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Denver Nuggets vs. Sacramento Kings

November 22, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Kings beat the Nuggets 128-123 on 2025-11-22 on the road against the Nuggets. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Drew Eubanks, and Keegan Murray. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 16 points (5/6) in his matchups, with Peyton Watson as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 19 points (8/12) in his matchups, with Precious Achiuwa as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron Johnson GS	37:14	20	5	4	0	1	3	1	7-11	4-7	2-3	+3
Jamal Murray GS	36:49	23	2	9	1	1	1	2	9-18	3-7	2-3	0
Nikola Jokić GS	36:35	44	13	7	0	0	2	4	16-28	3-6	9-10	+2
Peyton Watson GS	34:10	15	7	1	0	0	3	3	6-10	3-5	0-0	+3
Spencer Jones GS	23:32	1	4	0	0	0	1	5	0-2	0-1	1-2	-18
Bruce Brown	26:50	2	3	3	0	0	1	3	1-7	0-3	0-0	-8
Tim Hardaway Jr.	26:05	8	1	1	0	0	1	2	2-7	1-5	3-3	+3
Jonas Valančiūnas	11:13	8	2	1	0	1	1	1	4-8	0-2	0-0	-5
Hunter Tyson	7:32	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	2-2	-5
Totals		123	38	28	1	3	13	21	45-92	14-37	19-23

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision)

SAC

Sacramento Kings 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keegan Murray GS	36:33	19	5	1	2	1	0	0	7-14	3-8	2-2	+1
Zach LaVine GS	35:47	15	2	3	2	0	2	1	6-14	1-6	2-2	-6
DeMar DeRozan GS	30:44	17	7	5	0	1	3	0	5-9	0-1	7-7	+4
Russell Westbrook GS	29:47	21	6	11	1	1	1	4	9-16	2-6	1-2	-13
Drew Eubanks GS	21:38	8	3	1	1	0	0	4	3-5	0-0	2-2	+6
Malik Monk	25:59	12	2	2	0	0	0	1	5-14	1-4	1-1	+12
Precious Achiuwa	23:37	7	4	0	1	0	0	3	3-4	0-0	1-1	+5
Dennis Schröder	18:23	21	3	7	0	0	0	1	6-8	3-3	6-6	+20
Nique Clifford	9:05	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	1-2	0-1	0-0	+4
Maxime Raynaud	8:27	6	3	1	1	0	0	3	3-5	0-1	0-0	-8
Totals		128	37	32	8	3	6	20	48-91	10-30	22-23

Did not play: Devin Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keon Ellis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 10.8 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson 6.3 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson 6.2 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson 3.7 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Spencer Jones 3.0 min

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

Russell Westbrook
Zach LaVine
DeMar DeRozan
Keegan Murray
Drew Eubanks

The 5 most-used lineups:

Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Zach LaVine · Drew Eubanks · Keegan Murray Starter 8.9 min
DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Malik Monk · Precious Achiuwa · Keegan Murray 4.6 min
Russell Westbrook · Zach LaVine · Malik Monk · Precious Achiuwa · Keegan Murray 3.8 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Zach LaVine · Precious Achiuwa · Keegan Murray 3.5 min
Russell Westbrook · Zach LaVine · Malik Monk · Drew Eubanks · Nique Clifford 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Russell Westbrook 16 pts (5/6) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Peyton Watson (26 %, 7 pts) · Cameron Johnson (22 %, 4 pts) · Jamal Murray (15 %, 2 pts)
Zach LaVine 22 pts (9/15) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Cameron Johnson (30 %, 8 pts) · Peyton Watson (24 %, 3 pts) · Bruce Brown (12 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Precious Achiuwa: 26 poss., 15 pts (5/10) · Drew Eubanks: 20 poss., 12 pts (4/6)
Cameron Johnson	Zach LaVine: 20 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Keegan Murray: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jamal Murray	Keegan Murray: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Russell Westbrook: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Peyton Watson	Zach LaVine: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Russell Westbrook: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Bruce Brown	Malik Monk: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · DeMar DeRozan: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Malik Monk: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DeMar DeRozan: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Spencer Jones	DeMar DeRozan: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Malik Monk: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Jonas Valanciunas	Drew Eubanks: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Maxime Raynaud: 5 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Hunter Tyson	Malik Monk: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dennis Schröder: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Kings defense

Nikola Jokić 19 pts (8/12) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Precious Achiuwa (30 %, 5 pts) · Drew Eubanks (29 %, 2 pts) · Russell Westbrook (9 %, 4 pts)
Jamal Murray 12 pts (4/13) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Keegan Murray (27 %, 2 pts) · DeMar DeRozan (13 %, 4 pts) · Malik Monk (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Keegan Murray	Cameron Johnson: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jamal Murray: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Zach LaVine	Peyton Watson: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Spencer Jones: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
DeMar DeRozan	Peyton Watson: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Spencer Jones: 11 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Russell Westbrook	Cameron Johnson: 24 poss., 8 pts (3/8) · Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Malik Monk	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bruce Brown: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/6)
Precious Achiuwa	Nikola Jokić: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Cameron Johnson: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Drew Eubanks	Nikola Jokić: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jonas Valanciunas: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dennis Schröder	Bruce Brown: 7 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Cameron Johnson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Maxime Raynaud	Nikola Jokić: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jonas Valanciunas: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nique Clifford	Hunter Tyson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)