After dropping a pair of winnable games against the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings, the depleted Detroit Pistons face a Denver Nuggets team who will be without two of its three best players.
Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray will both be out for tonight’s clash due to COVID health and safety protocols. This will be the third straight game in which the home side has been without their dual MVP Jokic.
However, things just got tougher for Detroit, whom are entering game four of an exhausting six-game road trip, with Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free Press reporting that Saddiq Bey had flown back to Detroit for additional treatment on his ankle.