Denver Nuggets 115, Sacramento Kings 125 — Recap

December 29, 2020 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 115, Sacramento Kings 125. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 34-32 SAC; Q2 DEN 28-42 SAC; Q3 DEN 38-22 SAC; Q4 DEN 15-29 SAC.

Top performers (box score): Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 30 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 26 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; De'Aaron Fox (SAC) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Monte Morris (DEN) 24 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Richaun Holmes (SAC) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists on 10-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

30 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 12-18 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

26 PTS, 10 REB, 12 AST, 1 3PM · 9-14 FG

Scoring · SAC

De'Aaron Fox

24 PTS, 3 REB, 9 AST, 2 3PM · 8-15 FG

Season highs

Michael Porter Jr. · Season-high 30 pointsMonte Morris · Season-high 24 pointsRichaun Holmes · Season-high 20 pointsMichael Porter Jr. · Season-high 10 reboundsDe'Aaron Fox · Season-high 9 assistsHarrison Barnes · Season-high 8 assistsMichael Porter Jr. · Season-high 4 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	34	28	38	15		115
SAC	32	42	22	29		125

🧮 How They Scored

DENSAC

54Points in the paint54

14Fast-break points14

10Second-chance points13

14Points off turnovers37

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.1%Effective FG%57.4%

17.5%Turnover %8.8%

21.9%Offensive rebound %27.3%

0.247Free-throw rate0.234

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. F	40	30	10	1	0	2	0	12-18	4-7	2-2	-9
Nikola Jokic C	39	26	10	12	2	0	10	9-14	1-3	7-7	+1
Monte Morris G	37	24	1	4	2	1	1	10-15	2-6	2-2	+1
Gary Harris G	31	11	1	0	1	0	1	5-11	1-5	0-0	0
Paul Millsap F	28	5	4	2	0	0	1	1-4	0-0	3-5	+5
Will Barton G	22	7	4	1	0	0	1	3-8	1-1	0-0	-11
PJ Dozier G-F	17	8	4	1	0	2	0	3-4	2-2	0-0	-12
Facundo Campazzo G	13	1	2	5	2	0	3	0-3	0-3	1-2	-10
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	9	3	3	1	0	0	2	1-3	0-0	1-2	-11
Bol Bol C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
De'Aaron Fox G	35	24	3	9	2	1	2	8-15	2-4	6-7	+7
Buddy Hield G	35	12	8	3	0	0	2	4-10	3-7	1-1	+8
Harrison Barnes F	33	13	6	8	0	0	2	5-16	3-6	0-0	+4
Richaun Holmes F-C	32	20	5	3	2	1	1	10-13	0-0	0-1	+16
Tyrese Haliburton G	25	13	3	6	3	0	2	5-7	3-4	0-0	+20
Marvin Bagley III F	23	18	2	1	1	0	0	6-12	2-5	4-6	+3
Cory Joseph G	23	7	0	2	1	0	0	2-6	1-3	2-2	+2
Nemanja Bjelica F	21	12	5	1	0	0	1	4-8	2-4	2-3	-1
Hassan Whiteside C	13	6	5	0	0	0	0	2-7	0-0	2-2	-9

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	40	30	79.4	20.7	-10.7	15.9
Nikola Jokic	Bench	39	26	76.1	31.8	-0.3	16.3
Monte Morris	Bench	37	24	75.6	20.0	+2.9	13.1
Gary Harris	Bench	31	11	50.0	17.1	0.0	3.2
PJ Dozier	Bench	17	8	100.0	9.8	-26.8	19.3
Will Barton	Bench	22	7	43.8	16.4	-22.9	4.9
Paul Millsap	Bench	28	5	40.3	11.3	+6.3	3.3
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	9	3	38.7	23.1	-44.3	1.3
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	13	1	12.9	21.2	-30.6	-2.2
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bol Bol	Bench	4	0	0.0	12.5	-50.0	-10.0
R.J. Hampton	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Markus Howard	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Sacramento KingsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
De'Aaron Fox	Bench	35	24	66.4	24.4	+11.1	14.6
Richaun Holmes	Bench	32	20	74.4	18.4	+24.2	14.8
Marvin Bagley III	Bench	23	18	61.5	27.3	+6.3	9.6
Harrison Barnes	Bench	33	13	40.6	22.2	+9.2	7.1
Tyrese Haliburton	Bench	25	13	92.9	15.5	+37.7	22.2
Buddy Hield	Bench	35	12	57.5	14.6	+12.9	7.6
Nemanja Bjelica	Bench	21	12	64.4	19.6	-4.6	9.5
Cory Joseph	Bench	23	7	50.9	12.5	+6.0	3.0
Hassan Whiteside	Bench	13	6	38.1	26.7	-28.2	3.3