At one point during the third quarter they were down by 26 points and staring down the barrel of another big loss. But a huge run by the Detroit Pistons led by Dwight Buycks to get them back into the game and pull within 6 points late in the final quarter, only to eventually and inevitably fall short.
The Denver Nuggets bench was terrific and outscored the Detroit Pistons bench 46-36, with the reason it was so close all thanks to Dwight Buycks and his fourth quarter scoring.
At one point near the end of the third quarter the Denver Nuggets were perfect on all of their second chance point opportunities and had 21 second chance points for the game.