129 - 131

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Delta Center

Officials: Scott Foster, Natalie Sago, and Biniam Maru

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Detroit Pistons	36	32	35	26	129
Utah Jazz	33	34	44	20	131

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Detroit Pistons	129	48-92	52.2%	18-37	48.6%	15-23	65.2%	10	53	38	23	11	17	10
Utah Jazz	131	44-90	48.9%	18-38	47.4%	25-26	96.2%	13	47	35	20	12	17	8

PLAYER STATS


Detroit Pistons	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Ausar Thompson^SF	15:43	8	3-4	0-0	2-4	1	5	6	0	1	0	3	2	-15
Tobias Harris^PF	27:15	16	6-13	1-5	3-3	2	5	7	4	1	0	0	2	-5
Jalen Duren^C	21:31	11	5-7	0-0	1-1	2	2	4	0	0	0	4	5	-3
Duncan Robinson^SG	25:46	14	5-10	4-8	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	1	0	0	-8
Cade Cunningham^PG	37:07	29	10-19	3-6	6-9	0	5	5	17	2	2	4	3	-1
Isaiah Stewart	26:22	4	2-7	0-2	0-0	2	2	4	1	0	3	1	4	-4
Jaden Ivey	14:01	11	4-5	3-3	0-2	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	6
Ronald Holland II	19:17	11	4-6	0-0	3-4	0	6	6	3	0	0	0	1	8
Caris LeVert	19:39	11	4-6	3-5	0-0	0	1	1	4	1	1	3	1	13
Javonte Green	19:53	8	3-6	2-4	0-0	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	3	-7
Paul Reed	04:01	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	3
Daniss Jenkins	09:22	6	2-7	2-4	0-0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	2	3
Chaz Lanier	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Sasser	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac Jones	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobi Klintman	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wendell Moore Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tolu Smith	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Utah Jazz	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Svi Mykhailiuk^SF	21:16	9	4-6	1-2	0-0	1	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	20
Lauri Markkanen^PF	38:16	30	8-18	4-7	10-10	1	3	4	4	1	0	2	4	7
Jusuf Nurkić^C	31:50	16	6-9	1-1	3-3	4	7	11	5	1	2	3	4	13
Ace Bailey^SG	11:14	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	5
Keyonte George^PG	35:20	31	12-22	5-10	2-2	0	7	7	8	2	1	2	3	10
Isaiah Collier	29:21	9	3-6	1-2	2-2	0	1	1	9	2	1	5	3	-18
Kevin Love	16:10	14	3-7	3-5	5-5	2	3	5	3	1	1	1	2	-11
Kyle Filipowski	10:43	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	1	3	4	0	1	0	1	0	-9
Brice Sensabaugh	33:02	20	7-15	3-8	3-4	2	0	2	2	2	0	3	3	1
Walter Clayton Jr.	08:44	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	-7
Taylor Hendricks	04:03	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	-1
Kyle Anderson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oscar Tshiebwe	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cody Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elijah Harkless	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walker Kessler	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Georges Niang	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Tonje	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

OptimusGrime707 | Kings

210 | 3 hours ago

Keynote

ComradeFrunze | Pelicans

48 | 3 hours ago

Honestly would be a great nickname for him

Couragesand | Jazz

36 | 3 hours ago

it has been in the jazz community actually!

NitroXYZ | UTA

23 | 3 hours ago

Has been for a while now lol

Ryelen | Jazz

12 | 3 hours ago

So who is the runner up for MIP this year? Who else is breaking out?

Phantom-Fireworks

17 | 3 hours ago

ryan rollins for milwaukee is another name i’ve seen thrown out there

Banned-from-TV | Knicks

11 | 3 hours ago

Ryan Rollins

ajteitel | Suns

8 | 3 hours ago

Gillespie

RussEastbrook | Gran Destino

7 | 2 hours ago

Deni Avdija is the betting favorite. Keyonte is 6th

https://sports.betmgm.com/en/blog/nba/nba-most-improved-player-odds-bm23/

Akipella | Warriors

5 | 2 hours ago

A Key Note: Keyonte plays the Jazz to victory

A_MASSIVE_PERVERT | Mavericks

114 | 3 hours ago

Lmao if the Jazz keep winning and the Clippers keep losing this league is screwed

Medikated | Jazz

42 | 3 hours ago

I can accept it as long as San Antonio stays a step ahead of OKC

PoonGo0n | Spurs

42 | 2 hours ago

I really underestimated how much this sub hates the Thunder.

