Injury Report: Denver Nuggets vs. Detroit Pistons

The Denver Nuggets and Detroit Pistons have released their injury reports
Injury Report: Denver Nuggets vs. Detroit Pistons
Injury Report: Denver Nuggets vs. Detroit Pistons /

The Denver Nuggets are set to face the Detroit Pistons on Monday night, and both teams have released their injury reports for this game. For Denver, they will be without Jamal Murray and Vlatko Cancar. For Detroit, they will be without Bojan Bogdanovic, Malcolm Cazalon, Joe Harris, Monte Morris, and Jared Rhoden. Killian Hayes is probable for Detroit, and Isaiah Livers and Jalen Duren are questionable.

Detroit's injury report is much more extensive than Denver's, as the defending champions have reminded mostly healthy this season outside of Jamal Murray's injury. Murray's absence has been a big one for Denver, as they have gone just 3-3 since he went down. 

While superstar center Nikola Jokic has still be putting up monster numbers since Murray went down, and has very much been doing his part, Denver's supporting cast has been up and down. It can be easy to look at Jokic and believe his production will make up for the absence of Murray, but it's often the others who need to step up for Denver, especially when teams throw multiple defenders at Jokic.

The Pistons are currently the worst team in the NBA, so this is undoubtedly a game the Nuggets should win. Even without Murray, Denver has much more talent than Detroit does, and needs to take care of business in this game.

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Joey Linn
JOEY LINN

Title: Credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation Email: joeylinn52@gmail.com Education: Communication Studies degree from Biola University Location: Los Angeles, California Expertise: NBA analysis and reporting Experience: Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined Sports Illustrated's FanNation to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams during his time in school. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts, combined with his excellence in the classroom, earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time across multiple platforms, primarily serving as a credentialed Clippers beat writer.