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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 29 | 28 | 30 | 17 | 104 |
 Pistons | 25 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 91 |
DENTeam statsDET| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 42-8648.8% | 9-3228.1% | 11-1478.6% | 49 | 29 | 11 |
| DET | 34-8341.0% | 6-3716.2% | 17-2373.9% | 41 | 21 | 9 |
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Denver Nuggets104| 34 | 20, Career high (his best before, 15) | 9-14 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −1.5 | ||||||
| 32 | 11 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +11 | −0.6 | |||||
| 26 | 20 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +13.7 | ||||||
| 23 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −3.0 | ||||||
| 23 | 9 | 3-11 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 0 | +9 | −2.3 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 7 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | +4 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 21 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −7.3 | ||||||
| 21 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.7 | ||||
| 18 | 15 | 6-10 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +4.1 | ||||
| 16 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.1 | |||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.7 | ||
| Team | 104 | 42-8648.8% | 9-3228.1% | 49 | 29 | 11 | 17 | 11-1478.6% | 9 | 6 | 3 | |||
Bench 36 points on 15 for 34 shooting
Did not play: Paul Millsap (coach’s decision).
Detroit Pistons91| 40 | 14 | 4-15 | 2-10 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −7.5 | ||||||
| 38 | 2 | 1-8 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −12 | −7.9 | |||||||
| 35 | 18 | 8-18 | 0-5 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | −3 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 33 | 11 | 3-13 | 0-7 | 0 | 5-6 | −15 | +1.0 | |||||||
| 22 | 13 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +0.7 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 17 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | −13 | +1.3 | |||||||
| 19 | 16 | 6-11 | 4-7, Career high (his best before, 2) | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +1.5 | |||
| 19 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.7 | ||||||
| Team | 91 | 34-8341.0% | 6-3716.2% | 41 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 17-2373.9% | 9 | 6 | 8 | |||
Bench 33 points on 13 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Rodney McGruder, Jerami Grant, Wayne Ellington and Cory Joseph (injury/illness).
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PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Nikola Jokić had 20 points (12 in the paint), 15 rebounds and 11 assists, his 57th career triple-double, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Detroit Pistons 104-91.
The Nuggets took control with a 21-6 run in the third quarter and led by as many as 19.
Markus Howard scored a career-high 20 points (12 in the second quarter) on 9 for 14 shooting. Jokić assisted on 6 of Howard’s 9 baskets.
For the Pistons, Hamidou Diallo had 18 points and 12 rebounds, and Josh Jackson went 0 for 7 from 3.
The Nuggets shot 48.8% from the field and 28.1% from 3 to the Pistons’ 41.0% and 16.2%.
Denver NuggetsDetroit PistonsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
93 points from the field on 86 shots: 2.5 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 23-33 | 69.7% | 64% |
| In the paint | 6-16 | 37.5% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 4-5 | 80.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-8 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-24 | 20.8% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Cook | 21 | 7 | 3-4 | −1 |
| Jahlil Okafor | 18 | 10 | 4-7 | +3 |
| Josh Jackson | 5 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Killian Hayes | 3 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 54 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killian Hayes | 34 | 0 | 0-1 | −7 |
| Saben Lee | 9 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Hamidou Diallo | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Saddiq Bey | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 16 | 7-9 | +14 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saben Lee | 13 | 9 | 3-6 | +6 |
| Josh Jackson | 7 | 4 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Tyler Cook | 5 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Killian Hayes | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 31 possessions. He usually scores about 7 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DET win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Howard 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Jokic 7 AST)
Q2 4:24
13.2%
56→43
Rivers 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Jokic 9 AST)
Q2 3:01
11.1%
49→37
Porter Jr. 27' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Howard 1 AST)
Q3 6:04
11.0%
40→29
Sirvydis 30' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (9 PTS)
Q2 9:05
9.5%
37→47
Howard 26' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Porter Jr. 2 AST)
Q2 6:01
9.5%
62→53
