Denver Nuggets keep stacking up championship-caliber numbers. Their 18–6 record after last night’s 136–105 win in Sacramento over the Kings marks the best start in franchise history, a benchmark powered by an 11-game streak on the road.
They’ve dropped only two games away from Colorado – on opening night in San Francisco against Golden State and later in Oregon against Portland. Overall, they sit at 12–2 on the road compared with just six wins in ten home games.
They’re moving at a titleholder’s pace thanks to a giant like Nikola Jokic. The Serbian center delivered another outing to remember with 36 points on 87.5 percent shooting. He added 12 rebounds and 8 assists in barely three quarters, spending only 30 minutes on the floor.
Two heavyweights, Denver and Jokic, are chasing the shadows of two others – the Oklahoma City Thunder and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. It’s a futile race, because their rival shows no sign of slowing and has already surged to an eye-popping 24–1 start, a pace previously reached only by the 73–9 Golden State Warriors. An enormous season overshadowed by an even more astonishing one. Two powerhouses destined to measure themselves in the playoffs.
NBA Matchday
Houston Rockets 115 – Los Angeles Clippers 113
Milwaukee Bucks 116 – Boston Celtics 101
New Orleans Pelicans 143 – Portland Trail Blazers 120
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Sacramento Kings
Stats
9
Precious Achiuwa
22
Devin Carter
5
Nique Clifford
10
DeMar DeRozan
23
Keon Ellis
19
Drew Eubanks
7
Doug McDermott
0
Malik Monk
13
Keegan Murray
42
Maxime Raynaud
20
Dario Šarić
18
Russell Westbrook
32
Dylan Cardwell
29
Daeqwon Plowden
24
Isaiah Stevens
Stats
Min
Pts
TR
OR
DR
Ast
Los
Rec
Blk
S1
S2
S3
RF
CF
Val
9
Precious Achiuwa
9
4
6
1
5
0
0
0
0
0/0
2/4
0/0
0
4
0
22
Devin Carter
21
15
1
1
0
4
2
0
0
2/2
2/4
3/6
0
1
0
5
Nique Clifford
28
2
4
1
3
0
4
0
0
0/0
1/2
0/6
0
2
0
10
DeMar DeRozan
21
11
3
0
3
1
0
1
1
2/2
3/6
1/1
0
1
0
23
Keon Ellis
31
8
2
1
1
4
1
4
1
1/3
2/2
1/7
0
2
0
19
Drew Eubanks
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0
1
0
7
Doug McDermott
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0/0
0/0
0/1
0
1
0
0
Malik Monk
30
18
4
1
3
5
5
1
0
5/6
2/5
3/6
0
0
0
13
Keegan Murray
27
15
6
2
4
1
1
2
2
0/2
6/8
1/5
0
3
0
42
Maxime Raynaud
36
15
9
3
6
1
1
1
0
0/2
6/12
1/1
0
3
0
20
Dario Šarić
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0
0
0
18
Russell Westbrook
26
17
3
0
3
5
2
0
0
6/6
4/6
1/5
0
2
0
32
Dylan Cardwell
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0
0
0
29
Daeqwon Plowden
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0
0
0
24
Isaiah Stevens
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0
0
0
Denver Nuggets
Stats
11
Bruce Brown
10
Tim Hardaway Jr.
23
Cameron Johnson
15
Nikola Jokić
21
Spencer Jones
27
Jamal Murray
22
Zeke Nnaji
24
Jalen Pickett
5
Hunter Tyson
17
Jonas Valančiūnas
8
Peyton Watson
7
Tamar Bates
14
DaRon Holmes II
1
Curtis Jones
Stats
Min
Pts
TR
OR
DR
Ast
Los
Rec
Blk
S1
S2
S3
RF
CF
Val
11
Bruce Brown
26
8
5
2
3
7
3
1
0
4/4
2/4
0/1
0
2
0
10
Tim Hardaway Jr.
24
11
5
1
4
2
0
0
0
0/0
4/5
1/6
0
2
0
23
Cameron Johnson
32
16
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
3/4
5/8
1/5
0
1
0
15
Nikola Jokić
29
36
12
2
10
8
1
2
0
6/8
12/14
2/2
0
3
0
21
Spencer Jones
21
2
3
1
2
1
0
0
0
0/0
1/1
0/0
0
2
0
27
Jamal Murray
25
11
3
0
3
9
1
2
0
2/3
3/9
1/4
0
1
0
22
Zeke Nnaji
6
2
2
0
2
0
0
1
0
0/0
1/2
0/0
0
1
0
24
Jalen Pickett
24
6
5
0
5
4
2
2
0
0/0
0/1
2/5
0
0
0
5
Hunter Tyson
7
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0/0
1/2
2/2
0
0
0
17
Jonas Valančiūnas
18
15
6
1
5
2
2
0
0
0/2
6/6
1/1
0
3
0
8
Peyton Watson
22
21
2
2
0
1
2
0
0
5/8
5/7
2/3
0
3
0
7
Tamar Bates
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0
0
0
14
DaRon Holmes II
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0
0
0
1
Curtis Jones
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0
0
0