As the turnovers mounted, the groans grew louder. The Nuggets treated the basketball without care en route to a 99-87 loss to Cleveland for their first defeat of the season. Their 22 turnovers led directly to 32 Cavaliers points, and the Nuggets, now 2-1, could never recover. “You’re playing a very dangerous game, and at some point it’s going to bite you in the butt and it did tonight,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said.