45pts
Ben Gordon
DETvsDEN
Mar 21, 2012
NBA head-to-headCross-Conference
Denver Nuggets vs Detroit Pistons Head-to-Head
Detroit Pistons lead the all-time record 54-49 across 103 recorded meetings.
Matchup fact
Only 2 of 103 games between these two were decided by a one-point margin (1.9%).
By Erik AnderssonStats synced Apr 16, 2026DEN
49
vs
DET
54
103 meetings
All-time
DET lead 54-49
Recent form
DEN 7-3 over the latest 10
Last meeting
DET won 124-121 on Feb 3, 2026
Closeness
5 wins separate the teams
Series context
The average winning margin is 11.3 points across decided games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Feb 3, 26
DET 124-121 DEN
DETJan 27, 26
DEN 107-109 DET
DETFeb 28, 25
DET 119-134 DEN
DENDec 28, 24
DEN 134-121 DET
DENJan 7, 24
DEN 131-114 DET
DENNov 20, 23
DET 103-107 DEN
DENMar 16, 23
DET 100-119 DEN
DENNov 22, 22
DEN 108-110 DET
DETJan 25, 22
DET 105-110 DEN
DENJan 23, 22
DEN 117-111 DET
DEN| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2026 | DET | DEN | 124–121 | DET |
| Jan 27, 2026 | DEN | DET | 107–109 | DET |
| Feb 28, 2025 | DET | DEN | 119–134 | DEN |
| Dec 28, 2024 | DEN | DET | 134–121 | DEN |
| Jan 7, 2024 | DEN | DET | 131–114 | DEN |
| Nov 20, 2023 | DET | DEN | 103–107 | DEN |
| Mar 16, 2023 | DET | DEN | 100–119 | DEN |
| Nov 22, 2022 | DEN | DET | 108–110 | DET |
| Jan 25, 2022 | DET | DEN | 105–110 | DEN |
| Jan 23, 2022 | DEN | DET | 117–111 | DEN |
Last Meeting
Feb 3, 2026Final
DET
124
HOME
DEN
121
AWAY
Pistonswon by3
Pistons' 2nd straight in this series·Game 103 of all-time series
Matchup context
Denver Nuggets have won 7 of the latest 10 scored meetings. Detroit Pistons lead the complete decided record 54-49. The 11.3-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.
- History span
- 1976 to 2026
- 49 seasons
- Average margin
- 11.3 points
- Across decided games
- Playoff history
- 0
- No playoff meeting is present in the source
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
49W
54W
DEN
DET
48%52%
Denver NuggetsDetroit Pistons
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season103 games
49
54
These teams have never met in the playoffs.
Denver Nuggets Biggest Win
131–101+30
Mar 12, 2011
Detroit Pistons Biggest Win
97–66+31
Mar 6, 2004
Decade Breakdown
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Season by Season
| Season ↓ | DEN ↕ | DET ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024–25 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023–24 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022–23 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021–22 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017–18 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
18-33
DEN
AWAY
21-31
DET
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Detroit Pistons: 2 consecutive wins
2
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 11.3 pts on average
11.3pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
DEN↑Trending Up
Last 1070%
All-Time47.6%
DET↓Trending Down
Last 1030%
All-Time52.4%
Last 10 Results
DEN / DET
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 44 of 103 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
2
DEN OT Wins
0
DET OT Wins
2
Biggest OT Game
113-109 on Mar 26, 2007 (1OT)
Largest Leads
DEN Biggest Leads
+31pts
Nov 23, 2005
#2:+26 pts·Mar 15, 2018
#3:+23 pts·Dec 12, 2017
DET Biggest Leads
+38pts
Mar 6, 2004
#2:+32 pts·Mar 12, 2011
#3:+29 pts·Feb 4, 2019
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
23
Dec 1, 1999
Average per Game
6.0
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
22
