Denver Nuggets 124, Sacramento Kings 116 — Recap

April 9, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 124, Sacramento Kings 116. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 33-25 SAC; Q2 DEN 33-33 SAC; Q3 DEN 27-25 SAC; Q4 DEN 31-33 SAC.

Top performers (box score): Zach LaVine (SAC) 27 points, null rebounds, 11 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Christian Braun (DEN) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-12 shooting; DeMar DeRozan (SAC) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists on 8-of-26 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · SAC

Zach LaVine

27 PTS, 0 REB, 11 AST, 4 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · DEN

Christian Braun

25 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 9-12 FG

Scoring · SAC

DeMar DeRozan

22 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST · 8-26 FG

Season highs

Zach LaVine · Season-high 11 assistsJalen Pickett · Season-high 5 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	33	33	27	31		124
SAC	25	33	25	33		116

🧮 How They Scored

DENSAC

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.6%Effective FG%53.0%

6.6%Turnover %7.3%

35.3%Offensive rebound %21.4%

0.360Free-throw rate0.169

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	38	20	12	11	4	—	1	5-12	0-1	10-10	+9
Christian Braun G	37	25	4	2	—	1	—	9-12	3-5	4-5	+20
Aaron Gordon F	35	21	3	5	—	—	1	9-16	1-5	2-2	+16
Michael Porter Jr. F	35	21	5	2	1	—	—	7-14	4-8	3-4	+5
Jalen Pickett G	31	18	1	4	1	—	1	6-10	5-7	1-2	+12
Peyton Watson G	25	7	4	1	—	1	1	3-5	0-2	1-1	-5
Russell Westbrook G	17	5	4	4	1	—	3	2-11	0-4	1-1	-4
Julian Strawther G	11	1	7	1	—	—	—	0-3	0-2	1-2	-12
DeAndre Jordan C	10	6	5	—	—	3	—	2-3	—	2-4	-1

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zach LaVine G	44	27	—	11	—	—	4	10-20	4-8	3-4	-8
DeMar DeRozan G	40	22	4	4	—	1	1	8-26	0-5	6-7	-16
Domantas Sabonis F	39	13	12	2	—	1	—	6-10	0-1	1-1	-3
Keon Ellis G	32	20	6	2	1	2	1	7-12	6-11	—	-13
Devin Carter G	18	4	3	1	—	1	1	1-4	1-2	1-2	+6
Doug McDermott F	15	9	2	1	—	—	—	3-5	3-5	—	+6
Jonas Valanciunas C	9	2	2	—	—	—	—	1-4	0-1	—	-5
Isaac Jones F	6	2	2	—	1	—	—	1-2	—	—	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Christian Braun	Bench	37	25	88.0	17.9	+27.2	13.8
Aaron Gordon	Bench	35	21	62.2	24.0	+22.0	10.8
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	35	21	66.6	19.3	+10.2	11.2
Nikola Jokic	Bench	38	20	61.0	22.2	+10.6	18.3
Jalen Pickett	Bench	31	18	82.7	18.2	+18.2	10.8
Peyton Watson	Bench	25	7	64.3	9.7	-11.8	4.2
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	10	6	63.0	17.2	-9.3	20.0
Russell Westbrook	Bench	17	5	21.9	31.8	-14.0	-1.4
Julian Strawther	Bench	11	1	12.9	12.5	-44.4	6.8
Dario Saric	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Trey Alexander	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
PJ Hall	Bench	00	—	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
Zach LaVine	Bench	44	27	62.0	27.4	-7.9	9.4
DeMar DeRozan	Bench	40	22	37.8	34.5	-21.1	3.4
Keon Ellis	Bench	32	20	83.3	18.1	-20.3	11.9
Domantas Sabonis	Bench	39	13	62.3	11.5	-3.9	8.8
Doug McDermott	Bench	15	9	90.0	12.5	+18.8	17.4
Devin Carter	Bench	18	4	41.0	13.0	+15.8	0.0
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	9	2	25.0	19.0	-20.5	0.0
Isaac Jones	Bench	6	2	50.0	13.3	+24.2	7.6