Sacramento Kings @ Denver Nuggets

23-21, 10-9 Away

123

23-21, 10-9 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Kings SAC	31	21	33	38	123
Nuggets DEN	40	34	36	22	132

Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN

28-16, 14-8 Home

132

28-16, 14-8 Home

Christian Braun makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
Jamal Murray makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Christian Braun makes 1-foot layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot jumper
Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Michael Porter Jr. makes 3-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic misses 7-foot two point shot
Russell Westbrook makes tip shot
Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Christian Braun makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Julian Strawther assists)
Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
Russell Westbrook makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Julian Strawther makes 26-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
Julian Strawther misses 26-foot three point jumper
Julian Strawther makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Peyton Watson makes 1-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
Julian Strawther misses 26-foot three point jumper
Peyton Watson misses two point shot
Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot (Julian Strawther assists)
Jamal Murray makes two point shot
Jamal Murray misses 32-foot three point shot
Julian Strawther misses two point shot
Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Jamal Murray makes 6-foot two point shot
Michael Porter Jr. misses driving layup
Michael Porter Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
Peyton Watson misses driving floating jump shot
Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot
Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Jamal Murray misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
DeAndre Jordan makes dunk (Peyton Watson assists)
Jamal Murray makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot
Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point shot
Christian Braun misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Russell Westbrook makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Nikola Jokic misses layup
Nikola Jokic misses 7-foot two point shot
Christian Braun misses 3-foot two point shot
Nikola Jokic makes 8-foot two point shot (Christian Braun assists)
Jamal Murray makes two point shot
Jamal Murray makes 2-foot layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
Russell Westbrook misses two point shot
Christian Braun makes 1-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
Michael Porter Jr. makes 15-foot two point shot
Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Peyton Watson misses two point shot
Michael Porter Jr. makes tip shot
Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
Christian Braun makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Keegan Murray blocks Christian Braun 's 2-foot two point shot
Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic makes 8-foot two point shot
Jamal Murray makes 19-foot step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic misses 7-foot two point shot
Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point shot
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
Russell Westbrook misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
Michael Porter Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
Russell Westbrook makes 4-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Michael Porter Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
DeMar DeRozan blocks Nikola Jokic 's 8-foot two point shot
Christian Braun makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Aaron Gordon misses 28-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray misses running pullup jump shot
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
Aaron Gordon misses 14-foot two point shot
Jamal Murray misses two point shot
Aaron Gordon makes 25-foot three point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Julian Strawther makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Peyton Watson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Nikola Jokic makes 66-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
Julian Strawther misses 24-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox blocks Aaron Gordon 's 13-foot two point shot
Aaron Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Julian Strawther misses two point shot
Peyton Watson misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
Julian Strawther misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
Aaron Gordon misses driving layup
Christian Braun misses 24-foot three point jumper
Christian Braun makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot
Jamal Murray misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Jamal Murray misses two point shot
Christian Braun misses two point shot
Christian Braun misses 27-foot three point jumper
Michael Porter Jr. misses tip shot
Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot two point shot
Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
Nikola Jokic misses 10-foot two point shot
Christian Braun makes 1-foot dunk
Domantas Sabonis misses two point shot
Malik Monk misses 25-foot three point jumper
Domantas Sabonis makes 24-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
DeMar DeRozan makes 18-foot step back jumpshot
DeMar DeRozan makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Domantas Sabonis assists)
Domantas Sabonis makes driving layup (Malik Monk assists)
Domantas Sabonis misses driving layup
