After letting the lead slip from them upon entering the fourth quarter with a lead, Nuggets star guard Jamal Murray kept it blunt in his post-game comments. “I put this loss on me," Murray said. "I missed too many shots throughout the game to give us a chance.

When the ball is moving like that and everybody’s eating, there’s really nothing to complain about,” Murray said.

Nikola Jokic had 37 points, Jamal Murray had 21 of his 34 points in a decisive third period, and the Denver Nuggets survived Detroit’s fourth-quarter rally to beat the Pistons 134-121.