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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 25 | 27 | 29 | 33 | 114 |
 Kings | 26 | 27 | 34 | 32 | 119 |
DENTeam statsSAC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 45-9746.4% | 13-3537.1% | 11-1478.6% | 47 | 30 | 9 |
| SAC | 44-9148.4% | 14-3540.0% | 17-2470.8% | 45 | 30 | 7 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Sacramento Kings119| 39 | 5 | 1-11 | 0-9 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −8.8 | |||
| 38 | 24 | 9-20 | 4-7 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −1.3 | ||||
| 38 | 28 | 10-16 | 5-7 | 0 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | +9 | +10.4 | |||||
| 30 | 21 | 9-13 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | +6 | +6.5 | |||||||
| 18 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −12 | −5.8 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 35 | 23, Career high (his best before, 21) | 8-12 | 4-7 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | +12 | +11.6 | ||||||
| 18 | 11 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | −1 | +6.6 | ||||||
| 17 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −4.1 | ||||||
| 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +0.6 | ||||
| Team | 119 | 44-9148.4% | 14-3540.0% | 45 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 17-2470.8% | 10 | 5 | 7 | |||
Bench 38 points on 14 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Nemanja Bjelica, Justin James, Jabari Parker and Kyle Guy (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets114| 41 | 50, Career high (his best before, 47) | 20-33 | 3-6 | 7-7 | +2 | +21.7 | ||||||||
| 37 | 11 | 4-12 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −8.3 | |||||
| 35 | 11 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.0 | |||||
| 34 | 8 | 3-11 | 1-7 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −20 | −3.6 | |||||
| 22 | 14 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 0 | −2 | +2.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | −4 | +0.8 | |||||||
| 26 | 10 | 4-9 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | −2.0 | ||||||
| 12 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −6.3 | ||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | +0.2 | ||||
| Team | 114 | 45-9746.4% | 13-3537.1% | 47 | 30 | 9 | 18 | 11-1478.6% | 13 | 3 | 9 | |||
Bench 20 points on 8 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Zeke Nnaji, Isaiah Hartenstein and Bol Bol (coach’s decision).
Kings119Nuggets114ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Tyrese Haliburton scored a career-high 23 points (12 in the fourth quarter), and the Sacramento Kings beat the Denver Nuggets 119-114.
De'Aaron Fox’s driving layup put the Kings ahead for good with 3:08 left in the third quarter.
During clutch time, the Kings outscored the Nuggets 7-4.
Harrison Barnes scored 28 points (15 on 5 3-pointers) on 10 for 16 shooting. Fox added 24 points, and Richaun Holmes had 21 points and 10 rebounds on 9 for 13 shooting. The Kings had 4 20-point scorers.
For the Nuggets, Nikola Jokić had a career-high 50 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists and 3 blocks, and Michael Porter Jr. went 1 for 7 from 3. Jokić scored 23 of his 50 points in the fourth quarter.
The Kings shot 48.4% from the field and 40.0% from 3 to the Nuggets’ 46.4% and 37.1%. The Nuggets forced 7 turnovers, about 8 fewer than usual for this many possessions.
Sacramento KingsDenver NuggetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
102 points from the field on 91 shots: 5.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-23 | 65.2% | 64% |
| In the paint | 10-21 | 47.6% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 5-12 | 41.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-10 | 30.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-25 | 44.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Porter Jr. | 19 | 5 | 2-2 | +1 |
| JaMychal Green | 18 | 5 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Paul Millsap | 13 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Monte Morris | 8 | 0 | 0-4 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 11 | 4-7 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Morris | 27 | 12 | 5-6 | +2 |
| R.J. Hampton | 14 | 0 | 0-2 | −5 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 8 | 1 | 0-3 | −2 |
| Nikola Jokić | 8 | 4 | 2-7 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 9 | 3-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Porter Jr. | 19 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Monte Morris | 14 | 5 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Will Barton | 13 | 7 | 2-3 | +5 |
| Markus Howard | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 11 | 5-8 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
SAC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DEN
50/50
SAC
Highest Leverage Moments
Haliburton 25' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Whiteside 1 AST)
Q4 10:51
11.5%
82→93
Green 25' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Hampton 1 AST)
Q2 10:58
11.1%
58→47
Bagley III 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Haliburton 3 AST)
Q2 10:35
11.1%
47→58
Haliburton 3PT Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Hield 7 AST)
Q4 4:01
11.0%
85→96
Millsap 25' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Jokic 7 AST)
Q3 11:22
10.7%
58→47
