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
108
Did not play: Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Maxime Raynaud (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)
DEN
Denver Nuggets
122
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
Starting lineup
The 5 most-used lineups:
- DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Zach LaVine · Domantas Sabonis · Precious Achiuwa Starter 9.9 min
- Russell Westbrook · Malik Monk · Drew Eubanks · Keon Ellis · Nique Clifford 5.9 min
- Russell Westbrook · Zach LaVine · Malik Monk · Drew Eubanks · Precious Achiuwa 4.6 min
- Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Zach LaVine · Malik Monk · Drew Eubanks 3.6 min
- DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Malik Monk · Drew Eubanks · Nique Clifford 3.5 min
DEN
Denver Nuggets
Starting lineup
The 5 most-used lineups:
- Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun Starter 13.6 min
- Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 13.2 min
- Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Christian Braun 4.8 min
- Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun 3.7 min
- Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 3.1 min
Who guarded whom
Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.
Kings defense
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Nikola Jokić 27 pts (12/16) in 64 possessions
Guarded by: Drew Eubanks (38 %, 11 pts) · Domantas Sabonis (29 %, 16 pts) · Precious Achiuwa (9 %, 0 pts)
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Jamal Murray 19 pts (7/14) in 68 possessions
Guarded by: Dennis Schröder (25 %, 0 pts) · Zach LaVine (21 %, 7 pts) · Keon Ellis (13 %, 3 pts)
| 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
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Russell Westbrook 9 pts (2/8) in 58 possessions
Guarded by: Aaron Gordon (27 %, 0 pts) · Bruce Brown (16 %, 3 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (14 %, 3 pts)
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Zach LaVine 13 pts (4/7) in 65 possessions
Guarded by: Christian Braun (34 %, 3 pts) · Jamal Murray (27 %, 3 pts) · Cameron Johnson (11 %, 2 pts)
| 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) |