Nuggets 95,
Pistons 100
7:30 PM ET, March 3, 2009
The Palace of Auburn Hills
Detroit, MI
| DENVER NUGGETS | ||||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Linas Kleiza, SF | 26 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Kenyon Martin, PF | 33 | 3-13 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| Nene, C | 42 | 9-13 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -8 | 20 |
| Dahntay Jones, SG | 17 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -19 | 5 |
| Chauncey Billups, PG | 40 | 11-19 | 4-8 | 8-8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -8 | 34 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| J.R. Smith, SG | 29 | 6-16 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | +4 | 16 |
| Chris Andersen, FC | 18 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| Renaldo Balkman, PF | 23 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 4 |
| Anthony Carter, PG | 13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +8 | 5 |
| Carmelo Anthony, SF | DNP SUSPENDED BY TEAM | |||||||||||||
| Johan Petro, C | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| Sonny Weems, SG | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | ||
| 37-83 | 7-17 | 14-22 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 95 | |||
| 44.6% | 41.2% | 63.6% | ||||||||||||
Fast break points: 7 Points in the paint: 38 Team TO ( points off ): 8 (10) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court. | ||||||||||||||
| DETROIT PISTONS | ||||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Tayshaun Prince, SF | 45 | 9-15 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +12 | 23 |
| Antonio McDyess, FC | 38 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | +8 | 16 |
| Rasheed Wallace, FC | 33 | 6-12 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +9 | 16 |
| Richard Hamilton, SG | 39 | 7-18 | 0-3 | 7-7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| Rodney Stuckey, PG | 34 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 9-10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +9 | 17 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Will Bynum, PG | 14 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| Jason Maxiell, PF | 16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 0 |
| Walter Herrmann, F | 12 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Amir Johnson, PF | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Kwame Brown, C | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 0 |
| Walter Sharpe, PF | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| Arron Afflalo, SG | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | ||
| 34-72 | 4-14 | 28-31 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 100 | |||
| 47.2% | 28.6% | 90.3% | ||||||||||||
Fast break points: 10 Points in the paint: 30 Team TO ( points off ): 10 (8) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court. | ||||||||||||||
Technical Fouls: PLAYERS: None - TEAMS (def3sec): None - COACHES: None
Officials: Eric Lewis , Monty Mccutchen , Phil Robinson
Attendance: 22,076
Time of Game: 02:23