Sacramento Kings 123, Denver Nuggets 132 — Recap

January 23, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Sacramento Kings 123, Denver Nuggets 132. Scoring by quarter: Q1 SAC 31-40 DEN; Q2 SAC 21-34 DEN; Q3 SAC 33-36 DEN; Q4 SAC 38-22 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 35 points, 22 rebounds, 17 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-19 shooting; DeMar DeRozan (SAC) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists on 9-of-16 shooting; Domantas Sabonis (SAC) 23 points, 19 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Christian Braun (DEN) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 20 points, 8 rebounds, null assists, 2 threes on 7-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

35 PTS, 22 REB, 17 AST, 2 3PM · 12-19 FG

Scoring · SAC

DeMar DeRozan

24 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST · 9-16 FG

Scoring · SAC

Domantas Sabonis

23 PTS, 19 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 10-21 FG

Season highs

Nikola Jokic · Season-high 17 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
SAC	31	21	33	38		123
DEN	40	34	36	22		132

🧮 How They Scored

SACDEN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%55.0%

10.2%Turnover %8.0%

28.1%Offensive rebound %34.9%

0.173Free-throw rate0.307

Box Score

Sacramento Kings

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
De'Aaron Fox G	40	17	5	6	1	1	2	7-24	3-10	—	-1
Domantas Sabonis F	39	23	19	8	—	—	4	10-21	1-4	2-2	-18
DeMar DeRozan G	37	24	6	1	—	1	1	9-16	0-2	6-8	-10
Malik Monk G	31	15	2	7	1	—	2	5-13	0-4	5-7	-2
Keegan Murray F	30	11	9	2	1	1	2	4-10	3-5	—	-2
Keon Ellis G	21	6	3	5	1	—	—	3-4	0-1	—	-11
Doug McDermott F	11	15	—	—	—	—	1	5-7	5-6	—	+20
Kevin Huerter G	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	0-2	0-1	—	-7
Devin Carter G	3	—	—	1	—	—	—	0-1	0-1	—	-5

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	40	18	6	5	3	—	2	8-18	1-6	1-2	+3
Nikola Jokic C	37	35	22	17	1	2	1	12-19	2-3	9-10	+11
Michael Porter Jr. F	34	20	8	—	1	1	1	7-16	2-8	4-4	+5
Russell Westbrook G	32	18	5	3	1	—	3	7-10	2-4	2-6	+2
Christian Braun G	25	21	2	1	2	1	—	8-14	2-5	3-4	-6
Peyton Watson G	25	6	6	1	1	4	—	2-6	1-2	1-4	+12
Julian Strawther G	19	9	—	2	1	—	1	3-9	2-6	1-1	+14
Aaron Gordon F	17	3	2	1	—	—	1	1-8	1-3	—	+6
DeAndre Jordan C	11	2	5	—	—	—	1	1-1	—	—	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
DeMar DeRozan	Bench	37	24	61.5	19.4	-11.4	9.7
Domantas Sabonis	Bench	39	23	52.6	23.9	-19.1	12.2
De'Aaron Fox	Bench	40	17	35.4	23.9	+0.1	4.0
Doug McDermott	Bench	11	15	107.1	26.7	+89.7	23.3
Malik Monk	Bench	31	15	46.6	20.7	-2.8	4.6
Keegan Murray	Bench	30	11	55.0	14.8	-6.1	7.9
Keon Ellis	Bench	21	6	75.0	7.3	-17.2	9.6
Kevin Huerter	Bench	6	—	0.0	11.1	-59.9	-20.0
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Devin Carter	Bench	3	—	0.0	14.3	-95.2	-6.9

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	37	35	74.8	25.8	+12.5	27.6
Christian Braun	Bench	25	21	66.6	24.2	-12.3	10.9
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	34	20	56.3	20.4	+4.9	10.3
Jamal Murray	Bench	40	18	47.7	19.6	+4.5	9.3
Russell Westbrook	Bench	32	18	71.2	19.3	+1.1	8.8
Julian Strawther	Bench	19	9	47.7	18.2	+28.6	4.4
Peyton Watson	Bench	25	6	38.7	11.6	+20.3	6.0
Aaron Gordon	Bench	17	3	18.8	20.5	+12.3	-3.9
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	11	2	100.0	6.3	-12.0	18.0
Dario Saric	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
PJ Hall	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0