Denver Nuggets at Detroit Pistons
Regular seasonFinal
Denver Nuggets 119, Detroit Pistons 100
Little Caesars Arena · Detroit, MI
The Denver Nuggets beat the Detroit Pistons 119-100 on March 16, 2023 at Little Caesars Arena. Nikola Jokic led the Denver Nuggets with 30 points; Rodney McGruder scored 20 for the Detroit Pistons.
 Denver Nuggets | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal MurrayGQuestionable, expected back Oct 6 | 39 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 7-15 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +21 |
| Nikola JokicC | 33 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 14-18 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +13 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-PopeG | 30 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 7-15 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +16 |
| Aaron GordonF | 29 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +8 |
| Michael Porter Jr.F | 28 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 6-14 | 1-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +5 |
| Bruce BrownG | 26 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +9 |
| Christian BraunG | 20 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +9 |
| Jeff GreenF | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +14 |
| Thomas BryantC | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +3 |
| Vlatko CancarF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ish SmithG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| Team | 239 | 119 | 47 | 29 | 47-89 | 8-24 | 17-25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 15 |
DNP: Collin Gillespie, Zeke Nnaji, Peyton Watson, DeAndre Jordan, Reggie Jackson, Jack White
 Detroit Pistons | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaden IveyG | 35 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 4-15 | 2-5 | 4-8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -10 |
| Killian HayesG | 34 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5-12 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -9 |
| Rodney McGruderF-G | 34 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 7-15 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -17 |
| Cory JosephG | 31 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -18 |
| James WisemanC | 30 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -13 |
| Jalen DurenCQuestionable, expected back Oct 5 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 7-10 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -9 |
| Eugene OmoruyiF | 26 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -18 |
| R.J. HamptonG | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Buddy BoeheimF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 |
| Team | 239 | 100 | 37 | 24 | 39-85 | 12-27 | 10-18 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 20 |
DNP: Isaiah Stewart, Cade Cunningham, Marvin Bagley III, Isaiah Livers, Alec Burks, Bojan Bogdanovic, Jared Rhoden, Hamidou Diallo
Season series
DEN 1, DET 1- Nov 22Detroit Pistons 110, Denver Nuggets 108
- Mar 16 · this gameDenver Nuggets 119, Detroit Pistons 100