Denver Nuggets 106, Sacramento Kings 100 — Recap

March 9, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 106, Sacramento Kings 100. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 32-29 SAC; Q2 DEN 31-22 SAC; Q3 DEN 17-26 SAC; Q4 DEN 26-23 SAC.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 38 points, 18 rebounds, 7 assists on 15-of-24 shooting; De'Aaron Fox (SAC) 32 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-23 shooting; Monte Morris (DEN) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; Harrison Barnes (SAC) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-11 shooting; Trey Lyles (SAC) 14 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

38 PTS, 18 REB, 7 AST · 15-24 FG

Scoring · SAC

De'Aaron Fox

32 PTS, 5 REB, 10 AST, 4 3PM · 12-23 FG

Scoring · DEN

Monte Morris

20 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 8-11 FG

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	32	31	17	26		106
SAC	29	22	26	23		100

🧮 How They Scored

DENSAC

58Points in the paint48

7Fast-break points8

10Second-chance points9

14Points off turnovers23

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.3%Effective FG%51.8%

18.1%Turnover %14.7%

25.0%Offensive rebound %16.3%

0.232Free-throw rate0.212

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	35	38	18	7	1	2	3	15-24	0-2	8-9	+6
Aaron Gordon F	34	11	5	3	0	1	3	4-10	0-5	3-3	+3
Austin Rivers G	32	6	3	3	0	0	1	2-8	2-8	0-0	0
Monte Morris G	30	20	4	4	2	0	3	8-11	2-3	2-3	+2
Davon Reed G	22	7	2	2	1	0	0	3-6	1-3	0-0	+3
JaMychal Green F	20	6	7	1	1	0	2	1-3	0-1	4-4	0
Zeke Nnaji F-C	20	0	1	0	4	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	+6
Facundo Campazzo G	18	2	4	6	1	0	1	1-5	0-3	0-0	+4
Bryn Forbes G	16	11	1	0	0	0	0	4-11	3-8	0-0	+6
DeMarcus Cousins C	13	5	6	0	1	0	6	2-3	1-2	0-0	0

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Harrison Barnes F	39	17	5	5	0	0	1	5-11	3-7	4-6	+1
De'Aaron Fox G	37	32	5	10	1	0	3	12-23	4-6	4-4	+1
Damian Jones C	37	8	7	2	4	0	2	3-9	0-1	2-5	-1
Trey Lyles F	35	14	9	1	1	1	3	6-12	1-5	1-2	-12
Justin Holiday F-G	31	8	2	2	2	2	0	3-8	1-4	1-1	-2
Davion Mitchell G	21	8	0	4	2	0	3	3-6	2-5	0-0	+1
Chimezie Metu F	18	9	8	0	1	1	3	4-6	1-2	0-0	+1
Donte DiVincenzo G	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	0-5	0-3	0-0	-14
Alex Len C	11	4	2	0	0	0	0	2-5	0-1	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	35	38	68.0	36.7	+10.2	28.8
Monte Morris	Bench	30	20	81.2	21.7	-0.7	15.1
Aaron Gordon	Bench	34	11	48.6	18.4	+2.6	5.6
Bryn Forbes	Bench	16	11	50.0	28.9	+15.6	6.5
Davon Reed	Bench	22	7	58.3	12.0	+6.5	6.8
JaMychal Green	Bench	20	6	63.0	14.3	-3.4	18.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	32	6	37.5	12.5	0.0	1.3
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	13	5	83.3	29.0	+2.2	0.0
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	18	2	20.0	14.0	+8.7	11.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	20	0	0.0	4.1	+10.8	6.7

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
De'Aaron Fox	Bench	37	32	64.6	32.9	+1.3	17.8
Harrison Barnes	Bench	39	17	62.3	16.1	+1.3	9.4
Trey Lyles	Bench	35	14	54.3	19.0	-22.3	7.9
Chimezie Metu	Bench	18	9	75.0	21.4	+4.1	28.0
Davion Mitchell	Bench	21	8	66.7	20.0	+7.2	8.1
Justin Holiday	Bench	31	8	47.4	10.8	-6.0	7.7
Damian Jones	Bench	37	8	35.7	15.3	-0.1	3.0
Alex Len	Bench	11	4	40.0	21.7	-25.0	-2.7
Donte DiVincenzo	Bench	12	0	0.0	23.1	-60.3	-28.3