Vordeo | Jazz

23 | an hour ago

Some of us are going to hate on them til Seattle gets a team again.

Hankerpants | Nuggets

13 | an hour ago

And then some. Fuck them bitches

OKC2023champs | Thunder

3 | 2 hours ago

Playoffs will be interesting. If we show we can do it again then the team will stay the same.

If we don’t then some real talks about those dub and Chet contracts will kick in. Dort being expendable etc. should we trade for another super star?

NoShape0 | Spurs

2 | an hour ago

yeah that’ll be difficult if they get yet another top prospect.

__BURRITOBRAWL | Celtics

1 | 30 minutes ago

They’ll just trade the Jazz pick for a distant first if it comes through. They don’t have the cap or roster room.

Part of me still wants it to happen for comedy reasons, the other part of me wants the Jazz to hurry up and be good again and losing this pick would hurt.

egregious888 | Heat

91 | 3 hours ago

I got 2 words for you. Cade Cunningham. Keyonte George. Must see tv

Draconda | Grizzlies

45 | 3 hours ago

That’s a lot of words, Chuck

shadowsdelight | Knicks

12 | 3 hours ago

Those are several words

jaeke | Jazz

75 | 3 hours ago

Keyonte has been genuinely amazing this year.

Nweber15 | Pistons

28 | 3 hours ago

Hopefully get a top 3 pick to pair with him

BruhMoment763 | Jazz

23 | 3 hours ago

I fear Keyonte is actively preventing that from happening lol, only way that happens now is if Ainge gives him the same treatment Lauri got last season. Honestly, the more the Jazz win, the more I think the front office views this core as complete already. They seem to think a core of Lauri/Keyonte/Ace is enough to start trying to win

SometimesIComplain | UTA

5 | an hour ago

The front office seems to think a core of Lauri/Keyonte/Ace is enough to start trying to win

Ehh I don’t think we’re quite at that point yet. I expect the front office wants us to suck this year to keep our top 8-protected pick, and then try to be good next year

BruhMoment763 | Jazz

1 | an hour ago

That’s my hope, but idk if that’s the team’s plan anymore. Austin Ainge said we’re not tanking this year and so far he’s actually been true to his word. The mystery “injuries” and frequent rest days of last year haven’t been happening so far. Maybe they’re waiting until post-trade deadline for that, but they should know by now that that’s far too late to begin the tank

SometimesIComplain | UTA

1 | an hour ago

He didn’t say we’re not tanking this year, he said we won’t see the benching of healthy players. That’s a pretty different statement tbh

__BURRITOBRAWL | Celtics

1 | 24 minutes ago

I expect the front office wants us to suck this year to keep our top 8-protected pick

At what point do Danny Ainge, Austin Ainge, Will Hardy, Ryan Smith, and Jerry Sloan’s widow start suiting up to try and ensure this? Because the guys on the court aren’t cooperating and there are several highly motivated tanking teams that already have a jump on you record-wise.

Ok_Possible_5702

3 | 2 hours ago

Trade Lauri to Atlanta for the Pels pick, maybe you’ll get your wish

PoonGo0n | Spurs

14 | 3 hours ago

Picked between Kobe Bufkin and Jalen Hood Schfino IIRC lol

SloshaPacana

7 | 3 hours ago

I mean he was a shocking college player, he shot 37% from the field and 33% from three while averaging more turnovers than assists

I know people wanna do this but after top 5 everything else is a crapshoot, Keyonte was very bad in college

Mr-Cantaloupe | Pistons

8 | 3 hours ago

He was pretty inefficient his first two years in the league as well, in his year 3 jump he’s raised his FG% 6 points, and 3pt% 2 points.

PoonGo0n | Spurs

6 | 3 hours ago

No need to tell me, I was in love with Kobe Bufkin as a prospect. Shows what I know.

Pharrelliper | Jazz

2 | 3 hours ago

He was playing the 3 at Baylor and had to gain weight.

Super weird year for him I bet.

rps215 | Mavs & Magic

1 | 3 hours ago

it’s been awesome after how rough last year was with the benching and effort issues, that he is taking it into another gear and growing from that

bwrca

1 | 35 minutes ago

It’s Keynote my guy

FERFreak731 | Jazz

65 | 3 hours ago

Lauri Markkanen and Keyonte George is the best Jazz duo since Stockton and Malone

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

15 | 3 hours ago

They get buckets, they are a joy to watch. A League Pass favorite this year.

