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Denver Nuggets vs. Sacramento Kings

November 3, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Kings 130-124 on 2025-11-03 at home. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Dennis Schröder, Zach LaVine, and Domantas Sabonis. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 18 points (7/16) in his matchups, with Aaron Gordon as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 29 points (13/17) in his matchups, with Domantas Sabonis as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 130

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokić GS	36:01	34	7	14	4	2	1	3	14-22	4-10	2-3	+18
Jamal Murray GS	32:05	15	7	7	0	1	2	0	6-17	0-5	3-3	+1
Christian Braun GS	31:25	21	4	3	0	0	0	3	7-10	1-3	6-9	+21
Aaron Gordon GS	30:15	20	7	1	1	0	1	2	6-11	3-6	5-6	+5
Cameron Johnson GS	29:49	10	3	2	1	0	1	2	5-12	0-5	0-0	+11
Tim Hardaway Jr.	22:35	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	-3
Bruce Brown	22:27	13	6	3	0	0	1	2	5-10	2-2	1-1	-5
Peyton Watson	16:09	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0-4	0-3	0-0	-2
Jonas Valančiūnas	11:59	8	3	0	1	2	0	4	4-5	0-1	0-0	-12
Julian Strawther	7:15	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1-2	1-1	1-2	-4
Totals		130	40	33	9	5	7	18	50-97	12-38	18-24

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)

SAC

Sacramento Kings 124

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Russell Westbrook GS	37:28	26	12	6	2	0	6	2	10-17	3-6	3-3	-5
Zach LaVine GS	36:52	15	5	4	0	0	3	6	4-11	1-5	6-7	-14
Domantas Sabonis GS	36:52	13	17	5	1	0	2	3	5-10	0-0	3-4	-14
DeMar DeRozan GS	35:36	19	3	0	1	0	0	2	8-17	0-1	3-4	+11
Dennis Schröder GS	34:55	18	4	9	1	0	2	1	7-14	0-5	4-4	-2
Keon Ellis	25:08	15	3	0	0	0	0	2	5-8	5-8	0-0	-12
Nique Clifford	18:37	8	1	3	0	1	0	5	4-9	0-2	0-0	+3
Drew Eubanks	11:08	10	2	0	0	0	2	3	4-4	0-0	2-3	+8
Devin Carter	3:24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Totals		124	47	27	5	1	15	24	47-90	9-27	21-25

Did not play: Dylan Cardwell (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaac Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Daeqwon Plowden (DNP - Coach's Decision), Maxime Raynaud (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun Starter 20.7 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Julian Strawther · Peyton Watson 5.1 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 4.5 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun 2.8 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 2.5 min

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Zach LaVine · Domantas Sabonis Starter 20.9 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Drew Eubanks · Keon Ellis · Nique Clifford 5.7 min
DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Drew Eubanks · Keon Ellis · Nique Clifford 5.5 min
Russell Westbrook · Zach LaVine · Domantas Sabonis · Keon Ellis · Nique Clifford 4.0 min
Russell Westbrook · Dennis Schröder · Zach LaVine · Domantas Sabonis · Keon Ellis 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Russell Westbrook 18 pts (7/16) in 82 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Gordon (37 %, 7 pts) · Jamal Murray (13 %, 0 pts) · Cameron Johnson (11 %, 2 pts)
Zach LaVine 16 pts (4/11) in 81 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (33 %, 8 pts) · Cameron Johnson (12 %, 0 pts) · Jamal Murray (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Domantas Sabonis: 44 poss., 23 pts (10/17) · Dennis Schröder: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jamal Murray	Dennis Schröder: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Russell Westbrook: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Aaron Gordon	Russell Westbrook: 31 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · DeMar DeRozan: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Christian Braun	Zach LaVine: 26 poss., 8 pts (2/4) · Dennis Schröder: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cameron Johnson	DeMar DeRozan: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Zach LaVine: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Keon Ellis: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Zach LaVine: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown	DeMar DeRozan: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Russell Westbrook: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Peyton Watson	DeMar DeRozan: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zach LaVine: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas	Domantas Sabonis: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Drew Eubanks: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Julian Strawther	Dennis Schröder: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DeMar DeRozan: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Kings defense

Nikola Jokić 29 pts (13/17) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Domantas Sabonis (60 %, 9 pts) · Dennis Schröder (9 %, 6 pts) · Zach LaVine (8 %, 2 pts)
Jamal Murray 15 pts (7/11) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Dennis Schröder (27 %, 4 pts) · Russell Westbrook (15 %, 7 pts) · Zach LaVine (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Domantas Sabonis	Nikola Jokić: 45 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Jonas Valanciunas: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Russell Westbrook	Cameron Johnson: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Aaron Gordon: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Zach LaVine	Christian Braun: 29 poss., 3 pts (0/3) · Aaron Gordon: 12 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
DeMar DeRozan	Aaron Gordon: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Peyton Watson: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Dennis Schröder	Jamal Murray: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Christian Braun: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keon Ellis	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Cameron Johnson: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Nique Clifford	Peyton Watson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Eubanks	Jonas Valanciunas: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nikola Jokić: 5 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Devin Carter	Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)