NBA Final Intelligence
Detroit Pistons 109, Denver Nuggets 107 — Recap
Game Summary
Final (regular season): Detroit Pistons 109, Denver Nuggets 107. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DET 31-18 DEN; Q2 DET 21-28 DEN; Q3 DET 30-26 DEN; Q4 DET 27-35 DEN.
Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists on 7-of-18 shooting; Tobias Harris (DET) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists on 10-of-15 shooting; Cade Cunningham (DET) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (DEN) 16 points, 16 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Bruce Brown (DEN) 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-10 shooting.
Standouts
Top Scorer · DEN
24 PTS, 5 REB, 10 AST · 7-18 FG
Scoring · DET
22 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST · 10-15 FG
Scoring · DET
22 PTS, 3 REB, 11 AST, 1 3PM · 9-17 FG
Season highs
Jonas Valanciunas · Season-high 16 rebounds
Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.
📊 Game Flow
DET
18 largest lead
Q2 9:38 (DET 40, DEN 22) · 9-0 run, Q2 0:44–Q3 10:32
DEN
2 largest lead
Q1 11:40 (DET 0, DEN 2) · 9-0 run, Q3 7:38–Q3 5:57
Swings
1 lead changes
Tied 1 time
Ahead for good: Cade Cunningham makes 2-foot two point shot (Duncan Robinson assists) (Q1 10:55, DET 4, DEN 2).
Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
- Q4 2:03 Cade Cunningham makes 7-foot fade away jump shotDET · DET 101, DEN 97
- Q4 1:33 Tobias Harris makes running layup (Duncan Robinson assists)DET · DET 103, DEN 97
- Q4 1:26 Jamal Murray makes 14-foot two point shotDEN · DET 103, DEN 99
- Q4 0:56 Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)DEN · DET 103, DEN 102
- Q4 0:54 Duncan Robinson makes driving dunk (Javonte Green assists)DET · DET 105, DEN 102
- Q4 0:40 Jonas Valanciunas makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)DEN · DET 105, DEN 104
- Q4 0:18 Tobias Harris makes 16-foot fade away jump shot (Cade Cunningham assists)DET · DET 107, DEN 104
- Q4 0:03 Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 3DEN · DET 107, DEN 105
- Q4 0:03 Jamal Murray makes free throw 3 of 3DEN · DET 107, DEN 106
- Q4 0:02 Tobias Harris makes free throw 1 of 2DET · DET 108, DEN 106
- Q4 0:02 Tobias Harris makes free throw 2 of 2DET · DET 109, DEN 106
- Q4 0:00 Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 3DEN · DET 109, DEN 107
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 31 | 21 | 30 | 27 | 109 | |
| DEN | 18 | 28 | 26 | 35 | 107 |
🧮 How They Scored
DETDEN
64Points in the paint48
10Fast-break points13
18Second-chance points19
20Points off turnovers10
35Bench points38
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
50.0%Effective FG%53.6%
5.6%Turnover %13.7%
26.5%Offensive rebound %31.7%
0.191Free-throw rate0.274
Box Score
Detroit Pistons
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Cunningham G-F | 36 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9-17 | 1-4 | 3-4 | +1 |
| Tobias Harris F | 31 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10-15 | 0-2 | 2-2 | +6 |
| Jalen Duren C | 30 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 2-4 | +5 |
| Ronald Holland II F | 23 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -8 |
| Duncan Robinson F | 23 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-9 | 0-8 | 0-0 | +4 |
| Ausar Thompson G-F | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | +14 |
| Javonte Green G-F | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 3-3 | -3 |
| Isaiah Stewart F-C | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 1-1 | -7 |
| Daniss Jenkins G | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -5 |
| Jaden Ivey G | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-8 | 2-6 | 0-0 | +3 |
Denver Nuggets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Murray G | 39 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7-18 | 0-6 | 10-15 | +8 |
| Peyton Watson G | 37 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6-20 | 1-6 | 0-0 | -12 |
| Spencer Jones F | 33 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 0-0 | -4 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. G | 32 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-13 | 4-9 | 0-0 | +3 |
| Jonas Valanciunas C | 31 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6-10 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0 |
| Bruce Brown G | 23 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7-10 | 0-2 | 2-2 | +7 |
| Zeke Nnaji F-C | 17 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 |
| Jalen Pickett G | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 |
| Julian Strawther G | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -3 |
🔬 Advanced Stats
Detroit PistonsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobias Harris | Starter | 31 | 22 | 69.3 | 23.2 | +8.0 | 23.5 |
| Cade Cunningham | Starter | 36 | 22 | 58.6 | 22.8 | +1.4 | 17.2 |
| Jalen Duren | Starter | 30 | 14 | 59.5 | 17.9 | +8.3 | 12.1 |
| Ausar Thompson | Starter | 20 | 14 | 79.9 | 21.7 | +38.7 | 24.6 |
| Duncan Robinson | Starter | 23 | 2 | 11.1 | 16.4 | +2.1 | -1.6 |
| Javonte Green | Bench | 20 | 10 | 68.3 | 16.0 | -11.2 | 9.4 |
| Ronald Holland II | Bench | 23 | 10 | 71.4 | 18.2 | -20.5 | 5.2 |
| Jaden Ivey | Bench | 18 | 8 | 50.0 | 21.4 | +8.6 | 7.3 |
| Isaiah Stewart | Bench | 20 | 7 | 47.0 | 13.5 | -23.1 | 3.0 |
| 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 |
| Bobi Klintman | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Daniss Jenkins | Bench | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | -24.7 | -6.8 |
| Chaz Lanier | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Murray | Starter | 39 | 24 | 48.8 | 28.3 | +9.0 | 11.9 |
| Jonas Valanciunas | Starter | 31 | 16 | 68.0 | 22.5 | -1.8 | 14.9 |
| Peyton Watson | Starter | 37 | 13 | 32.5 | 27.4 | -16.7 | 0.3 |
| Spencer Jones | Starter | 33 | 12 | 120.0 | 7.7 | -4.5 | 10.7 |
| Jalen Pickett | Starter | 16 | 4 | 66.7 | 10.3 | -12.0 | 10.3 |
| Bruce Brown | Bench | 23 | 16 | 73.5 | 22.0 | +18.7 | 22.1 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | Bench | 32 | 14 | 53.8 | 18.1 | +6.8 | 7.7 |
| Zeke Nnaji | Bench | 17 | 4 | 66.7 | 14.0 | -11.4 | 7.9 |
| Julian Strawther | Bench | 12 | 4 | 69.4 | 12.0 | -1.6 | 8.2 |
| Aaron Gordon | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 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 |
⚔️ Season Series & What's Next
2025-26 season series
DET 1
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0 DEN
Last 11 meetings · since 2020-21
DET 2
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9 DEN
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
- DEN 134@DET 119 Recap
- DET 121@DEN 134 Recap
- DET 114@DEN 131 Recap
- DEN 107@DET 103 Recap
- DEN 119@DET 100 Recap
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