Feb 25, 2008
Average Ties per Game
5.5
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
22,076
Mar 3, 2009
Lowest
750
May 14, 2021
Reduced capacity (COVID era)
Average
16,895
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
DEN44.4%
DET46.1%
DET +1.7 pp
3P%
DEN33.5%
DET35.5%
DET +2.0 pp
FT%
DEN74.5%
DET75.9%
DET +1.4 pp
TS%
DEN52.7%
DET54.2%
DET +1.5 pp
Top Scorers (1996-present)
Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
DEN Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokic | 321 | 15 | 21.4 | 39 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 261 | 12 | 21.8 | 40 |
| Jamal Murray | 148 | 8 | 18.5 | 33 |
| Chauncey Billups | 145 | 6 | 24.2 | 34 |
| JR Smith | 139 | 9 | 15.4 | 31 |
| Will Barton | 137 | 10 | 13.7 | 24 |
| Nene | 125 | 11 | 11.4 | 21 |
| Antonio McDyess | 115 | 6 | 19.2 | 29 |
| Wilson Chandler | 105 | 8 | 13.1 | 21 |
| Danilo Gallinari | 98 | 6 | 16.3 | 30 |
| Kenyon Martin | 97 | 8 | 12.1 | 28 |
| Kenneth Faried | 94 | 8 | 11.8 | 22 |
| Monte Morris | 92 | 8 | 11.5 | 19 |
| Marcus Camby | 90 | 9 | 10.0 | 24 |
| Allen Iverson | 83 | 4 | 20.8 | 28 |
DET Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hamilton | 227 | 12 | 18.9 | 25 |
| Tayshaun Prince | 191 | 15 | 12.7 | 23 |
| Andre Drummond | 181 | 12 | 15.1 | 27 |
| Chauncey Billups | 175 | 11 | 15.9 | 34 |
| Jerry Stackhouse | 175 | 7 | 25.0 | 40 |
| Rasheed Wallace | 154 | 10 | 15.4 | 22 |
| Rodney Stuckey | 131 | 9 | 14.6 | 25 |
| Grant Hill | 104 | 4 | 26.0 | 39 |
| Antonio McDyess | 100 | 9 | 11.1 | 20 |
| Ben Wallace | 94 | 13 | 7.2 | 13 |
| Greg Monroe | 92 | 6 | 15.3 | 22 |
| Ben Gordon | 82 | 4 | 20.5 | 45 |
| Jason Maxiell | 81 | 9 | 9.0 | 18 |
| Corliss Williamson | 76 | 6 | 12.7 | 16 |
| Reggie Jackson | 74 | 5 | 14.8 | 20 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
40pts
Carmelo Anthony
DENvsDET
Dec 10, 2009
40pts
Jerry Stackhouse
DETvsDEN
Mar 8, 2000
39pts
Nikola Jokic
DENvsDET
Feb 2, 2020
39pts
Grant Hill
DETvsDEN
Dec 1, 1999
Rivalry Fingerprint
Focus or tap a row to compare the exact gap. Every value is an average from matched game-level records, not a projection.
Quarter scoring pulse
47 games with complete quarter lines
DENDET
How they create points
41 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Q1 scoring: DEN +1.9 points47 games
DEN highest-scoring quarter
Q1 · 26.3
DET highest-scoring quarter
Q2 · 25.4
Widest fingerprint gap
DEN +1.9 q1 scoring
Questions about this record: Denver Nuggets vs Detroit Pistons
How do recent Denver Nuggets vs Detroit Pistons results compare with the complete record?
Denver Nuggets have won 7 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Detroit Pistons lead the complete decided record 54-49. The recent window is a subset of the complete history, so the page reports the two separately.
Methodology & Data Sources
Last updated
Every head-to-head record on SharkBetting is computed from scored game logs. Regular-season and playoff results come from the balldontlie API and historical records cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. All-time records, recent form, postseason splits, margins, streaks, decades, and seasons are calculated from the same listed results. Records without a final score are excluded from decided-game statistics.
Stats are refreshed after completed game days when new source data is available. Each page's Last updated date shows when its underlying data was actually synced. If you spot an error, head to our contact page with the game date and we will verify against the source feeds.
Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.