Denver Nuggets 136, Sacramento Kings 105 — Recap

December 11, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 136, Sacramento Kings 105. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 41-26 SAC; Q2 DEN 36-28 SAC; Q3 DEN 32-27 SAC; Q4 DEN 27-24 SAC.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 36 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 14-of-16 shooting; Peyton Watson (DEN) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Malik Monk (SAC) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-11 shooting; Russell Westbrook (SAC) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-11 shooting; Cameron Johnson (DEN) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

36 PTS, 12 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 14-16 FG

Scoring · DEN

Peyton Watson

21 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 7-10 FG

Scoring · SAC

Malik Monk

18 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 5-11 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	41	36	32	27		136
SAC	26	28	27	24		105

🧮 How They Scored

DENSAC

66Points in the paint46

13Fast-break points12

18Second-chance points12

15Points off turnovers16

50Bench points45

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

65.9%Effective FG%51.1%

10.6%Turnover %14.1%

26.3%Offensive rebound %21.7%

0.330Free-throw rate0.264

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron Johnson F	33	16	3	1	1	1	6-13	1-5	3-4	+17
Nikola Jokic C	29	36	12	8	2	1	14-16	2-2	6-8	+26
Jamal Murray G	26	11	3	9	2	1	4-13	1-4	2-3	+24
Bruce Brown G	26	8	5	7	1	3	2-5	0-1	4-4	+6
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	25	11	5	2	0	0	5-11	1-6	0-0	+25
Jalen Pickett G	25	6	5	4	2	2	2-6	2-5	0-0	+11
Peyton Watson G	23	21	2	1	0	2	7-10	2-3	5-8	+17
Spencer Jones F	22	2	3	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+25
Jonas Valanciunas C	19	15	6	2	0	2	7-7	1-1	0-2	+5
Hunter Tyson F	7	8	0	0	0	0	3-4	2-2	0-0	+2
Zeke Nnaji F-C	6	2	2	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-3

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Maxime Raynaud C	37	15	9	1	1	0	1	7-13	1-1	0-2	-26
Keon Ellis G	31	8	2	4	4	1	1	3-9	1-7	1-3	-14
Malik Monk G	30	18	4	5	1	0	5	5-11	3-6	5-6	-19
Keegan Murray F	28	15	6	1	2	2	1	7-13	1-5	0-2	-12
Nique Clifford G	28	2	4	0	0	0	4	1-8	0-6	0-0	-29
Russell Westbrook G	27	17	3	5	0	0	2	5-11	1-5	6-6	-19
Devin Carter G	21	15	1	4	0	0	2	5-10	3-6	2-2	+2
DeMar DeRozan G	21	11	3	1	1	1	0	4-7	1-1	2-2	-27
Precious Achiuwa F	10	4	6	0	0	0	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	+2
Drew Eubanks F	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-12
Doug McDermott F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Starter	29	36	92.2	28.2	+45.1	34.1
Peyton Watson	Starter	23	21	77.7	28.3	+39.3	11.3
Cameron Johnson	Starter	33	16	54.2	20.0	+23.9	7.2
Jamal Murray	Starter	26	11	38.4	25.0	+48.1	10.5
Spencer Jones	Starter	22	2	100.0	1.9	+55.6	3.3
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	19	15	95.2	23.8	+9.8	19.0
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	25	11	50.0	19.0	+48.0	7.8
Bruce Brown	Bench	26	8	59.2	16.4	+14.2	10.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	7	8	100.0	22.2	+5.9	20.6
Jalen Pickett	Bench	25	6	50.0	13.6	+17.8	9.4
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	6	2	50.0	13.3	-21.4	11.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Russell Westbrook	Starter	27	17	62.3	25.8	-34.5	11.5
Keegan Murray	Starter	28	15	54.0	23.1	-23.4	8.9
Maxime Raynaud	Starter	37	15	54.0	16.5	-32.9	7.3
DeMar DeRozan	Starter	21	11	69.8	17.0	-64.9	11.8
Nique Clifford	Starter	28	2	12.5	17.1	-44.6	-6.0
Malik Monk	Bench	30	18	66.0	24.4	-30.3	10.6
Devin Carter	Bench	21	15	68.9	23.2	+2.0	12.4
Keon Ellis	Bench	31	8	38.8	13.3	-25.1	5.1
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	10	4	50.0	16.0	+9.1	6.3
Drew Eubanks	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	-150.0	-5.9
Doug McDermott	Bench	3	0	0.0	10.0	-28.6	-22.2
Dario Saric	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0