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Sacramento Kings vs. Denver Nuggets

December 11, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Kings 136-105 on 2025-12-11 on the road against the Kings. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Keegan Murray, Nique Clifford, and Maxime Raynaud. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 12 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Maxime Raynaud as his primary defender. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 10 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Peyton Watson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings 105

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Maxime Raynaud GS 36:36 15 9 1 1 0 1 3 7-13 1-1 0-2 -26
Nique Clifford GS 28:24 2 4 0 0 0 4 2 1-8 0-6 0-0 -29
Keegan Murray GS 27:31 15 6 1 2 2 1 3 7-13 1-5 0-2 -12
Russell Westbrook GS 26:40 17 3 5 0 0 2 2 5-11 1-5 6-6 -19
DeMar DeRozan GS 21:11 11 3 1 1 1 0 1 4-7 1-1 2-2 -27
Keon Ellis 31:22 8 2 4 4 1 1 2 3-9 1-7 1-3 -14
Malik Monk 30:07 18 4 5 1 0 5 0 5-11 3-6 5-6 -19
Devin Carter 21:06 15 1 4 0 0 2 1 5-10 3-6 2-2 +2
Precious Achiuwa 9:55 4 6 0 0 0 0 4 2-4 0-0 0-0 +2
Drew Eubanks 3:51 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -12
Doug McDermott 3:17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -1
Totals 105 38 21 9 4 16 20 39-87 11-38 16-23

Did not play: Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets 136

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cameron Johnson GS 32:34 16 3 1 1 0 1 1 6-13 1-5 3-4 +17
Nikola Jokić GS 29:03 36 12 8 2 0 1 3 14-16 2-2 6-8 +26
Jamal Murray GS 25:42 11 3 9 2 0 1 1 4-13 1-4 2-3 +24
Peyton Watson GS 22:49 21 2 1 0 0 2 3 7-10 2-3 5-8 +17
Spencer Jones GS 21:46 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 +25
Bruce Brown 26:14 8 5 7 1 0 3 2 2-5 0-1 4-4 +6
Jalen Pickett 24:58 6 5 4 2 0 2 0 2-6 2-5 0-0 +11
Tim Hardaway Jr. 24:42 11 5 2 0 0 0 2 5-11 1-6 0-0 +25
Jonas Valančiūnas 18:57 15 6 2 0 0 2 3 7-7 1-1 0-2 +5
Hunter Tyson 7:04 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-4 2-2 0-0 +2
Zeke Nnaji 6:11 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1-2 0-0 0-0 -3
Totals 136 46 35 9 0 12 18 52-88 12-29 20-29

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
Maxime Raynaud Jonas Valanciunas: 25 poss., 9 pts (4/7) · Nikola Jokić: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Keon Ellis Jalen Pickett: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Malik Monk Tim Hardaway Jr.: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bruce Brown: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Nique Clifford Cameron Johnson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Pickett: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keegan Murray Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Cameron Johnson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Russell Westbrook Spencer Jones: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Cameron Johnson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Devin Carter Jalen Pickett: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Bruce Brown: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DeMar DeRozan Peyton Watson: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Cameron Johnson: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Precious Achiuwa Nikola Jokić: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Cameron Johnson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Eubanks Nikola Jokić: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Doug McDermott Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Spencer Jones: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Cameron Johnson Nique Clifford: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Russell Westbrook: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nikola Jokić Maxime Raynaud: 24 poss., 15 pts (6/6) · Precious Achiuwa: 17 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Bruce Brown Malik Monk: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Nique Clifford: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Malik Monk: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Devin Carter: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Pickett Keon Ellis: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Malik Monk: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamal Murray Keegan Murray: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Keon Ellis: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Peyton Watson Russell Westbrook: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Keegan Murray: 6 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Spencer Jones DeMar DeRozan: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Keegan Murray: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas Maxime Raynaud: 29 poss., 9 pts (4/4) · Malik Monk: 3 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Hunter Tyson Devin Carter: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Nique Clifford: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Zeke Nnaji Malik Monk: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nique Clifford: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)