Malik Monk makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot
DeMar DeRozan makes 11-foot two point shot
Domantas Sabonis misses 14-foot jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Malik Monk assists)
Domantas Sabonis makes 11-foot two point shot (Malik Monk assists)
Devin Carter misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Keon Ellis makes driving layup (Devin Carter assists)
Keegan Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper
DeMar DeRozan misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
De'Aaron Fox makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Domantas Sabonis assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses driving floating jump shot
Domantas Sabonis misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeMar DeRozan misses 26-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes 26-foot three pointer (Domantas Sabonis assists)
Trey Lyles misses 22-foot three point jumper
Trey Lyles makes dunk (Keon Ellis assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Kevin Huerter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Peyton Watson blocks DeMar DeRozan 's 10-foot driving floating jump shot
Trey Lyles misses 25-foot three point jumper
Keegan Murray misses 9-foot two point shot
De'Aaron Fox misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Peyton Watson blocks Keegan Murray 's 3-foot driving dunk
Keegan Murray makes 2-foot two point shot
Kevin Huerter misses driving floating jump shot
Domantas Sabonis makes tip shot
Peyton Watson blocks Malik Monk 's 4-foot driving layup
Malik Monk misses driving floating jump shot
Trey Lyles makes 23-foot three point jumper (Keon Ellis assists)
Malik Monk makes two point shot (De'Aaron Fox assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses 26-foot three point jumper
DeMar DeRozan makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Keon Ellis assists)
DeMar DeRozan makes 22-foot pullup jump shot
Domantas Sabonis misses layup
Nikola Jokic blocks De'Aaron Fox 's 4-foot driving layup
Malik Monk misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Domantas Sabonis misses two point shot
Malik Monk misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Domantas Sabonis makes 2-foot two point shot
De'Aaron Fox misses driving layup
Domantas Sabonis misses 26-foot three point jumper
Keegan Murray misses 13-foot two point shot
Keegan Murray makes 27-foot three point jumper (Malik Monk assists)
DeMar DeRozan makes 9-foot two point shot
Keegan Murray misses two point shot
Domantas Sabonis makes 5-foot two point shot
Domantas Sabonis misses driving layup
Malik Monk misses running pullup jump shot
Domantas Sabonis makes two point shot
Keegan Murray makes 24-foot three pointer (Domantas Sabonis assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses driving floating jump shot
Keegan Murray misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Domantas Sabonis makes 13-foot two point shot (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Keegan Murray makes 25-foot three point jumper (Domantas Sabonis assists)
Christian Braun blocks Malik Monk 's 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
De'Aaron Fox makes two point shot (Keegan Murray assists)
DeMar DeRozan makes 10-foot two point shot
Domantas Sabonis misses 25-foot three point jumper
Malik Monk misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Keon Ellis makes two point shot (Trey Lyles assists)
Trey Lyles misses 26-foot three point jumper
Michael Porter Jr. blocks Domantas Sabonis 's 8-foot layup
Domantas Sabonis makes two point shot
Keon Ellis misses 26-foot three point jumper
Domantas Sabonis makes 14-foot jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
DeMar DeRozan misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
Domantas Sabonis misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
De'Aaron Fox misses two point shot
De'Aaron Fox makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Domantas Sabonis assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
De'Aaron Fox makes 24-foot three point jumper (DeMar DeRozan assists)
Trey Lyles misses 27-foot three point jumper
Keon Ellis makes two point shot (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Doug McDermott makes 24-foot three point jumper (Keon Ellis assists)
Peyton Watson blocks Doug McDermott 's 26-foot three point shot
Doug McDermott makes 27-foot three point jumper (Keegan Murray assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses 27-foot three point jumper
Trey Lyles makes 27-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Trey Lyles makes 25-foot three point shot (Keon Ellis assists)
Trey Lyles misses driving layup
De'Aaron Fox misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
DeMar DeRozan makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Domantas Sabonis assists)
DeMar DeRozan misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
Malik Monk makes driving layup (De'Aaron Fox assists)
De'Aaron Fox makes 26-foot three point jumper (Domantas Sabonis assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses 26-foot three point shot
Malik Monk makes 4-foot two point shot
De'Aaron Fox misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Doug McDermott makes 27-foot three point jumper (Malik Monk assists)
Malik Monk makes 1-foot dunk
Doug McDermott makes 26-foot three point jumper (Malik Monk assists)
Nikola Jokic blocks De'Aaron Fox 's 6-foot driving layup
DeMar DeRozan misses 22-foot three point jumper
Doug McDermott makes 29-foot three point jumper (Malik Monk assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
De'Aaron Fox misses 22-foot three point jumper
DeMar DeRozan misses two point shot
DeMar DeRozan makes tip shot
Doug McDermott misses two point shot

