Sacramento Kings 124, Denver Nuggets 122 — Recap

December 23, 2020 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Sacramento Kings 124, Denver Nuggets 122 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 SAC 25-31 DEN; Q2 SAC 28-29 DEN; Q3 SAC 36-24 DEN; Q4 SAC 23-28 DEN; OT1 SAC 12-10 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 29 points, 15 rebounds, 14 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Buddy Hield (SAC) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Harrison Barnes (SAC) 21 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists on 8-of-15 shooting; De'Aaron Fox (SAC) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-20 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

29 PTS, 15 REB, 14 AST, 1 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

24 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 9-15 FG

Scoring · SAC

Buddy Hield

22 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 7-15 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	OT		T
SAC	25	28	36	23	12		124
DEN	31	29	24	28	10		122

🧮 How They Scored

SACDEN

62Points in the paint66

19Fast-break points11

9Second-chance points14

11Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

49.0%Effective FG%52.0%

10.8%Turnover %12.1%

33.3%Offensive rebound %21.7%

0.304Free-throw rate0.245

Box Score

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Harrison Barnes F	42	21	9	5	2	0	1	8-15	0-3	5-7	+3
Buddy Hield G	41	22	4	3	1	0	3	7-15	5-11	3-3	-2
De'Aaron Fox G	39	21	4	7	1	1	2	8-20	1-2	4-5	-2
Tyrese Haliburton G	30	12	2	4	0	1	0	3-7	2-5	4-4	+1
Cory Joseph G	29	15	3	4	1	2	2	6-10	2-5	1-2	+8
Marvin Bagley III F	27	13	10	0	0	1	2	5-15	0-4	3-4	+2
Richaun Holmes F-C	23	6	9	1	0	1	1	3-6	0-0	0-0	+1
Hassan Whiteside C	18	4	9	1	0	1	2	2-6	0-0	0-2	+3
Nemanja Bjelica F	16	10	4	2	0	0	1	3-8	0-1	4-4	-4

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	42	29	15	14	0	2	6	11-18	1-2	6-9	+5
Gary Harris G	42	10	2	2	0	1	0	4-9	0-4	2-2	+5
Paul Millsap F	36	16	7	3	0	0	1	7-13	2-5	0-0	-6
Jamal Murray G	34	9	4	1	2	0	2	1-9	0-5	7-7	+3
Will Barton G	33	16	2	4	2	1	0	7-16	1-3	1-2	+1
Michael Porter Jr. F	30	24	5	2	2	3	2	9-15	3-7	3-3	0
Monte Morris G	16	2	2	0	0	0	1	1-6	0-1	0-0	-7
PJ Dozier G-F	15	7	5	2	0	2	1	3-5	0-1	1-1	-6
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	9	6	3	0	0	2	2	3-6	0-0	0-0	-1
Facundo Campazzo G	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Buddy Hield	Bench	41	22	67.4	18.1	-3.5	7.9
Harrison Barnes	Bench	42	21	58.1	18.1	+0.9	15.3
De'Aaron Fox	Bench	39	21	47.3	24.5	-1.1	10.3
Cory Joseph	Bench	29	15	68.9	17.6	+13.8	12.5
Marvin Bagley III	Bench	27	13	38.8	27.9	+3.3	2.8
Tyrese Haliburton	Bench	30	12	68.5	12.3	+3.1	15.6
Nemanja Bjelica	Bench	16	10	51.2	27.5	-9.1	10.1
Richaun Holmes	Bench	23	6	50.0	12.5	-0.6	3.2
Hassan Whiteside	Bench	18	4	29.1	20.5	+10.1	7.4

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	42	29	66.0	29.2	+5.8	23.4
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	30	24	73.5	26.9	-1.8	18.7
Will Barton	Bench	33	16	47.4	21.8	0.0	10.4
Paul Millsap	Bench	36	16	61.5	16.9	-8.0	11.0
Gary Harris	Bench	42	10	50.6	10.2	+5.7	4.5
Jamal Murray	Bench	34	9	37.3	17.3	+4.2	0.0
PJ Dozier	Bench	15	7	64.3	16.7	-12.5	21.3
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	9	6	50.0	34.8	-15.0	0.0
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	8	3	150.0	5.9	-23.5	14.3
Monte Morris	Bench	16	2	16.7	17.9	-22.7	-3.4