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Utah Jazz vs. Detroit Pistons

December 26, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Jazz beat the Pistons 131-129 on 2025-12-26 at home. The Jazz started Jusuf Nurkić, Lauri Markkanen, Svi Mykhailiuk, Keyonte George, and Ace Bailey. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, and Ausar Thompson. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 17 points (6/14) in his matchups, with Brice Sensabaugh as his primary defender. Keyonte George (Jazz) scored 13 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Cade Cunningham as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

UTA

Utah Jazz 131

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Lauri Markkanen GS	38:17	30	4	4	1	0	2	4	8-18	4-7	10-10	+7
Keyonte George GS	35:20	31	7	8	2	1	2	3	12-22	5-10	2-2	+10
Jusuf Nurkić GS	31:50	16	11	5	1	2	3	4	6-9	1-1	3-3	+13
Svi Mykhailiuk GS	21:16	9	4	2	1	0	0	0	4-6	1-2	0-0	+20
Ace Bailey GS	11:14	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	+5
Brice Sensabaugh	33:02	20	2	2	2	0	3	3	7-15	3-8	3-4	+1
Isaiah Collier	29:21	9	1	9	2	1	5	3	3-6	1-2	2-2	-18
Kevin Love	16:10	14	5	3	1	1	1	2	3-7	3-5	5-5	-11
Kyle Filipowski	10:43	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-9
Walter Clayton Jr.	8:44	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-7
Taylor Hendricks	4:03	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		131	42	35	12	8	17	20	44-90	18-38	25-26

Did not play: Kyle Anderson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Oscar Tshiebwe (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cody Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DET

Detroit Pistons 129

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham GS	37:08	29	5	17	2	2	4	3	10-19	3-6	6-9	-1
Tobias Harris GS	27:16	16	7	4	1	0	0	2	6-13	1-5	3-3	-5
Duncan Robinson GS	25:46	14	4	1	0	1	0	0	5-10	4-8	0-0	-8
Jalen Duren GS	21:31	11	4	0	0	0	4	5	5-7	0-0	1-1	-3
Ausar Thompson GS	15:43	8	6	0	1	0	3	2	3-4	0-0	2-4	-15
Isaiah Stewart	26:23	4	4	1	0	3	1	4	2-7	0-2	0-0	-4
Javonte Green	19:54	8	2	1	3	0	0	3	3-6	2-4	0-0	-7
Caris LeVert	19:39	11	1	4	1	1	3	1	4-6	3-5	0-0	+13
Ronald Holland II	19:17	11	6	3	0	0	0	1	4-6	0-0	3-4	+8
Jaden Ivey	14:01	11	0	4	0	1	1	0	4-5	3-3	0-2	+6
Daniss Jenkins	9:22	6	0	2	3	0	1	2	2-7	2-4	0-0	+3
Paul Reed	4:01	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		129	41	38	11	10	17	23	48-92	18-37	15-23

Did not play: Chaz Lanier (DNP - Coach's Decision), Marcus Sasser (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

UTA

Utah Jazz

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Svi Mykhailiuk · Keyonte George · Ace Bailey Starter 4.8 min
Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Keyonte George · Brice Sensabaugh · Isaiah Collier 8.4 min
Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Svi Mykhailiuk · Keyonte George · Brice Sensabaugh 7.6 min
Kevin Love · Keyonte George · Brice Sensabaugh · Isaiah Collier · Kyle Filipowski 3.9 min
Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Brice Sensabaugh · Isaiah Collier · Walter Clayton Jr. 3.6 min

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson Starter 8.0 min
Caris LeVert · Duncan Robinson · Javonte Green · Paul Reed · Ausar Thompson 4.0 min
Tobias Harris · Cade Cunningham · Jaden Ivey · Jalen Duren · Ronald Holland II 3.9 min
Caris LeVert · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Jaden Ivey · Ronald Holland II 3.6 min
Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Ausar Thompson 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Jazz defense

Cade Cunningham 17 pts (6/14) in 86 possessions

Guarded by: Brice Sensabaugh (25 %, 5 pts) · Isaiah Collier (15 %, 3 pts) · Keyonte George (14 %, 7 pts)
Jalen Duren 15 pts (4/7) in 51 possessions

Guarded by: Jusuf Nurkić (51 %, 0 pts) · Lauri Markkanen (12 %, 5 pts) · Kevin Love (11 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Lauri Markkanen	Tobias Harris: 28 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Javonte Green: 20 poss., 11 pts (2/3)
Keyonte George	Ausar Thompson: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Ronald Holland II: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jusuf Nurkić	Jalen Duren: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Stewart: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Brice Sensabaugh	Cade Cunningham: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Duncan Robinson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Collier	Cade Cunningham: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ronald Holland II: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Svi Mykhailiuk	Duncan Robinson: 26 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Cade Cunningham: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin Love	Isaiah Stewart: 17 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · Jalen Duren: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ace Bailey	Caris LeVert: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cade Cunningham: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kyle Filipowski	Tobias Harris: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cade Cunningham: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Walter Clayton Jr.	Daniss Jenkins: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden Ivey: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Taylor Hendricks	Tobias Harris: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cade Cunningham: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pistons defense

Keyonte George 13 pts (5/12) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: Cade Cunningham (45 %, 8 pts) · Isaiah Stewart (9 %, 0 pts) · Jaden Ivey (8 %, 0 pts)
Lauri Markkanen 21 pts (7/16) in 82 possessions

Guarded by: Tobias Harris (29 %, 2 pts) · Javonte Green (23 %, 2 pts) · Cade Cunningham (12 %, 8 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cade Cunningham	Keyonte George: 34 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Isaiah Collier: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Isaiah Stewart	Jusuf Nurkić: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kevin Love: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tobias Harris	Lauri Markkanen: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Brice Sensabaugh: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Duncan Robinson	Svi Mykhailiuk: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Collier: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Javonte Green	Lauri Markkanen: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kyle Filipowski: 6 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jalen Duren	Jusuf Nurkić: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kevin Love: 5 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Caris LeVert	Isaiah Collier: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brice Sensabaugh: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Ronald Holland II	Brice Sensabaugh: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Isaiah Collier: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Ausar Thompson	Ace Bailey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keyonte George: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Jaden Ivey	Keyonte George: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Collier: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Daniss Jenkins	Walter Clayton Jr.: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Keyonte George: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Paul Reed	Jusuf Nurkić: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Collier: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)