Final

Denver Nuggets39-21134 winneratDetroit Pistons33-27119

Fri, Feb 28, 7:00 PM ESTLittle Caesars Arena, Detroit, MIAltitude 2 · FanDuel Sports Network - Detroit

The box score

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
DEN	39	29	39	27	134
DET	31	32	24	32	119

Denver Nuggets

134

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zeke NnajiF	21	8	2	2	0	3	0	2-2	2-2	2-4	+27
Michael Porter Jr.F	38	28	9	1	0	0	2	10-15	6-7	2-2	+35
Nikola JokićC	34	23	17	15	1	2	7	6-12	0-3	11-12	+33
Christian BraunG	35	23	6	2	0	1	0	10-14	2-3	1-1	+30
Jamal MurrayG	35	31	3	4	2	1	2	10-22	5-9	6-7	+23
Russell Westbrook	21	8	4	2	1	1	4	3-7	1-2	1-2	-16
Julian Strawther	27	6	1	1	1	0	2	3-7	0-3	0-1	-12
DeAndre Jordan	10	4	6	0	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-2	-9
Jalen Pickett	8	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-9
Dario Šarić	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-9
Hunter Tyson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-9
Spencer Jones	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-9
Team		134	50	28	5	8	19	47-84	17-31	23-31

Detroit Pistons

119

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ausar ThompsonF	26	13	4	5	5	0	1	6-11	0-0	1-2	-30
Tobias HarrisF	26	12	2	3	1	0	1	5-10	2-4	0-0	-27
Jalen DurenC	16	8	8	2	1	0	1	3-5	0-0	2-4	-15
Tim Hardaway Jr.G	17	10	1	2	0	0	1	4-11	1-7	1-1	-21
Cade CunninghamG	28	11	3	5	2	0	2	3-12	0-2	5-5	-20
Isaiah Stewart	20	7	5	0	0	2	0	2-2	1-1	2-4	-4
Malik Beasley	26	16	4	3	2	0	0	6-18	4-11	0-0	+3
Dennis Schröder	24	8	6	7	1	0	3	3-7	2-4	0-0	-5
Simone Fontecchio	13	12	0	0	1	0	0	4-7	1-3	3-4	+12
Ronald Holland II	20	8	4	1	0	1	0	3-5	0-1	2-2	+6
Paul Reed	12	8	4	2	2	0	0	4-6	0-0	0-0	+5
Bobi Klintman	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+7
Lindy Waters III	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	+7
Marcus Sasser	4	6	0	2	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	1-1	+7
Team		119	42	32	15	3	10	45-99	12-37	17-23

DNP: Daniss Jenkins (coach's decision)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · DET: 5
Biggest lead · DEN: 25
Times tied: 1
Lead changes: 1
Longest run · DEN: 18

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How they entered this matchup

Rest edge: DETTravel tax: DENBody clock: DEN4 in 6: DET

DET has the rest edge with 48h between tipoffs, 25h more than DEN.
DEN is carrying the heavier travel load at 252 mi from its previous stop.
DEN is dealing with east-to-west pressure: 2h on the body clock and +1h of zone shift.
DET is playing into a 4 in 6 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
DEN is in game 3 of 4 on the road with 1,244 mi already logged before tip.

Reading the setup…

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	DEN	DET
Record	39-21	33-27
Days rest	B2B	1 day edge
Hours rest	23h	48h
Rest swing	-25h	+25h
Travel in	252 mi	0 mi edge
Zone change	+1h	0h
Body clock	2h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 3 of 4	Homestand · 3 of 4
Miles before tip	1,244 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	B2B	4 in 6
Fatigue Index	6	3 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

DEN carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 6 vs. DET's 3.

How each side got here252 mi vs 0 mi

How each side got here

DEN

252 mi

Milwaukee, WIDetroit, MI

DEN came from Milwaukee, WI with 252 mi of travel and +1h of time-zone change.

Milwaukee, WI to Detroit, MI

DET

0 mi

Detroit, MINo travel

DET stayed in Detroit, MI between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Detroit, MI

Where this game sitsroad 3 of 4 vs homestand 3 of 4

Where this game sits in the run

DEN

Road trip

DEN is on game 3 of 4 on the road, with 1,244 mi already behind it.

Game in segment3 of 4

Miles before tip1,244 mi

Segment miles2,107 mi

DET

Homestand

DET is in game 3 of 4 on this homestand.

Game in segment3 of 4

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

Local TV: DENAltitude 2DETFanDuel Sports Network - Detroitin-market
League Pass: Full replay + condensed game
Radio: DET97.1 FM The TicketDENAltitude Sports Radio 950 AMSiriusXM

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