Detroit 121, Denver 108

December 12, 1989

Regular Season

McNichols Sports Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 17,002

Officials: Dick Bavetta, Jim Clark, George Toliver

Team Rebounds: Detroit (0) Denver (0)

Technicals: Detroit (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
DET (13-7) 25 31 35 30 121
DEN (13-7) 28 30 30 20 108

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DET 97 124.8 111.4
DEN 97 111.4 124.8

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DET .651 0.155 0.143 0.289
DEN .477 0.103 0.294 0.287

Detroit Pistons

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
23 Mark Aguirre Starter SF 37:00 12-15 1-1 4-4 14.5 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 4 29
4 Joe Dumars Starter SG 41:00 10-17 1-1 5-5 14.9 1 2 3 4 2 0 0 2 26
53 James Edwards Starter C 21:00 5-10 0-0 4-5 7.4 0 3 3 2 3 1 0 1 14
40 Bill Laimbeer Starter PF 36:00 4-8 0-2 6-6 14.0 1 9 10 3 3 1 0 2 14
11 Isiah Thomas Starter PG 33:00 10-17 1-2 3-6 19.8 0 5 5 10 2 2 0 4 24
12 Gerald Henderson Bench PG 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
15 Vinnie Johnson Bench PG 22:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 2 2
10 Dennis Rodman Bench PF 22:00 3-3 0-0 0-0 5.5 2 3 5 0 5 0 0 0 6
22 John Salley Bench C 25:00 3-4 0-0 0-4 6.8 1 3 4 1 4 1 2 0 6
  Team                                
        240 48-76 3-6 22-30 107.8 5 30 35 22 25 5 2 15 121
          63.2% 50.0% 73.3%                    

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
14 Michael Adams Starter PG 29:00 4-11 3-6 4-4 5.2 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 3 15
2 Alex English Starter SF 25:00 4-13 0-0 0-0 2.0 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 8
35 Jerome Lane Starter PF 15:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 2 2 1 5 0 0 1 2
12 Fat Lever Starter SG 35:00 4-14 0-0 4-4 9.0 1 4 5 4 0 1 0 0 12
41 Blair Rasmussen Starter C 25:00 7-10 0-0 1-2 15.2 5 6 11 0 2 0 2 2 15
6 Walter Davis Bench SF 27:00 9-18 0-3 9-9 11.9 2 1 3 1 4 2 0 2 27
23 T.R. Dunn Bench SG 06:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
24 Bill Hanzlik Bench SF 20:00 7-9 0-0 1-2 8.8 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 15
1 Eddie Hughes Bench PG 18:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 4.2 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 2
45 Tim Kempton Bench PF 21:00 1-3 0-0 1-2 2.5 0 2 2 3 4 1 0 1 3
- Todd Lichti Bench SG 19:00 2-5 0-0 5-6 5.2 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 9
  Team                                
        240 40-87 3-9 25-29 79.4 10 24 34 17 27 8 2 10 108
          46.0% 33.3% 86.2%                    

Detroit Pistons Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Isiah Thomas
19.7p, 4.4r, 9.9a		 Joe Dumars
19.3p, 2.9r, 4.4a		 Mark Aguirre
16.1p, 3.5r, 2.3a		 Bill Laimbeer
11.9p, 9.3r, 2.6a		 James Edwards
8.1p, 3r, 0.7a
Rotation Vinnie Johnson
8.1p, 2.5r, 2.6a		  
 		  
 		 Dennis Rodman
9.1p, 8.4r, 0.7a		 John Salley
7.6p, 5.5r, 0.8a
Lim PT Gerald Henderson
2.1p, 0.9r, 1.1a		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Michael Adams
16.5p, 2.8r, 5.1a		 Fat Lever
17.7p, 9.4r, 6.6a		 Alex English
15.1p, 3.1r, 3a		 Jerome Lane
5.8p, 5.9r, 1.3a		 Blair Rasmussen
14.1p, 9r, 1a
Rotation Eddie Hughes
4p, 0.8r, 1.4a		 Todd Lichti
7.4p, 1.8r, 1.5a		 Walter Davis
17.6p, 2.5r, 1.7a		 Tim Kempton
6.7p, 4.2r, 2.6a		  
 
Rotation  
 		  
 		 Bill Hanzlik
6.6p, 2.4r, 2a		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		 T.R. Dunn
1.1p, 1.4r, 0.4a		  
 		  
 		  
 

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