Denver Nuggets vs Detroit Pistons

Feb 28, 2025

7:00 PM (Eastern Time)

NBA Basketball

Little Caesars Arena, Detroit MI

Final

Denver Nuggets

134

Detroit Pistons

119

Box Score

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Denver Nuggets	29	39	27	-	134
Detroit Pistons	32	24	32	-	119

Game Leaders

Points

Jamal Murray

DEN

Malik Beasley

DET

Rebounds

Nikola Jokic

DEN

Jalen Duren

DET

Assists

Nikola Jokic

DEN

Dennis Schroder

DET

Team Statistics

Stat	Denver Nuggets	Detroit Pistons
Points	134	119
Field Goals	47-84 (73.9%)	45-99 (45.5%)
3-Point	17-31 (54.8%)	12-37 (32.4%)
Free Throws	23-31 (74.2%)	17-23 (73.9%)
Rebounds	50 (10 Off, 40 Def)	42 (14 Off, 28 Def)
Assists	28	32
Steals	5	15
Blocks	8	3
Turnovers	20	11
Personal Fouls	18	22

Field Goal %

73.9%

45.5%

DEN

DET

3-Point %

54.8%

32.4%

DEN

DET

Rebounds

DEN

DET

Assists

DEN

DET

Steals

DEN

DET

Blocks

DEN

DET

Player Statistics

Denver Nuggets

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG	3PT	FT	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-
Jamal Murray	35	31	3	4	10-22	5-9	6-7	2	1	2	1	+23
Michael Porter Jr.	38	28	9	1	10-15	6-7	2-2	0	0	2	3	+35
Christian Braun	35	23	6	2	10-14	2-3	1-1	0	1	0	0	+30
Nikola Jokic	34	23	17	15	6-12	0-3	11-12	1	2	7	2	+33
Russell Westbrook	21	8	4	2	3-7	1-2	1-2	1	1	4	4	-16
Zeke Nnaji	21	8	2	2	2-2	2-2	2-4	0	3	0	4	+27
Julian Strawther	27	6	1	1	3-7	0-3	0-1	1	0	2	0	-12
DeAndre Jordan	10	4	6	0	2-3	0-0	0-2	0	0	1	1	-9
Dario Saric	4	3	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	-9
Jalen Pickett	8	0	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	1	-9
Hunter Tyson	4	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	-9
Spencer Jones	4	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	-9

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG	3PT	FT	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-
Malik Beasley	26	16	4	3	6-18	4-11	0-0	2	0	0	2	+3
Ausar Thompson	26	13	4	5	6-11	0-0	1-2	5	0	1	0	-30
Tobias Harris	26	12	2	3	5-10	2-4	0-0	1	0	1	2	-27
Simone Fontecchio	13	12	0	0	4-7	1-3	3-4	1	0	0	0	+12
Cade Cunningham	28	11	3	5	3-12	0-2	5-5	2	0	2	3	-20
Tim Hardaway Jr.	17	10	1	2	4-11	1-7	1-1	0	0	1	1	-21
Ron II Holland	20	8	4	1	3-5	0-1	2-2	0	1	0	3	+6
Jalen Duren	16	8	8	2	3-5	0-0	2-4	1	0	1	4	-15
Paul Reed	12	8	4	2	4-6	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	+5
Dennis Schroder	24	8	6	7	3-7	2-4	0-0	1	0	3	1	-5
Isaiah Stewart	20	7	5	0	2-2	1-1	2-4	0	2	0	5	-4
Marcus Sasser	4	6	0	2	2-3	1-2	1-1	0	0	0	0	+7
Lindy Waters III	4	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	+7

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
Denver Nuggets	-	-	-	-	134
Detroit Pistons	-	-	-	-	119

Away Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr.F	38	28	9	1	0	0	2	10-15	6-7	+35
Zeke NnajiF	21	8	2	2	0	3	0	2-2	2-2	+27
Nikola JokicC	34	23	17	15	1	2	7	6-12	0-3	+33
Jamal MurrayG	35	31	3	4	2	1	2	10-22	5-9	+23
Christian BraunG	35	23	6	2	0	1	0	10-14	2-3	+30
Dario SaricF	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	-9
Hunter TysonF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	-9
Spencer JonesF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	-9
DeAndre JordanC	10	4	6	0	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	-9
Russell WestbrookG	21	8	4	2	1	1	4	3-7	1-2	-16
Jalen PickettG	8	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	-9
Julian StrawtherG	27	6	1	1	1	0	2	3-7	0-3	-12
Totals		134	50	28	5	8	19	47-84	17-31

Away Box Score

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	+/-
Tobias HarrisF	26	12	2	3	1	0	1	5-10	2-4	-27
Jalen DurenC	16	8	8	2	1	0	1	3-5	0-0	-15
Tim Hardaway Jr.G	17	10	1	2	0	0	1	4-11	1-7	-21
Cade CunninghamG	28	11	3	5	2	0	2	3-12	0-2	-20
Ausar ThompsonG	26	13	4	5	5	0	1	6-11	0-0	-30
Simone FontecchioF	13	12	0	0	1	0	0	4-7	1-3	+12
Lindy Waters IIIF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	+7
Paul ReedF	12	8	4	2	2	0	0	4-6	0-0	+5
Isaiah StewartF	20	7	5	0	0	2	0	2-2	1-1	-4
Ronald Holland IIF	20	8	4	1	0	1	0	3-5	0-1	+6
Bobi KlintmanF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	+7
Malik BeasleySG	26	16	4	3	2	0	0	6-18	4-11	+3
Dennis SchroderG	24	8	6	7	1	0	3	3-7	2-4	-5
Marcus SasserG	4	6	0	2	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	+7
Totals		119	42	32	15	3	10	45-99	12-37

Recent Scoring

Q	Clk	Score	Play
Q4	7:19	119–99	Michael Porter Jr. makes dunk
Q4	7:06	119–101	Paul Reed makes two point shot (Ausar Thompson assists)
Q4	6:42	119–102	Ronald Holland II makes free throw 1 of 2
Q4	6:42	119–103	Ronald Holland II makes free throw 2 of 2
Q4	6:29	121–103	Julian Strawther makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Q4	5:42	123–103	Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot two point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
Q4	5:42	124–103	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
Q4	5:35	124–105	Ausar Thompson makes driving layup (Cade Cunningham assists)
Q4	4:58	126–105	Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot two point shot
Q4	4:39	126–107	Tobias Harris makes driving layup
Q4	4:13	129–107	Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q4	3:36	130–107	Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
Q4	3:36	131–107	Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
Q4	2:48	131–109	Paul Reed makes 1-foot layup (Marcus Sasser assists)
Q4	2:11	134–109	Dario Saric makes 26-foot three point jumper (Julian Strawther assists)
Q4	1:50	134–111	Ronald Holland II makes 3-foot two point shot (Marcus Sasser assists)
Q4	1:31	134–113	Ronald Holland II makes dunk (Paul Reed assists)
Q4	54.1	134–116	Marcus Sasser makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q4	17.1	134–118	Marcus Sasser makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Ronald Holland II assists)
Q4	17.1	134–119	Marcus Sasser makes free throw 1 of 1

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