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Sacramento Kings vs. Denver Nuggets

November 11, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Kings 122-108 on 2025-11-11 on the road against the Kings. The Kings started DeMar DeRozan, Dennis Schröder, Zach LaVine, Domantas Sabonis, and Precious Achiuwa. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 27 points (12/16) in his matchups, with Drew Eubanks as his primary defender. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 9 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Aaron Gordon as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings 108

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Zach LaVine GS 34:33 12 4 3 0 0 1 2 5-12 2-6 0-2 -22
DeMar DeRozan GS 30:59 18 1 2 1 1 0 2 7-15 2-6 2-2 -19
Domantas Sabonis GS 25:36 19 8 4 0 0 0 6 8-12 1-3 2-4 -18
Dennis Schröder GS 20:50 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0-3 0-1 0-0 -14
Precious Achiuwa GS 17:58 6 3 3 1 0 1 1 3-5 0-2 0-0 -13
Russell Westbrook 31:02 14 8 11 0 0 2 2 3-12 1-7 7-7 -1
Malik Monk 28:29 12 1 2 1 0 1 0 5-12 2-5 0-0 +2
Drew Eubanks 22:15 19 7 1 0 0 1 5 8-9 0-0 3-6 +4
Keon Ellis 14:21 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 1-1 1-1 0-0 +3
Nique Clifford 13:57 5 3 2 0 0 1 2 1-4 1-2 2-2 +8
Totals 108 35 31 4 3 10 23 41-85 10-33 16-23

Did not play: Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Maxime Raynaud (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets 122

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jamal Murray GS 37:08 23 3 8 0 0 3 2 7-15 4-9 5-5 +11
Nikola Jokić GS 32:47 35 15 7 2 0 3 3 16-19 1-2 2-3 +11
Aaron Gordon GS 30:09 17 7 3 0 0 2 2 5-11 2-4 5-7 +18
Christian Braun GS 29:42 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 4-7 2-5 2-2 +18
Cameron Johnson GS 22:17 5 2 2 0 0 1 1 2-6 0-3 1-2 +12
Bruce Brown 27:17 14 7 1 2 0 0 1 5-8 2-3 2-2 0
Tim Hardaway Jr. 24:06 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 2-8 2-6 0-0 -3
Peyton Watson 18:17 0 3 0 1 1 1 6 0-3 0-1 0-0 -4
Jonas Valančiūnas 15:13 10 7 1 0 1 2 3 3-8 0-0 4-6 +3
Julian Strawther 3:04 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 +4
Totals 122 48 24 6 2 12 19 44-86 13-33 21-27

Did not play: Spencer Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Kings defense

Defender Guarded most
Zach LaVine Christian Braun: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/6)
DeMar DeRozan Aaron Gordon: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Peyton Watson: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Russell Westbrook Aaron Gordon: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bruce Brown: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Malik Monk Bruce Brown: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Domantas Sabonis Nikola Jokić: 19 poss., 16 pts (7/8) · Jonas Valanciunas: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Drew Eubanks Nikola Jokić: 24 poss., 11 pts (5/6) · Jonas Valanciunas: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dennis Schröder Jamal Murray: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Precious Achiuwa Aaron Gordon: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nique Clifford Tim Hardaway Jr.: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Bruce Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keon Ellis Jamal Murray: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Jamal Murray Zach LaVine: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Dennis Schröder: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Nikola Jokić Drew Eubanks: 21 poss., 8 pts (4/5) · Domantas Sabonis: 14 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Aaron Gordon Russell Westbrook: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Precious Achiuwa: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Christian Braun Zach LaVine: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Malik Monk: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown Malik Monk: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Russell Westbrook: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Malik Monk: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Russell Westbrook: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Cameron Johnson DeMar DeRozan: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zach LaVine: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Peyton Watson DeMar DeRozan: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nique Clifford: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas Domantas Sabonis: 15 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Drew Eubanks: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Julian Strawther Keon Ellis: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · DeMar DeRozan: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)