Nuggets Ride Career Game From DeMatha’s Jerami Grant to Blowout Pistons

With a nearly perfect shooting performance (12-for-15) on Tuesday night, DeMatha Catholic’s own Jerami Grant put up the best scoring performance of his NBA career. Grant dropped 29 points in 29 minutes to lead Denver to a 115-98 win over Detroit, the most of any player on either team.

Prior to Tuesday’s game, Grant’s career-high was 28 points, accomplished last year as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder. After the season — his best to date — the Nuggets spent a first-round pick to acquire Grant.

“Jerami Grant was great tonight,” head coach Michael Malone told reporters. “I just rode him that whole second half. He was terrific.”

Jerami, who went 3-for-5 from beyond the arc and 2-for-2 from the line, scored 21 of his 29 in the second half.

The win for Denver was their 40th of the season. It’s the quickest they have reached the 40-win mark in franchise history. The Nuggets are the №2 seed in the Western Conference, five games behind the Lakers.

You can’t mention Jerami Grant without mentioning his lineage. The Grant family is basketball royalty, both nationally and in the DMV.

• Harvey Grant (Jerami’s dad) played the bulk of his 11-year NBA career in D.C., including a three-year stretch with the Bullets where he put up 18.3 points per game.
• Horace Grant (Jerami’s uncle) was an All-Star and four-time champion during a 17-year NBA career.
• Jerian Grant (Jerami’s older brother) was an All-American at Notre Dame and is currently in his fourth NBA season with Orlando.
• Jerai Grant (Jerami’s oldest brother) played four years at Clemson and was an ACC All-Defense selection as a senior.