as proof the team's chemistry is coming along.
"This was as close to 48 minutes as we've played all year, and it resulted in a huge win for us," he said, via ESPN. "We're on the right page. We still have a long way to go, but the ball's moving."
Before the season, the idea of James playing less minutes floated around the media. That, however, won't be happening anytime soon, according to first-year coach David Blatt.
"Right now LeBron has told me he's feeling good and he's starting to feel his real game shape," Blatt said. "So this is not the time to think about resting him. This is the time to allow him to get comfortable and get in his rhythm. He's been playing great basketball and he looks good physically. For the foreseeable future we're going to ride that. Would I like to get him a couple of less minutes a game? Yes."
Denver, meanwhile, is 2-7. They snapped a six game losing streak on Friday with a win at Indiana, but followed up the victory with a 109-93 loss on Sunday at New York. Nuggets guard Ty Lawson leads the team with 16.0 points and 8.0 assists per game, and recently-extended forward Kenneth Faried has added 12.0 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.
