Game completed

Denver Nuggets18-6136atSacramento Kings6-19105

Thu, Dec 11, 10:00 PM ESTGolden 1 Center, Sacramento, CAAltitude · NBCSCA

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
DEN	41	36	32	27	136
SAC	26	28	27	24	105

Denver Nuggets

136

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron JohnsonSF	33	16	3	1	1	1	6-13	1-5	3-4	+17
Spencer JonesPF	22	2	3	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+25
Nikola JokićC	29	36	12	8	2	1	14-16	2-2	6-8	+26
Peyton WatsonSG	23	21	2	1	0	2	7-10	2-3	5-8	+17
Jamal MurrayPG	26	11	3	9	2	1	4-13	1-4	2-3	+24
Tim Hardaway Jr.	25	11	5	2	0	0	5-11	1-6	0-0	+25
Bruce Brown	26	8	5	7	1	3	2-5	0-1	4-4	+6
Jalen Pickett	25	6	5	4	2	2	2-6	2-5	0-0	+11
Jonas Valančiūnas	19	15	6	2	0	2	7-7	1-1	0-2	+5
Hunter Tyson	7	8	0	0	0	0	3-4	2-2	0-0	+2
Zeke Nnaji	6	2	2	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-3
Team		136	53	35	9	12	52-88	12-29	20-29

DNP: Tamar Bates (gleague twoway), Christian Braun (injury), Aaron Gordon (injury), DaRon Holmes II (gleague on assignment), Curtis Jones (gleague twoway), Julian Strawther (injury)

Sacramento Kings

105

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
DeMar DeRozanSF	21	11	3	1	1	1	0	4-7	1-1	2-2	-27
Keegan MurrayPF	28	15	6	1	2	2	1	7-13	1-5	0-2	-12
Maxime RaynaudC	37	15	9	1	1	0	1	7-13	1-1	0-2	-26
Nique CliffordSG	28	2	4	0	0	0	4	1-8	0-6	0-0	-29
Russell WestbrookPG	27	17	3	5	0	0	2	5-11	1-5	6-6	-19
Drew Eubanks	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-12
Keon Ellis	31	8	2	4	4	1	1	3-9	1-7	1-3	-14
Malik Monk	30	18	4	5	1	0	5	5-11	3-6	5-6	-19
Precious Achiuwa	10	4	6	0	0	0	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	+2
Doug McDermott	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Devin Carter	21	15	1	4	0	0	2	5-10	3-6	2-2	+2
Team		105	48	21	9	4	16	39-87	11-38	16-23

DNP: Dario Šarić, Dylan Cardwell (gleague twoway), Zach LaVine (injury), Daeqwon Plowden (gleague twoway), Domantas Sabonis (injury), Dennis Schröder (injury), Isaiah Stevens (gleague twoway)

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · SAC: 2
Biggest lead · DEN: 37
Times tied: 5
Lead changes: 3
Longest run · DEN: 13

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Rest edge: DENTravel tax: DENBody clock: DEN

DEN has the rest edge with 3 days and 100h between games.
DEN is carrying the heavier travel load at 2,240 mi from its previous stop.
DEN is dealing with west-to-east pressure: -1h on the body clock and -3h of zone shift.
DEN is in game 4 of 4 on the road with 1,652 mi already logged before tip.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	DEN	SAC
Record	18-6	6-19
Days rest	3 days	2 days
Hours rest	100h	75h
Rest swing	+25h	-25h
Travel in	2,240 mi	1,883 mi
Zone change	-3h	-3h
Body clock	-1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 4 of 4	Homestand · 1 of 1
Miles before tip	1,652 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—

How each side got here

Travel and map

DEN

2,240 mi

Charlotte, NCSacramento, CA

DEN came from Charlotte, NC with 2,240 mi of travel and -3h of time-zone change.

Charlotte, NC to Sacramento, CA

SAC

1,883 mi

Indianapolis, INSacramento, CA

SAC came from Indianapolis, IN with 1,883 mi of travel and -3h of time-zone change.

Indianapolis, IN to Sacramento, CA

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

DEN

Road trip

DEN is on game 4 of 4 on the road, with 1,652 mi already behind it.

Game in segment4 of 4

Miles before tip1,652 mi

Segment miles3,893 mi

SAC

Homestand

SAC is in game 1 of 1 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 1

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

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