The Detroit Pistons had their eight-game winning streak snapped in an 134-119 loss to the Denver Nuggets at a sold-out Little Caesar Arena on Friday. Cade Cunningham struggled with the Nuggets outsized defensive attention, finishing with 11 points and four assists.
Denver’s pair of stars, Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray had no such trouble. If the game managed to stay close, Nikola Jokic would have flirted with a 20-20-20 triple-double. Instead, he finished with 23 points, 17, rebounds, and 15 assists. Murray had a game-high 31 points and abused Detroit with a mix of elbow jumpers and above-the-break three-pointers.