most point in a game by a nuggets players vs pistons

David Thompson has scored the most points for the Nuggets in a game versus the Pistons, with 73 points on April 9, 1978.

Interpreted as:
most point in a regular-season game by a nuggets players vs pistons
NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1David Thompson
D. Thompson
73
4/9/1978
DEN DEN
@
DET DET
43
7
2
0
1
28
38
73.7
17
20
85.0
78.0
3
4
4
2
2Kiki VanDeWeghe
K. VanDeWeghe
51
12/13/1983
DEN DEN
vs
DET DET
50
9
8
2
1
21
29
72.4
0
0
9
11
81.8
75.4
2
7
5
3
3Alex English
A. English
47
12/13/1983
DEN DEN
vs
DET DET
50
12
7
0
1
18
30
60.0
0
0
11
13
84.6
65.8
4
8
0
4
4Alex English
A. English
43
12/23/1982
DEN DEN
@
DET DET
37
11
6
18
33
54.5
0
0
7
7
100.0
59.6
2
3
5Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
40
12/10/2009
DEN DEN
@
DET DET
43
6
2
1
1
16
28
57.1
2
3
66.7
6
7
85.7
64.4
3
3
2
2
0
6Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
39
2/2/2020
DEN DEN
@
DET DET
40
10
11
3
2
16
23
69.6
1
3
33.3
6
7
85.7
74.8
0
10
2
4
+13
7Dan Issel
D. Issel
38
2/4/1977
DEN DEN
@
DET DET
39
13
2
1
0
15
25
60.0
8
8
100.0
66.6
7
6
3
8Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
37
12/28/2024
DEN DEN
vs
DET DET
37
9
8
0
0
11
17
64.7
4
5
80.0
11
14
78.6
79.9
1
8
2
4
+25
9Jamal Murray
J. Murray
37
1/7/2024
DEN DEN
vs
DET DET
30
5
4
1
1
14
24
58.3
3
8
37.5
6
7
85.7
68.3
2
3
1
4
+11
10Alex English
A. English
37
3/14/1984
DEN DEN
@
DET DET
37
11
7
0
2
12
19
63.2
0
0
13
13
100.0
74.8
3
8
5
4
11David Thompson
D. Thompson
37
3/1/1977
DEN DEN
@
DET DET
37
5
3
3
0
16
25
64.0
5
5
100.0
68.0
2
3
2
12Alex English
A. English
36
12/6/1986
DEN DEN
@
DET DET
36
5
6
1
0
16
29
55.2
0
0
4
5
80.0
57.7
3
2
4
4
13Alex English
A. English
35
3/19/1986
DEN DEN
vs
DET DET
34
3
5
2
0
13
26
50.0
0
0
9
11
81.8
56.7
1
2
6
2
14Dan Issel
D. Issel
35
3/10/1982
DEN DEN
@
DET DET
34
6
4
2
1
13
17
76.5
0
0
9
10
90.0
81.8
1
5
3
4
15David Thompson
D. Thompson
35
1/2/1980
DEN DEN
vs
DET DET
32
8
3
2
2
11
22
50.0
0
0
13
20
65.0
56.8
3
5
6
2
16Jamal Murray
J. Murray
34
12/28/2024
DEN DEN
vs
DET DET
40
5
4
1
3
12
21
57.1
4
7
57.1
6
7
85.7
70.6
1
4
1
1
+24
17Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
34
1/23/2022
DEN DEN
vs
DET DET
36
9
8
2
1
12
19
63.2
1
6
16.7
9
10
90.0
72.6
2
7
3
1
+12
18Chauncey Billups
C. Billups
34
3/3/2009
DEN DEN
@
DET DET
40
1
4
0
1
11
19
57.9
4
8
50.0
8
8
100.0
75.5
0
1
2
4
-8
19Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
34
11/11/2004
DEN DEN
vs
DET DET
40
7
5
4
1
11
20
55.0
3
3
100.0
9
10
90.0
69.7
3
4
2
6
+3
20Alex English
A. English
34
1/2/1988
DEN DEN
@
DET DET
37
3
4
3
0
13
20
65.0
0
0
8
8
100.0
72.3
2
1
3
4
21Jamal Murray
J. Murray
33
3/26/2019
DEN DEN
vs
DET DET
38
3
5
1
0
12
19
63.2
3
7
42.9
6
7
85.7
74.7
0
3
3
5
+12
22George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
33
2/14/1979
DEN DEN
@
DET DET
37
18
4
3
0
12
19
63.2
9
15
60.0
64.5
4
14
2
5
23George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
33
1/22/1979
DEN DEN
vs
DET DET
38
17
4
1
2
13
21
61.9
7
12
58.3
62.8
7
10
4
3
24David Thompson
D. Thompson
33
11/15/1977
DEN DEN
vs
DET DET
39
4
6
4
4
12
21
57.1
9
9
100.0
66.1
4
0
2
1
25Earl Boykins
E. Boykins
32
11/11/2004
DEN DEN
vs
DET DET
33
2
6
1
0
11
15
73.3
2
3
66.7
8
8
100.0
86.4
1
1
4
3
-1

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1
Thunder Thunder
24
1
.960
2
Nuggets Nuggets
18
6
.750
5.5
3
Rockets Rockets
16
6
.727
6.5
4
Lakers Lakers
17
7
.708
6.5
5
Spurs Spurs
17
7
.708
6.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/15
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
9:30 PM
Thu
12/18
ORL ORL
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM
Sat
12/20
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
5:00 PM
Mon
12/22
UTA UTA
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM
Tue
12/23
DEN DEN
@
DAL DAL
8:00 PM
Last Game
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136

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105

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Thunder Thunder
24
1
.960
2
Nuggets Nuggets
18
6
.750
5.5
3
Rockets Rockets
16
6
.727
6.5
4
Lakers Lakers
17
7
.708
6.5
5
Spurs Spurs
17
7
.708
6.5
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
15
9
.625
8.5
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Pistons Pistons
19
5
.792
2
Knicks Knicks
17
7
.708
2.0
3
Celtics Celtics
15
10
.600
4.5
4
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4.5
5
Raptors Raptors
15
11
.577
5.0
6
76ers 76ers
13
10
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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
11/11
MEM MEM
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Tue
11/11
CLE CLE
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MIA MIA
130-116
Tue
11/11
POR POR
@
NOP NOP
125-117
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11/11
WAS WAS
@
HOU HOU
112-135
Tue
11/11
GSW GSW
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Fri
12/12
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@
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Fri
12/12
ATL ATL
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Fri
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IND IND
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