Newer meeting, Feb 3: DEN 121, DET 124

Detroit Pistons vs Denver Nuggets: player stats (Dec 28, 2024)

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Detroit Pistons

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

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Game leaders

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Points
Detroit Pistons: Cade Cunningham17 PTS7-18 FG, 1-8 3P, 2-2 FT
Denver Nuggets: Nikola Jokic37 PTS11-17 FG, 4-5 3P, 11-14 FT
Rebounds
Detroit Pistons: Jalen Duren7 REB3 OREB, 4 DREB
Denver Nuggets: Nikola Jokic9 REB1 OREB, 8 DREB
Assists
Detroit Pistons: Cade Cunningham8 AST17 PTS, 3 TOV
Denver Nuggets: Nikola Jokic8 AST37 PTS, 2 TOV

The Denver Nuggets beat the Detroit Pistons 134-121 on December 28, 2024 at Ball Arena. Nikola Jokic led the Denver Nuggets with 37 points; Cade Cunningham scored 17 for the Detroit Pistons.

Detroit Pistons box score
Detroit Pistons
Cade CunninghamG-F	27:00	17	2	8	7-18	1-8	2-2	0	0	3	3	-11
Tobias HarrisF	24:00	7	2	1	2-6	1-4	2-2	0	0	0	2	-8
Ausar ThompsonG-F	24:00	10	6	2	5-8	0-0	0-1	2	0	1	3	+12
Jaden IveyG	21:00	17	3	1	7-9	2-3	1-1	0	0	3	0	-17
Jalen DurenC	20:00	12	7	2	5-8	0-0	2-4	0	0	1	4	-8
Ronald Holland IIF	20:00	12	2	0	5-9	1-1	1-2	0	0	0	2	0
Malik BeasleyG	19:00	14	2	1	5-11	3-9	1-2	0	0	0	2	-12
Tim Hardaway Jr.G	18:00	8	1	1	2-3	1-1	3-3	0	0	0	1	-12
Isaiah StewartF-C	16:00	3	4	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	4	-17
Marcus SasserG	15:00	5	1	2	2-4	1-3	0-0	2	0	3	2	0
Simone FontecchioF	14:00	3	4	2	1-6	1-4	0-0	0	0	1	0	-16
Paul ReedF	12:00	7	2	2	2-5	0-2	3-4	4	1	0	2	+12
Wendell Moore Jr.G	12:00	6	5	4	2-5	0-2	2-2	0	0	0	0	+12
Team	242	121	41	29	46-95	12-39	17-23	8	1	12	25

DNP: Bobi Klintman, Daniss Jenkins, Alondes Williams, Cole Swider

Denver Nuggets box score
Denver Nuggets
Jamal MurrayG	40:00	34	5	4	12-21	4-7	6-7	1	3	1	1	+24
Nikola JokicC	37:00	37	9	8	11-17	4-5	11-14	0	0	2	4	+25
Michael Porter Jr.F	34:00	26	3	0	9-14	5-7	3-4	0	0	1	1	+5
Russell WestbrookG	31:00	8	9	8	4-6	0-1	0-0	2	0	6	4	+13
Christian BraunG	30:00	10	4	3	2-4	0-1	6-6	3	1	0	3	+13
Julian StrawtherG	23:00	6	3	1	3-9	0-4	0-0	1	0	1	3	-5
Peyton WatsonG	23:00	5	1	3	2-6	0-1	1-1	2	1	0	2	-6
Hunter TysonF	13:00	2	3	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	+8
DeAndre JordanC	11:00	6	3	0	2-2	0-0	2-4	0	1	1	0	-12
Team	242	134	40	29	46-82	13-27	29-36	9	6	13	18

DNP: PJ Hall, Trey Alexander, Dario Saric, DaRon Holmes II, Zeke Nnaji, Jalen Pickett, Spencer Jones, Aaron Gordon, Vlatko Cancar

Team stats

Team stats: Detroit Pistons and Denver Nuggets
DET	Stat	DEN
48.4%46-95	Field-goal percentage	56.1%(better)46-82
30.8%12-39	Three-point percentage	48.1%(better)13-27
73.9%17-23	Free-throw percentage	80.6%(better)29-36
41(better)	Rebounds	40
15(better)	Offensive rebounds	8
26	Defensive rebounds	32(better)
29	Assists	29
8	Steals	9(better)
1	Blocks	6(better)
12(better)	Turnovers	13
25	Personal fouls	18(better)

Team advanced
DET	Stat	DEN
101.6	Pace	101.6
118.1	Off. rating	130.8(better)
130.8	Def. rating	118.1(better)
-12.7	Net rating	12.7(better)
57.6	TS%	68.5(better)
54.7	eFG%	64.0(better)
10.2(better)	TOV%	11.7
31.9(better)	OREB%	23.5
0.242	FT rate	0.439(better)
41.1(better)	3PA rate	32.9

Keel projection

How the projections do →

Replayed with a fit on another season: the model had not seen this game.

DET 29%DEN 71%

Expected margin: DEN by 6.8
Result: DEN by 13: The projection called it.

The projected margin was 6.2 pts from the result. Its largest input: Roster strength (Impact × minutes), 4.8 pts toward DEN. 4 more inputs are in Pro

Season series

DET 0, DEN 2

Dec 28 · this gameDetroit Pistons 121, Denver Nuggets 134
Feb 28Denver Nuggets 134, Detroit Pistons 119

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