KINGS

NUGGETS

TIME		SAC	DEN
12:00	Domantas Sabonis vs. Nikola Jokic (Jamal Murray gains possession)	0	0
11:46	Keegan Murray shooting foul	0	0
11:46	Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2	0	1
11:46	Jamal Murray misses free throw 2 of 2	0	1
11:44	De'Aaron Fox defensive rebound	0	1
11:31	Domantas Sabonis out of bounds bad pass turnover	0	1
11:16	Christian Braun makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)	0	3
10:52	Domantas Sabonis misses two point shot	0	3
10:49	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	0	3
10:38	Jamal Murray makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)	0	5
10:26	Malik Monk misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	5
10:23	Keegan Murray offensive rebound	0	5
10:19	Domantas Sabonis makes 24-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)	3	5
9:51	Christian Braun makes 1-foot layup (Russell Westbrook assists)	3	7
9:39	DeMar DeRozan makes 18-foot step back jumpshot	5	7
9:19	Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot jumper	5	7
9:17	Christian Braun offensive rebound	5	7
9:16	Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	7
9:16	Keegan Murray defensive rebound	5	7
9:06	DeMar DeRozan makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Domantas Sabonis assists)	7	7
8:48	Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)	7	10
8:37	Domantas Sabonis makes driving layup (Malik Monk assists)	9	10
8:33	Malik Monk shooting foul	9	10
8:33	Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2	9	10
8:33	Nuggets offensive team rebound	9	10
8:33	Russell Westbrook makes free throw 2 of 2	9	11
8:20	Domantas Sabonis misses driving layup	9	11
8:19	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	9	11
8:11	Michael Porter Jr. makes 3-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)	9	13
8:03	Malik Monk makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot	11	13
8:03	Christian Braun shooting foul	11	13
8:03	Malik Monk makes free throw 1 of 1	12	13
7:48	Nikola Jokic misses 7-foot two point shot	12	13
7:47	Russell Westbrook offensive rebound	12	13
7:47	Russell Westbrook makes tip shot	12	15
7:34	DeMar DeRozan makes 11-foot two point shot	14	15
7:34	Christian Braun shooting foul	14	15
7:34	DeMar DeRozan makes free throw 1 of 1	15	15
7:23	Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot	15	15
7:20	Domantas Sabonis defensive rebound	15	15
7:11	Domantas Sabonis misses 14-foot jumper	15	15
7:08	Jamal Murray defensive rebound	15	15
7:00	Christian Braun makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)	15	17
6:53	De'Aaron Fox makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Malik Monk assists)	17	17
6:45	Russell Westbrook out of bounds lost ball turnover	17	17
6:45	Nuggets Full timeout	17	17
6:45	Julian Strawther enters the game for Christian Braun	17	17
6:45	Keon Ellis enters the game for DeMar DeRozan	17	17
6:45	Devin Carter enters the game for De'Aaron Fox	17	17
6:36	Domantas Sabonis makes 11-foot two point shot (Malik Monk assists)	19	17
6:16	Malik Monk shooting foul	19	17
6:16	Kings Full timeout	19	17
6:16	(06:16) [Kings] COACH'S CHALLENGE (CALL OVERTURNED) [Kings] retain their timeout	19	17
6:16	Aaron Gordon enters the game for Jamal Murray	19	17
6:16	Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2	19	17
6:16	Nuggets offensive team rebound	19	17
6:16	Russell Westbrook misses free throw 2 of 2	19	17
6:13	Domantas Sabonis defensive rebound	19	17
6:02	Malik Monk bad pass (Nikola Jokic steals)	19	17
5:51	Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Julian Strawther assists)	19	20
5:35	Devin Carter misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot	19	20
5:33	Russell Westbrook defensive rebound	19	20
5:23	Aaron Gordon misses two point shot	19	20
5:20	Aaron Gordon offensive rebound	19	20
5:20	Aaron Gordon misses tip shot	19	20
5:19	Domantas Sabonis defensive rebound	19	20
5:17	Nikola Jokic shooting foul	19	20
5:17	Malik Monk makes free throw 1 of 2	20	20
5:17	Malik Monk misses free throw 2 of 2	20	20