LouieM13 | NYK

17 | 3 hours ago

Respect D-Will & Boozer

InflationOwn7379

19 | 3 hours ago

Donovan/Rudy were better

Black-----Manta | Timberwolves

4 | an hour ago

Obviously, that’s the joke

QuarterNote44 | Jazz

9 | 2 hours ago

Andrei Kirilenko/Carlos Arroyo erasure

yeetmxster420 | Minneapolis Lakers

8 | 2 hours ago

This is Gobert/Mitchell erasure

SometimesIComplain | UTA

5 | 2 hours ago

Way too early to say if they’re better than Donovan/Rudy, let’s be real

Draconda | Grizzlies

4 | an hour ago

Louis Armstrong/Ella Fitzgerald erasure

hanselton | Jazz

2 | 2 hours ago

Millsap/Jefferson erasure

StevenC44 | Clippers

1 | 41 minutes ago

Lack of allegations puts them clear

d11dd11d | Pistons

39 | 3 hours ago

Jazz deserved that one. Keyonte is nice

Couragesand | Jazz

15 | 3 hours ago

Cade is insane too

hairymonolith

12 | an hour ago

Now kiss. 😽

wharangbuh | Spurs

3 | an hour ago

Belt to ass!!

Azpilicueta_Is_Goat | Nuggets

23 | 3 hours ago

What happened to the Pistons offense in the last 5 minutes? Just turnovers and bricks nothing else.

A_MASSIVE_PERVERT | Mavericks

16 | 3 hours ago

They got no one else besides Cade to turn to on offense. Same shit happened against us. If I were them I’d probably want to trade for Kawhi or something he can’t be all that expensive.

ss4444gogeta | Pistons

5 | 3 hours ago

I just don’t understand why we don’t play Ivey late instead of Caris. Caris has not been good in the clutch the past few games.

I understand Ivey is on a minutes restriction, but he literally hasn’t come on late once, and he was only at 14 minutes today.

TheMoonsMadeofCheese | Jazz

13 | 3 hours ago

Jazz were certainly trying to match them with the turnovers

ShallowFox4 | Pistons

7 | 3 hours ago

JB’s obsession with Caris Levert

SloshaPacana

4 | 3 hours ago

They’ll regress to the mean, they were like 15-2 in clutch before the Mavs game where they also did this, they’re good but not that good

Barnyard_Rich | Pistons

5 | 3 hours ago

For those looking for it, this is where the completely reasonable take is. Just like it is wild that people will find it “disappointing” if OKC wins 68 games, so is it wild if people talk about the Pistons being a collapse if they are the 3rd or 4th seed come the playoffs. They surprised everyone by being the 6th seed last year. I’d rather not flame out like the Lions.

SloshaPacana

10 | 3 hours ago

People take offense but the Pistons are simply not 24-6 good, they’re a a very good team but they have been overperforming

More and more games it’s harder to sustain, i mean it can be done but still they are on a great path and even if they regress a bit doesn’t really matter, better than doing it in the playoffs

CharityFailethNot

2 | 3 hours ago

I wonder if having that record also kind of puts a target on their backs. Part of why 73-9 was so incredible is because once you get to a record that absurd, every team has you marked on their calendars, and you can bet that the 9 teams that beat them are pretty dang proud of that.

I hope Pistons fans take this as a compliment. They’re good enough that opponents are gonna start playing up to them.

MegaAltarianite

1 | 2 hours ago

Sorry bout the Lions. I think everyone who isn’t another NFC North fan is rooting for them get a ring.

rusty512 | Pistons

1 | 3 hours ago

There is no other ball handler on the team that JB can trust outside of Cade. The fanbase doesn’t want to hear it but a trade needs to be made if they are serious about winning in the playoffs.

