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Detroit Pistons at Denver Nuggets

5:00 PM

Matchup preview

Last season: too early in this one to read much from it

Matchup odds

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Who wins?

DET

Season leaders, per game

DEN
The teams side by side: Detroit Pistons and Denver Nuggets compared, with league ranks
DETStatDEN
60–22Record54–28
Offense
8.0(better), 3rd in the leagueNet rating7th in the league, 5.1
115.4, 10th in the leagueOffensive rating1st in the league, 120.3(better)
101.4, 16th in the leaguePace20th in the league, 100.2
54.6, 16th in the leagueeFG%1st in the league, 57.7(better)
12.3, 17th in the leagueTOV%3rd in the league, 10.9(better)
30.9(better), 3rd in the leagueOREB%25th in the league, 23.6
0.292, 5th in the leagueFT rate4th in the league, 0.294(better)
Defense
107.4(better), 2nd in the leagueDefensive rating21st in the league, 115.3
51.7(better), 1st in the leagueOpp. eFG%15th in the league, 54.3
14.1(better), 1st in the leagueOpp. TOV%30th in the league, 10.0
74.2, 14th in the leagueDREB%7th in the league, 75.3(better)
0.319, 30th in the leagueOpp. FT rate12th in the league, 0.254(better)

This season's meetings

They have not met this season.

Injury report

Detroit Pistons

Nobody listed.

Denver Nuggets

Key players · DET: Detroit Pistons key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Cade Cunningham33.923.95.59.914.6 / 4.0 / 8.04.3
Jalen Duren28.219.510.52.019.4 / 9.6 / 3.63.6
Duncan Robinson27.412.22.72.114.8 / 2.4 / 2.22.3
John Collins27.113.65.31.013.4 / 6.2 / 1.2-0.8
Ausar Thompson26.09.95.73.110.2 / 4.4 / 4.44.1
Key players · DEN: Denver Nuggets key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Jamal Murray35.425.44.47.123.6 / 4.6 / 6.82.8
Nikola Jokic34.827.712.910.725.4 / 12.6 / 9.87.2
Christian Braun31.812.04.82.714.6 / 5.0 / 2.00.8
DeMar DeRozan31.318.42.94.121.2 / 2.6 / 4.6-1.0
Cameron Johnson30.512.23.82.415.4 / 5.2 / 3.82.0

Last five games

Detroit Pistons: Detroit Pistons: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
May 17 vs CLELost 94–125––
May 15 @ CLEWon 115–94––
May 13 vs CLELost 113–117––
May 11 @ CLELost 103–112––
May 9 @ CLELost 109–116––
Denver Nuggets: Denver Nuggets: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Apr 30 @ MINLost 98–110––
Apr 27 vs MINWon 125–113––
Apr 25 @ MINLost 96–112––
Apr 23 @ MINLost 96–113––
Apr 20 vs MINLost 114–119––
Eastern Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
1DET6022.732–8-2
2BOS5626.68348-2
3NYK5329.64676-4
Western Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
1OKC6418.780–7-3
2SAS6220.75628-2
3DEN5428.6591010-0
4LAL5329.646117-3
5HOU5230.634129-1

Matchups by position

What each defense allows per game to guards, forwards and centers, against the league average. Rank 1 allows the most.

DET attack against DEN defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards48.2 (lg 49.8) , 20th in the league13.2 (lg 13.6) , 19th in the league14.1 (lg 14.2) , 18th in the league
Forwards39.3 (lg 37.4) , 7th in the league15.1 (lg 15.3) , 17th in the league7.9 (lg 7.0) , 2nd in the league
Centers10.0 (lg 10.7) , 20th in the league7.1 (lg 7.5) , 24th in the league1.3 (lg 1.9) , 29th in the league
DEN attack against DET defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards50.1 (lg 49.8) , 15th in the league13.3 (lg 13.6) , 15th in the league12.9 (lg 14.2) , 28th in the league
Forwards34.4 (lg 37.4) , 29th in the league14.2 (lg 15.3) , 25th in the league6.0 (lg 7.0) , 29th in the league
Centers9.3 (lg 10.7) , 27th in the league7.1 (lg 7.5) , 22nd in the league1.6 (lg 1.9) , 23rd in the league

The box score appears at tip-off.