Denver Nuggets 113, Sacramento Kings 106 — Recap

December 27, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 113, Sacramento Kings 106. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 20-32 SAC; Q2 DEN 27-24 SAC; Q3 DEN 32-27 SAC; Q4 DEN 34-23 SAC.

Top performers (box score): Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 30 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; De'Aaron Fox (SAC) 26 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 25 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Kevin Huerter (SAC) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 20 points, 9 rebounds, 11 assists on 7-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

30 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 12-20 FG

Scoring · SAC

De'Aaron Fox

26 PTS, 1 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 10-16 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

25 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 7-15 FG

Season highs

Trey Lyles · Season-high 10 reboundsDavion Mitchell · Season-high 9 assists

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	20	27	32	34		113
SAC	32	24	27	23		106

🧮 How They Scored

DENSAC

52Points in the paint54

16Fast-break points2

10Second-chance points10

23Points off turnovers10

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.2%Effective FG%54.9%

12.0%Turnover %15.0%

24.4%Offensive rebound %21.1%

0.244Free-throw rate0.232

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	38	25	5	7	2	0	1	7-15	3-7	8-8	+5
Nikola Jokic C	37	20	9	11	1	0	0	7-10	0-0	6-6	+13
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	31	11	3	3	1	1	3	4-12	1-5	2-2	+16
Michael Porter Jr. F	30	30	6	2	2	0	2	12-20	5-9	1-2	+14
Vlatko Cancar F	29	8	4	3	0	0	1	3-5	2-3	0-0	-3
Nah'Shon Hyland G	19	5	1	6	0	1	1	2-9	1-7	0-0	-7
Zeke Nnaji F-C	15	0	6	0	0	0	1	0-3	0-1	0-0	+2
Christian Braun G	14	4	3	2	1	1	1	2-4	0-1	0-1	+7
Davon Reed G	9	4	2	0	2	0	1	1-2	1-2	1-2	+4
Bruce Brown G	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-13
DeAndre Jordan C	7	4	1	0	2	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	-8
Ish Smith G	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	+5

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Huerter G	37	21	4	1	2	0	3	8-14	3-7	2-2	-11
Harrison Barnes F	33	13	8	1	1	0	0	5-11	1-4	2-2	-9
De'Aaron Fox G	31	26	1	4	0	0	5	10-16	3-5	3-5	-8
Keegan Murray F	31	11	2	1	2	1	0	4-6	2-4	1-2	+2
Malik Monk G	26	8	2	1	1	1	2	3-10	0-5	2-2	-3
Trey Lyles F	24	11	10	1	0	0	3	4-10	1-6	2-2	-4
Richaun Holmes F-C	23	8	7	2	0	0	0	3-6	0-0	2-2	+3
Davion Mitchell G	18	6	0	9	2	0	1	3-8	0-3	0-0	-1
Alex Len C	14	2	4	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	2-2	-4
KZ Okpala F	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 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	30	30	71.8	33.3	+24.3	17.5
Jamal Murray	Bench	38	25	67.5	21.8	+6.4	18.2
Nikola Jokic	Bench	37	20	79.1	14.8	+13.8	20.1
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	31	11	42.7	22.5	+25.0	4.5
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	29	8	80.0	9.1	-5.1	8.5
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	19	5	27.8	22.7	-17.9	4.0
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	7	4	100.0	14.3	-57.1	27.5
Christian Braun	Bench	14	4	45.0	14.3	+20.7	9.9
Davon Reed	Bench	9	4	69.4	18.2	+16.4	11.9
Bruce Brown	Bench	9	2	33.3	21.1	-72.2	-4.5
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	15	0	0.0	10.3	+5.9	-10.6
Ish Smith	Bench	3	0	0.0	28.6	+80.4	-5.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
De'Aaron Fox	Bench	31	26	71.4	32.4	-10.7	13.7
Kevin Huerter	Bench	37	21	70.6	22.0	-9.7	9.2
Harrison Barnes	Bench	33	13	54.7	15.1	-9.8	8.6
Keegan Murray	Bench	31	11	79.9	10.0	+4.7	10.4
Trey Lyles	Bench	24	11	50.6	25.5	-10.1	10.2
Malik Monk	Bench	26	8	36.8	21.3	-5.5	2.6
Richaun Holmes	Bench	23	8	58.1	13.5	+6.3	10.6
Davion Mitchell	Bench	18	6	37.5	23.1	+2.7	11.8
Alex Len	Bench	14	2	53.2	12.5	-17.1	-1.9
Neemias Queta	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
KZ Okpala	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-5.4	-133.3
Terence Davis	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chimezie Metu	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Matthew Dellavedova	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chima Moneke	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0