The Cavaliers are still finding their footing. Last season they had the top-ranked offense and were eighth in defensive rating; this season they're 11th in both departments. They just dropped a game at home to the Blazers and have lost four of their last five. Cleveland is dangerously close to being dropped into Tier 4.

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić and Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham have been named the Kia NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in October/November. pic.twitter.com/3vPczBBYGu

After his impressive performance, former NBA player Chandler Parsons predicted that Murray would be selected for his first All-Star this season. Parsons argued about the one-time champion’s All-Star case on Thursday’s episode of FanDuel TV’s “Run It Back.”

They finally got a true backup center for Nikola Jokic in Jonas Valanciunas, Cameron Johnson replaced Michael Porter Jr., Bruce Brown brought championship experience and Tim Hardaway Jr. added shooting and scoring off the bench.

On the heels of Jamal Murray's offensive explosion, the visiting Denver Nuggets will look to extend their recent dominance over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday.

DeAndre Jordan shuts down the myth that Nikola Jokic doesn’t care about basketball, praising the Nuggets star.

Nuggets' Nikola Jokic once again makes basketball history never done in NBA originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. While there are several talented, multi-dimensional frontcourt stars with impressive resumes, Nikola Jokic is on a different stratosphere.

Yet the Nuggets center still stood tall in November, earning Western Conference Player of the Month honors, the league announced Tuesday. Detroit’s Cade Cunningham was named Eastern Conference Player of the Month. The accolades for November also account for the last week of October, when the NBA season begins.

To take it one step further, Nembhard joined Michael Finley and Stephon Marbury as the only rookies in NBA history to have a game of 28 points, 10 assists, and no turnovers since turnovers were tracked as a stat in the 1977-78 season.

Devin Vassell scored a season-high 33 points, leading the San Antonio Spurs to a 139-136 win over the Denver Nuggets on Friday night.

Murray kept shooting and scoring all the way to the end of a brilliant 52-point outing on Wednesday night, and in the process, he helped Denver make NBA history. This was the third different Nuggets player to score 50 points in a game this season. Nikola Jokic and Aaron Gordon have both done it, too.