Denver Nuggets 121, Detroit Pistons 124 — Recap

February 3, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 121, Detroit Pistons 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 27-32 DET; Q2 DEN 23-37 DET; Q3 DEN 30-24 DET; Q4 DEN 41-31 DET.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 32 points, 1 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Cade Cunningham (DET) 29 points, 2 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 24 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Duncan Robinson (DET) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Jalen Duren (DET) 19 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

32 PTS, 1 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 8-17 FG

Scoring · DET

Cade Cunningham

29 PTS, 2 REB, 10 AST, 2 3PM · 9-19 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

24 PTS, 15 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 9-19 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

DEN 0 largest lead Never led · 9-0 run, Q4 3:27–Q4 2:05

DET 20 largest lead Q3 10:09 (DEN 53, DET 73) · 10-0 run, Q2 1:34–Q2 0:09

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Duncan Robinson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ausar Thompson assists) (Q1 9:31, DEN 2, DET 5).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	27	23	30	41		121
DET	32	37	24	31		124

🧮 How They Scored

DENDET

52Points in the paint58

9Fast-break points26

16Second-chance points23

10Points off turnovers20

42Bench points35

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.6%Effective FG%52.1%

8.9%Turnover %7.7%

27.9%Offensive rebound %27.9%

0.518Free-throw rate0.319

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Peyton Watson G	38	17	3	2	2	3	3	4-11	0-1	9-11	+9
Jamal Murray G	37	32	1	8	0	2	0	8-17	4-8	12-13	+5
Nikola Jokic C	33	24	15	4	2	1	5	9-19	3-5	3-3	-9
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	27	6	2	0	0	0	0	1-7	1-4	3-4	-9
Christian Braun G	26	6	0	2	0	0	0	2-6	0-1	2-2	-9
Julian Strawther G	23	15	8	2	0	0	1	6-9	1-4	2-2	-1
Bruce Brown G	23	10	2	0	2	0	0	3-5	1-3	3-3	-9
Jonas Valanciunas C	22	11	11	1	1	3	1	4-4	0-0	3-5	+16
Jalen Pickett G	10	0	1	1	0	1	0	0-5	0-4	0-0	-4
Zeke Nnaji F-C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham G-F	38	29	2	10	1	0	5	9-19	2-6	9-11	+11
Tobias Harris F	34	11	6	3	0	0	2	4-13	2-4	1-1	+3
Jalen Duren C	31	19	13	1	1	0	1	6-10	0-0	7-8	0
Duncan Robinson F	25	20	3	2	0	0	1	7-12	6-9	0-0	-1
Ausar Thompson G-F	24	10	6	3	2	1	0	5-9	0-0	0-0	+9
Isaiah Stewart F-C	23	11	6	3	1	1	0	3-7	0-1	5-6	-2
Caris LeVert G	20	4	2	3	1	1	0	2-6	0-3	0-0	-8
Daniss Jenkins G	16	6	1	0	1	0	0	2-8	0-1	2-2	-1
Ronald Holland II F	15	7	4	0	1	1	0	3-6	1-3	0-0	+4
Javonte Green G-F	14	7	0	2	1	0	0	2-4	1-2	2-2	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Starter	37	32	70.4	25.6	+4.8	19.0
Nikola Jokic	Starter	33	24	59.1	32.1	-11.0	16.3
Peyton Watson	Starter	38	17	53.7	21.8	+9.9	5.7
Christian Braun	Starter	26	6	43.6	11.7	-14.1	0.9
Jalen Pickett	Starter	10	0	0.0	20.8	-17.4	-10.0
Julian Strawther	Bench	23	15	75.9	19.0	-2.0	17.1
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	22	11	88.7	13.5	+31.7	18.8
Bruce Brown	Bench	23	10	79.1	10.2	-23.3	8.3
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	27	6	34.2	13.4	-15.5	-0.8
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	-200.0	-33.3
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cade Cunningham	Starter	38	29	60.8	30.4	+13.4	11.9
Duncan Robinson	Starter	25	20	83.3	21.3	-1.9	12.0
Jalen Duren	Starter	31	19	70.3	20.0	+3.9	16.8
Tobias Harris	Starter	34	11	40.9	17.6	+9.3	3.6
Ausar Thompson	Starter	24	10	55.6	14.8	+19.8	14.2
Isaiah Stewart	Bench	23	11	57.1	16.1	-6.5	12.4
Javonte Green	Bench	14	7	71.7	15.6	+4.0	12.1
Ronald Holland II	Bench	15	7	58.3	15.8	+15.2	12.9
Daniss Jenkins	Bench	16	6	33.8	20.0	-3.0	-4.9
Caris LeVert	Bench	20	4	33.3	13.3	-13.8	3.6
Paul Reed	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Marcus Sasser	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0