5:15	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	20	20
5:09	Russell Westbrook makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)	20	23
4:54	Keon Ellis makes driving layup (Devin Carter assists)	22	23
4:38	Devin Carter shooting foul	22	23
4:38	Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2	22	23
4:38	Nuggets offensive team rebound	22	23
4:38	Peyton Watson enters the game for Michael Porter Jr.	22	23
4:38	Trey Lyles enters the game for Malik Monk	22	23
4:38	Russell Westbrook makes free throw 2 of 2	22	24
4:26	Keegan Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper	22	24
4:23	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	22	24
4:17	Julian Strawther makes 26-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)	22	27
4:14	Kings Full timeout	22	27
4:14	De'Aaron Fox enters the game for Keegan Murray	22	27
4:14	DeMar DeRozan enters the game for Devin Carter	22	27
4:06	DeMar DeRozan misses 13-foot pullup jump shot	22	27
4:04	Russell Westbrook defensive rebound	22	27
3:52	Julian Strawther misses 26-foot three point jumper	22	27
3:49	Trey Lyles defensive rebound	22	27
3:33	De'Aaron Fox makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Domantas Sabonis assists)	24	27
3:14	Julian Strawther makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)	24	29
3:14	De'Aaron Fox shooting foul	24	29
3:14	Jamal Murray enters the game for Russell Westbrook	24	29
3:14	Julian Strawther makes free throw 1 of 1	24	30
2:58	Aaron Gordon shooting foul	24	30
2:58	DeMar DeRozan makes free throw 1 of 2	25	30
2:58	DeMar DeRozan makes free throw 2 of 2	26	30
2:44	Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)	26	32
2:30	De'Aaron Fox misses driving floating jump shot	26	32
2:28	Jamal Murray defensive rebound	26	32
2:19	Domantas Sabonis shooting foul	26	32
2:19	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2	26	33
2:19	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2	26	34
2:08	Domantas Sabonis misses 25-foot three point jumper	26	34
2:05	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	26	34
2:02	Peyton Watson makes 1-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)	26	36
2:01	Kings Full timeout	26	36
1:46	De'Aaron Fox lost ball turnover (Jamal Murray steals)	26	36
1:35	Julian Strawther misses 26-foot three point jumper	26	36
1:31	Domantas Sabonis defensive rebound	26	36
1:24	DeMar DeRozan misses 26-foot three point jumper	26	36
1:21	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	26	36
1:16	Peyton Watson misses two point shot	26	36
1:14	DeMar DeRozan defensive rebound	26	36
1:00	De'Aaron Fox makes 26-foot three pointer (Domantas Sabonis assists)	29	36
48.0	Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot (Julian Strawther assists)	29	38
45.0	De'Aaron Fox bad pass (Julian Strawther steals)	29	38
38.2	Jamal Murray makes two point shot	29	40
21.1	Trey Lyles misses 22-foot three point jumper	29	40
19.0	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	29	40
5.2	Aaron Gordon bad pass (Keon Ellis steals)	29	40
3.0	Trey Lyles makes dunk (Keon Ellis assists)	31	40
0.0	Jamal Murray misses 32-foot three point shot	31	40
0.0	Nuggets offensive team rebound	31	40
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	31	40

Regular Season Series

DEN leads 2-0

Nuggets
130
Kings
129

Game 1

12/16

Kings
123
Nuggets
132

Game 2

1/23

Kings
110
Nuggets
116

Game 3

3/5

Nuggets
124
Kings
116

Game 4

4/9

Ball Arena

9:00 PM, January 23, 2025

Denver, CO

Attendance: 19,676

Referees:
Sean Wright
Ray Acosta
Simone Jelks

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	5	2	.714	-	W3
LA Clippers	3	2	.600	1	W1
Golden State	4	3	.571	1	L2
Phoenix	3	4	.429	2	W2
Sacramento	2	4	.333	2.5	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	7	0	1.000	-	W7
Portland	4	2	.667	2.5	W3
Denver	3	2	.600	3	L1
Minnesota	3	3	.500	3.5	W1
Utah	2	4	.333	4.5	L3

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Sacramento Kings @ Denver Nuggets

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Game Information

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