Denver Nuggets 119, Detroit Pistons 100 — Recap

March 16, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 119, Detroit Pistons 100. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 29-28 DET; Q2 DEN 29-36 DET; Q3 DEN 28-22 DET; Q4 DEN 33-14 DET.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 30 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists on 14-of-18 shooting; Rodney McGruder (DET) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (DEN) 20 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Jalen Duren (DET) 15 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists on 7-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

30 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST · 14-18 FG

Scoring · DET

Rodney McGruder

20 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 6 3PM · 7-15 FG

Scoring · DEN

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

20 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 7-15 FG

Season highs

Rodney McGruder · Season-high 20 pointsRodney McGruder · Season-high 6 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	29	28	33		119
DET	28	36	22	14		100

🧮 How They Scored

DENDET

70Points in the paint52

21Fast-break points8

16Second-chance points23

21Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.3%Effective FG%52.9%

8.3%Turnover %15.5%

35.1%Offensive rebound %27.7%

0.281Free-throw rate0.212

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	39	19	6	10	0	0	4	7-15	2-5	3-3	+21
Nikola Jokic C	33	30	10	9	1	1	1	14-18	0-1	2-3	+13
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	30	20	1	2	3	0	0	7-15	4-7	2-3	+16
Aaron Gordon F	29	15	8	1	0	0	1	6-9	0-1	3-6	+8
Michael Porter Jr. F	28	15	5	2	0	3	0	6-14	1-6	2-3	+5
Bruce Brown G	26	5	5	4	3	2	1	2-7	0-1	1-2	+9
Christian Braun G	20	9	3	0	2	1	0	3-6	1-2	2-2	+9
Jeff Green F	18	3	4	1	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	1-2	+14
Thomas Bryant C	14	3	4	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	1-1	+3
Vlatko Cancar F	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Ish Smith G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden Ivey G	35	14	2	6	0	0	4	4-15	2-5	4-8	-10
Rodney McGruder F-G	34	20	8	3	3	1	0	7-15	6-10	0-0	-17
Killian Hayes G	34	10	1	7	1	2	4	5-12	0-3	0-0	-9
Cory Joseph G	31	13	0	2	0	0	3	3-7	3-4	4-5	-18
James Wiseman C	30	14	9	1	0	0	2	7-14	0-0	0-0	-13
Jalen Duren C	27	15	13	4	3	0	3	7-10	0-1	1-4	-9
Eugene Omoruyi F	26	11	3	1	1	0	1	5-9	1-3	0-0	-18
R.J. Hampton G	15	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	1-1	-2
Buddy Boeheim F	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 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	33	30	77.6	25.0	+16.0	25.8
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	30	20	61.3	22.5	+26.2	11.1
Jamal Murray	Bench	39	19	58.2	21.5	+22.9	12.7
Aaron Gordon	Bench	29	15	64.4	18.8	+16.3	10.7
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	28	15	49.0	23.1	+11.2	10.6
Christian Braun	Bench	20	9	65.4	15.6	+26.1	13.3
Bruce Brown	Bench	26	5	31.7	15.0	+15.5	8.2
Thomas Bryant	Bench	14	3	43.6	12.9	+13.9	1.3
Jeff Green	Bench	18	3	52.1	10.0	+42.3	6.6
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Peyton Watson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Reggie Jackson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	-150.0	0.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	-25.0	16.7

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Rodney McGruder	Bench	34	20	66.7	18.8	-25.4	16.5
Jalen Duren	Bench	27	15	63.8	24.6	-14.6	20.7
Jaden Ivey	Bench	35	14	37.8	28.0	-12.4	-0.3
James Wiseman	Bench	30	14	50.0	22.9	-20.2	7.8
Cory Joseph	Bench	31	13	70.7	17.1	-30.5	5.0
Eugene Omoruyi	Bench	26	11	61.1	16.7	-29.8	6.7
Killian Hayes	Bench	34	10	41.7	19.8	-11.4	2.9
R.J. Hampton	Bench	15	3	43.6	8.8	+1.2	3.1
Marvin Bagley III	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Livers	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Buddy Boeheim	Bench	7	0	0.0	0.0	+7.1	0.0
Jared Rhoden	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0