Newer meeting, Dec 11, 2025: DEN 136, SAC 105

Sacramento Kings vs Denver Nuggets: player stats

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Sacramento Kings

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

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Game leaders

DEN

Points
Sacramento Kings: DeMar DeRozan24 PTS9-16 FG, 0-2 3P, 6-8 FT
Denver Nuggets: Nikola Jokic35 PTS12-19 FG, 2-3 3P, 9-10 FT
Rebounds
Sacramento Kings: Domantas Sabonis19 REB6 OREB, 13 DREB
Denver Nuggets: Nikola Jokic22 REB3 OREB, 19 DREB
Assists
Sacramento Kings: Domantas Sabonis8 AST23 PTS, 4 TOV
Denver Nuggets: Nikola Jokic17 AST35 PTS, 1 TOV

On January 23, 2025 at Ball Arena, the Denver Nuggets beat the Sacramento Kings 132-123. Nikola Jokic scored 35 to lead the Denver Nuggets, and DeMar DeRozan had 24 for the Sacramento Kings.

Sacramento Kings box score
Sacramento Kings
De'Aaron FoxG	40:00	17	5	6	7-24	3-10	0-0	1	1	2	2	-1
Domantas SabonisF	39:00	23	19	8	10-21	1-4	2-2	0	0	4	4	-18
DeMar DeRozanG	37:00	24	6	1	9-16	0-2	6-8	0	1	1	1	-10
Malik MonkG	31:00	15	2	7	5-13	0-4	5-7	1	0	2	5	-2
Keegan MurrayF	30:00	11	9	2	4-10	3-5	0-0	1	1	2	2	-2
Trey LylesF	22:00	12	9	1	4-9	3-7	1-2	1	0	1	0	-9
Keon EllisG	21:00	6	3	5	3-4	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	2	-11
Doug McDermottF	11:00	15	0	0	5-7	5-6	0-0	0	0	1	2	+20
Kevin HuerterG	6:00	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	-7
Devin CarterG	3:00	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	-5
Team	240	123	53	31	47-107	15-41	14-19	5	3	13	20

DNP: Isaiah Crawford, Jordan McLaughlin, Colby Jones, Isaac Jones, Alex Len, Jae Crowder, Mason Jones

Denver Nuggets box score
Denver Nuggets
Jamal MurrayG	40:00	18	6	5	8-18	1-6	1-2	3	0	2	0	+3
Nikola JokicC	37:00	35	22	17	12-19	2-3	9-10	1	2	1	5	+11
Michael Porter Jr.F	34:00	20	8	0	7-16	2-8	4-4	1	1	1	0	+5
Russell WestbrookG	32:00	18	5	3	7-10	2-4	2-6	1	0	3	1	+2
Christian BraunG	25:00	21	2	1	8-14	2-5	3-4	2	1	0	4	-6
Peyton WatsonG	25:00	6	6	1	2-6	1-2	1-4	1	4	0	1	+12
Julian StrawtherG	19:00	9	0	2	3-9	2-6	1-1	1	0	1	1	+14
Aaron GordonF	17:00	3	2	1	1-8	1-3	0-0	0	0	1	1	+6
DeAndre JordanC	11:00	2	5	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	1	-2
Team	240	132	56	30	49-101	13-37	21-31	10	8	10	14

DNP: PJ Hall, Trey Alexander, Dario Saric, DaRon Holmes II, Zeke Nnaji, Jalen Pickett, Hunter Tyson, Spencer Jones, Vlatko Cancar

Team stats

Team stats: Sacramento Kings and Denver Nuggets
SAC	Stat	DEN
43.9%47-107	Field-goal percentage	48.5%(better)49-101
36.6%(better)15-41	Three-point percentage	35.1%13-37
73.7%(better)14-19	Free-throw percentage	67.7%21-31
53	Rebounds	56(better)
17(better)	Offensive rebounds	15
36	Defensive rebounds	41(better)
31(better)	Assists	30
5	Steals	10(better)
3	Blocks	8(better)
13	Turnovers	10(better)
20	Personal fouls	14(better)

Team advanced
SAC	Stat	DEN
110.5	Pace	110.5
111.3	Off. rating	119.5(better)
119.5	Def. rating	111.3(better)
-8.1	Net rating	8.1(better)
53.3	TS%	57.6(better)
50.9	eFG%	55.0(better)
10.1	TOV%	8.0(better)
29.3	OREB%	29.4(better)
0.178	FT rate	0.307(better)
38.3(better)	3PA rate	36.6

Keel projection

How the projections do →

Replayed with a fit on another season: the model had not seen this game.

SAC 31%DEN 69%

Expected margin: DEN by 6.2
Result: DEN by 9: The projection called it.

The projected margin was 2.8 pts from the result. Its largest input: Rest (back-to-backs), 2.1 pts toward DEN. 3 more inputs are in Pro

Season series

SAC 0, DEN 4

Dec 16Denver Nuggets 130, Sacramento Kings 129
Jan 23 · this gameSacramento Kings 123, Denver Nuggets 132
Mar 5Sacramento Kings 110, Denver Nuggets 116
Apr 9Denver Nuggets 124, Sacramento Kings 116

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