Top-Noise-7375

3 | 2 hours ago

Should be Ivey

Pharrelliper | Jazz

26 | 3 hours ago

Every ringer staff writer that ranked Zach Lavine over Keyonte George in their top 100 nba players list should get their media votes removed this year.

iksnet | Knicks

17 | 3 hours ago

Keynote is a tough nickname, especially with the Jazz logo

genericusernamepls | UTA

17 | 3 hours ago

Keyonte is balling this season

second best player from the 2023 class

Nuclearsunburn | Heat

12 | 3 hours ago

Had to think about that one and it’s closer to truth than not, at least as things stand now….i still can’t put him over Amen Thompson but he’s clearing the rest of that class outside Wemby for sure

CharityFailethNot

12 | 3 hours ago

I think you can pick your poison between the two. my Jazz homerism aside, it’s probably still Amen though. But holy cow 19.5% from 3 is a problem

FERFreak731 | Jazz

8 | 3 hours ago

I do think it can be argued. It depends on in this hypothetical if the person drafting second wants the All Defensive Player, or the elite offensive scorer

GGTae | Spurs

1 | 2 hours ago

Crazy how Amen got overhyped both in the media and from the people this off-season, I assure you Keyonte is a better profile to have in your team, unless you want to lose flexibility and put him in dunker spot à la Gordon I don’t see his profile being a positive for most teams

SockVonPuppet

17 | 3 hours ago

Keyonte. George.

Funny-Transition7869 | Pacers

11 | 3 hours ago

keyonte george cooking this year

MazKhan | Lakers

12 | 3 hours ago

Keyonte is one of my favorite young players in the league, he’s so fucking good

sanitycheck2001 | Pistons

7 | 3 hours ago

probably the worst game this team has played all year. Detroit teams just allergic to giving us a fun holiday game

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

7 | 3 hours ago

Jazz slowly getting back to what they were before

Nweber15 | Pistons

7 | 3 hours ago

Pathetic effort tonight. They need to learn how to value every possession if they are to be contenders.

MWiatrak2077 | Pistons

8 | 3 hours ago

Their inability to hit a single bucket when it was a one possession game the last 5 minutes had me pulling my goddamn hair out

Frenchyyyy4166 | Raptors

7 | 3 hours ago

Such a fun Jazz team

Keyonte a 🐶

TheMoonsMadeofCheese | Jazz

7 | 3 hours ago

Keynote > Powerpoint

STATnMELO650 | Knicks

6 | 3 hours ago

I don’t think the Jazz could’ve played any worse down the stretch. Barely squeaked that win.

Skipton | Knicks

5 | 3 hours ago

Collier and Nurkic were on a mission to throw that shit

No-Mine-3982 | Knicks

7 | 2 hours ago

Happy with the Jazz win today, good shi Keyonte that’s my future all-star.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

4 | 3 hours ago

Keynote is a dawg

ProfessionalBall9621 | Pistons

4 | 3 hours ago

Duren wants 30-40 mil but is seriously inconsistent and I don’t even think is better than Stew. He’s played like garbage consistently against any decent center . 8 points and 6 rebounds is unacceptable. Ivey should have been in those last 2 minutes.

ImpossibleTap4072

5 | 3 hours ago

Last 3 minutes was some of the worst basketball I’ve seen in awhile

Ryelen | Jazz

3 | 3 hours ago

Keyonte has been amazing this year. So glad he is making me eat crow doubting him last year. He put in work and is so much better its like watching a different player.

Chemical_Survey2577

5 | 2 hours ago

keyonte george is a bucket

DisMFer | Bulls

4 | 2 hours ago

Bad week for Detroit sports.

Prideofmexico | Knicks

2 | 2 hours ago

And a great week for America

Barnyard_Rich | Pistons

5 | 3 hours ago

I’m not going to pretend the refs weren’t ass for about two straight quarters, but the Jazz deserved the win. I called it early in the game thread, they had the juice from the very beginning of the game. It was very entertaining.

kavolsm

4 | 3 hours ago

Keyonte George is going to have that Shai-type leap in a few years from now, if not next year. Once Utah moves off of Markkanen and hands George the keys, we’ll see his full potential being reached. Utah has a bright future.

chickenripp | Suns

3 | 3 hours ago

the LEastern conference baby

BadMorningYoungBoy

2 | 3 hours ago

Love when people mix up his name Keynote is hilarious

bot_nah

1 | 3 hours ago

Jazz bros, how has Nurk been since the trade? This seems like a good game from him, but what about the others?

CharityFailethNot

7 | 2 hours ago

It’s so weird, because I honestly have no idea. He’s been terribly inefficient all season, he doesn’t represent a real threat from the perimeter, and his rim protection is nonexistent.

