Denver Nuggets 104, Detroit Pistons 91 — Recap

May 14, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 104, Detroit Pistons 91. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 29-25 DET; Q2 DEN 28-28 DET; Q3 DEN 30-21 DET; Q4 DEN 17-17 DET.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 20 points, 15 rebounds, 11 assists on 7-of-11 shooting; Markus Howard (DEN) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Hamidou Diallo (DET) 18 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists on 8-of-18 shooting; Tyler Cook (DET) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists on 7-of-8 shooting; Deividas Sirvydis (DET) 16 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

20 PTS, 15 REB, 11 AST · 7-11 FG

Scoring · DEN

Markus Howard

20 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 9-14 FG

Scoring · DET

Hamidou Diallo

18 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST · 8-18 FG

Season highs

Markus Howard · Season-high 20 pointsDeividas Sirvydis · Season-high 4 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	29	28	30	17		104
DET	25	28	21	17		91

🧮 How They Scored

DENDET

58Points in the paint54

8Fast-break points8

12Second-chance points9

16Points off turnovers14

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.1%Effective FG%44.6%

10.7%Turnover %8.8%

22.0%Offensive rebound %18.4%

0.163Free-throw rate0.277

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Markus Howard G	34	20	3	2	0	1	4	9-14	2-6	0-0	+8
Vlatko Cancar F	32	11	4	0	2	0	1	5-9	0-1	1-1	+11
Nikola Jokic C	26	20	15	11	0	0	1	7-11	0-0	6-7	+18
Michael Porter Jr. F	23	9	6	3	1	0	1	3-11	1-7	2-2	+9
Austin Rivers G	23	8	2	3	0	0	2	3-7	2-5	0-0	+9
JaMychal Green F	22	7	5	3	0	1	0	3-8	1-5	0-2	+4
Zeke Nnaji F-C	21	8	2	2	2	0	0	3-7	2-4	0-0	0
Shaquille Harrison G	21	0	6	1	0	0	1	0-4	0-2	0-0	-1
Monte Morris G	18	15	0	3	1	0	1	6-10	1-1	2-2	+10
JaVale McGee C	16	6	5	1	0	1	0	3-5	0-1	0-0	-3
Bol Bol C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Saddiq Bey F	40	14	4	1	2	0	1	4-15	2-10	4-6	-15
Killian Hayes G	38	2	3	7	1	2	2	1-8	0-6	0-0	-12
Hamidou Diallo G	35	18	12	3	1	2	0	8-18	0-5	2-3	-3
Tyler Cook C	34	17	5	1	0	1	3	7-8	0-0	3-4	-13
Josh Jackson F	33	11	10	7	1	3	0	3-13	0-7	5-6	-15
Jahlil Okafor C	22	13	4	0	0	0	1	5-9	0-2	3-4	+2
Deividas Sirvydis G	19	16	1	0	0	0	1	6-11	4-7	0-0	-9
Saben Lee G	19	0	2	2	1	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	26	20	71.0	25.0	+35.0	30.5
Markus Howard	Bench	34	20	71.4	24.3	+11.8	11.0
Monte Morris	Bench	18	15	68.9	30.0	+23.2	20.9
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	32	11	58.3	14.1	+15.5	8.3
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	23	9	37.9	24.5	+19.1	8.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	21	8	57.1	15.9	-2.2	14.9
Austin Rivers	Bench	23	8	57.1	17.0	+19.1	4.2
JaMychal Green	Bench	22	7	39.4	18.8	+9.5	5.3
JaVale McGee	Bench	16	6	60.0	15.2	-10.7	10.6
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	21	0	0.0	11.1	-2.5	-0.8
Bol Bol	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	-8.3	6.3

Detroit PistonsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Hamidou Diallo	Bench	35	18	46.6	25.0	-6.0	15.0
Tyler Cook	Bench	34	17	87.1	17.1	-19.1	11.9
Deividas Sirvydis	Bench	19	16	72.7	27.3	-29.8	16.7
Saddiq Bey	Bench	40	14	39.7	20.2	-17.3	3.6
Jahlil Okafor	Bench	22	13	60.4	27.3	+7.9	7.9
Josh Jackson	Bench	33	11	35.2	21.9	-17.5	10.5
Killian Hayes	Bench	38	2	12.5	12.0	-13.1	2.7
Saben Lee	Bench	19	0	0.0	5.1	+3.4	3.1