Denver Nuggets 126, Sacramento Kings 127 — Recap

December 28, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 126, Sacramento Kings 127. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 40-24 SAC; Q2 DEN 35-38 SAC; Q3 DEN 30-32 SAC; Q4 DEN 21-33 SAC.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 40 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists on 15-of-24 shooting; Malik Monk (SAC) 33 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Domantas Sabonis (SAC) 31 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; De'Aaron Fox (SAC) 31 points, 2 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Nah'Shon Hyland (DEN) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

40 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST · 15-24 FG

Scoring · SAC

Malik Monk

33 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · SAC

Domantas Sabonis

31 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 12-18 FG

Season highs

Malik Monk · Season-high 33 pointsDomantas Sabonis · Season-high 31 pointsDe'Aaron Fox · Season-high 13 assistsNah'Shon Hyland · Season-high 11 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	40	35	30	21		126
SAC	24	38	32	33		127

🧮 How They Scored

DENSAC

62Points in the paint54

9Fast-break points21

10Second-chance points15

13Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

64.7%Effective FG%60.7%

14.7%Turnover %10.7%

23.3%Offensive rebound %28.9%

0.212Free-throw rate0.281

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. F	35	19	7	1	0	3	4	6-12	4-8	3-3	0
Nah'Shon Hyland G	33	20	5	11	0	0	1	8-16	3-6	1-1	-5
Nikola Jokic C	32	40	7	6	1	1	5	15-24	0-3	10-10	-1
Zeke Nnaji F-C	31	14	3	0	1	1	1	7-9	0-1	0-0	+2
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	31	7	3	3	3	0	0	3-7	1-3	0-0	+6
Christian Braun G	24	9	0	0	0	1	1	4-5	1-1	0-0	-7
DeAndre Jordan C	16	1	7	0	0	1	2	0-2	0-0	1-2	0
Vlatko Cancar F	15	9	0	2	0	1	1	3-4	3-4	0-0	-2
Ish Smith G	15	4	1	5	0	0	1	2-4	0-0	0-0	+4
Davon Reed G	8	3	1	3	1	0	0	1-2	0-1	1-2	-2

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Domantas Sabonis F	38	31	10	5	1	1	2	12-18	2-2	5-8	-4
De'Aaron Fox G	37	31	2	13	1	0	4	12-21	2-6	5-5	+5
Malik Monk G	30	33	2	3	1	0	2	12-21	4-8	5-6	+8
Harrison Barnes F	24	8	2	2	1	0	1	2-8	0-2	4-6	-13
Trey Lyles F	24	5	9	4	2	0	0	2-3	1-1	0-0	+13
Davion Mitchell G	21	5	2	2	1	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	0
Keegan Murray F	21	5	2	1	0	0	0	2-7	1-5	0-0	-7
Kevin Huerter G	18	6	2	1	1	0	0	2-5	2-4	0-0	-6
KZ Okpala F	18	3	2	1	1	3	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	+4
Richaun Holmes F-C	10	0	1	0	1	2	0	0-1	0-0	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	32	40	70.4	44.7	-1.4	21.8
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	33	20	60.8	22.1	-7.1	13.7
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	35	19	71.3	21.3	+3.3	8.9
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	31	14	77.8	13.9	+3.1	7.4
Christian Braun	Bench	24	9	90.0	11.5	-14.6	4.5
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	15	9	112.5	15.2	-2.7	10.9
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	31	7	50.0	9.6	+9.0	4.3
Ish Smith	Bench	15	4	50.0	14.7	+9.1	7.8
Davon Reed	Bench	8	3	52.1	16.7	-3.7	7.7
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	16	1	17.4	15.2	+7.2	2.7
Jack White	Bench	00	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
Malik Monk	Bench	30	33	69.8	37.1	+8.8	17.1
De'Aaron Fox	Bench	37	31	66.8	30.0	+4.6	16.4
Domantas Sabonis	Bench	38	31	72.0	26.4	-5.1	13.7
Harrison Barnes	Bench	24	8	37.6	19.7	-23.8	1.8
Kevin Huerter	Bench	18	6	60.0	10.4	-22.7	3.1
Davion Mitchell	Bench	21	5	62.5	10.2	+3.3	6.0
Keegan Murray	Bench	21	5	35.7	13.7	-10.3	2.2
Trey Lyles	Bench	24	5	83.3	5.6	+27.1	14.3
KZ Okpala	Bench	18	3	150.0	7.3	+16.0	7.2
Neemias Queta	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Alex Len	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Terence Davis	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Richaun Holmes	Bench	10	0	0.0	4.0	+19.3	-2.0
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