But at the same time, he’s the only serviceable 5 on the roster with Kessler OFS. He’s a strong screener, and he makes the young guys better with that. He’s a great rebounder, which reduces transition opportunities and leads to extra possessions.

I’m inclined to say that when he sits, we’re a worse team. I don’t think that that would be true if he were on the Thunder.

bot_nah

1 | an hour ago

Oh damn Kessler can’t play this season.

I was wondering cuz as someone watching the suns, I wasn’t harsh on him last season.

Ryelen | Jazz

5 | 3 hours ago

Its hard to judge, our defense is atrocious and he is definitely contributing to that.

But he is also super valuable for non counting stat contributions on the offensive side.

The_Donovan | UTA

2 | 2 hours ago

He started off absolutely abysmal, sub 40 FG% while averaging almost 3 turnovers per game. Single-handedly cost us a bunch of games earlier in the season. He’s brought it back a bit recently, but his stats on the year are still horrible. This is likely his last season in the league unless some team wants him to be their third string backup center next year.

bot_nah

1 | an hour ago

He’s seriously that bad? I thought he’d still be better than guys like Plumlee, Eubanks, Nick Richards, etc

The_Donovan | UTA

1 | an hour ago

He might be a little better than those guys… but those are guys who should also probably be out of the league. Nurkic is our starting center which is very not ideal (for winning games at least, we’re trying to lose games right now and failing), he should be playing the same role as those guys which is a 15 minutes a game backup center.

Pharrelliper | Jazz

1 | 35 minutes ago

He’s a backup center being forced to start

I believe before this game he had a 55% true shooting which is hilariously bad for a 7ft guy. Defensively he’s been a poor rim protector but we’re catastrophic without him. Our bench bigs have been Flip (who has a smaller wingspan than his height), and Love (who is ancient). Both are more PFs so he’s basically our only true center.

We might keep him next year if Kessler is healthy but I would prefer to find a better rim protector.

BjergCop | Knicks

1 | 3 hours ago

If ainge was insane he’d go all in this year 🤔

Giuseppe_exitplan | Magic

1 | 3 hours ago

Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk is fun to say

Saltlmail

1 | 3 hours ago

Damnit, we have to find a way to lose these kinds of games.

AroundNdowN | Pistons

1 | an hour ago

Maybe have one of those 9 white guys miss a shot.

rusty512 | Pistons

1 | 3 hours ago

Pistons are in for a serious reality check once they play some more west teams. Think we have played Houston once and no other top 8 seed.

rando562 | Bulls

1 | 3 hours ago

Detroit sports have been down bad this holiday week

LoganH1717

1 | 2 hours ago

Can someone who watches Detroit tell me why Duren and Thompson got so little playing time? I feel like those are ²⁄₃ of their best players and they’ve got Stewart playing damn near 30 minutes.

AroundNdowN | Pistons

1 | an hour ago

For Duren, he immediately picked up two fouls. Then came back in and did it again. Never really found a rhythm all game.

As for Ausar, I have no idea. Maybe he got hurt? Have to think in a game where they couldn’t stop anybody that they’d prefer to have their best defender out there.

AroundNdowN | Pistons

1 | an hour ago

God this team fucking blows at free throws.

And that stark contrast in whistles from the first half to the third quarter gave me whiplash. Both teams combined for 11 free throws in the first half and the Jazz got 18 in the 3rd quarter alone.

Either way, Pistons didn’t play like they wanted to win this game at any point, so the loss was well deserved. No matter how good we are, the Jazz are always our kryptonite.

Whatever801 | Jazz

1 | 41 minutes ago

WOOOOOOOO

Kevinar | Knicks

1 | 29 minutes ago

wtf I love the utah jazz

MeBadNeedMoneyNow | Thunder

1 | 3 minutes ago

kevin love minutes

Ok_Possible_5702

-1 | 3 hours ago

another successful hatewatch.

Cade is becoming a more efficient scorer, good for him. He is adopting the MVP’s left-arm pushoff.

Professional_Fee_481

0 | 3 hours ago

What happened to Ausar Thompson i didnt see him the whole 2nd half and he screwed my parley

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-9 | 3 hours ago

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OGMannimal | Pistons

8 | 3 hours ago

Get some help 🙏

The Utah Jazz (11-19) upset the Detroit Pistons (24-7), 131-129 after Keynote George’s game winner!