Denver Nuggets @ Sacramento Kings

21-18, 7-14 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	27	14	30	27	98
Kings SAC	29	17	33	27	106

Sacramento KingsKingsSAC

13-25, 7-11 Home

106

13-25, 7-11 Home

Willie Cauley-Stein misses jumper
Skal Labissiere misses tip shot
Skal Labissiere makes driving layup
Mason Plumlee blocks De'Aaron Fox 's 12-foot driving layup
Malachi Richardson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Malachi Richardson makes jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Buddy Hield misses 26-foot three point jumper
Skal Labissiere misses 25-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes driving layup
De'Aaron Fox misses driving layup
Willie Cauley-Stein makes jumper (Buddy Hield assists)
Skal Labissiere makes 19-foot jumper
Buddy Hield misses driving layup
Willie Cauley-Stein makes 3-foot layup (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Skal Labissiere misses layup
Skal Labissiere makes 5-foot hook shot
Willie Cauley-Stein makes 17-foot jumper (Buddy Hield assists)
Malachi Richardson misses driving layup
Willie Cauley-Stein makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Malachi Richardson assists)
Willie Cauley-Stein makes alley oop layup (Kosta Koufos assists)
Malachi Richardson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)
Garrett Temple misses 9-foot two point shot
Vince Carter misses 23-foot three point jumper
Garrett Temple misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Kosta Koufos misses 7-foot hook shot
Kosta Koufos makes 1-foot dunk (Garrett Temple assists)
Bogdan Bogdanovic misses 18-foot two point shot
Bogdan Bogdanovic misses driving layup
Buddy Hield misses 23-foot jumper
Garrett Temple misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Buddy Hield misses 26-foot three point jumper
Trey Lyles blocks Kosta Koufos 's 4-foot jumper
Buddy Hield misses 25-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses layup
Buddy Hield makes 25-foot three point jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Garrett Temple makes two point shot
Buddy Hield misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bogdan Bogdanovic misses 9-foot two point shot
Garrett Temple misses 16-foot jumper
Garrett Temple misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kosta Koufos misses two point shot
De'Aaron Fox makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Bogdan Bogdanovic misses 22-foot jumper
Bogdan Bogdanovic makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
De'Aaron Fox makes jumper
Malachi Richardson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Bogdan Bogdanovic makes driving layup (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Garrett Temple misses 23-foot three point jumper
Willie Cauley-Stein makes dunk
Buddy Hield misses driving layup
Skal Labissiere makes 2-foot dunk (Willie Cauley-Stein assists)
Skal Labissiere makes 8-foot hook shot (Willie Cauley-Stein assists)
Mason Plumlee blocks Skal Labissiere 's 5-foot layup
Willie Cauley-Stein misses hook shot
Malachi Richardson makes 23-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Skal Labissiere misses 7-foot two point shot
Willie Cauley-Stein misses two point shot
De'Aaron Fox misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Malachi Richardson misses two point shot
Skal Labissiere makes tip shot
Skal Labissiere misses 9-foot hook shot
Buddy Hield makes 25-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Buddy Hield misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
De'Aaron Fox makes driving layup
Kosta Koufos makes 6-foot two point shot (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Buddy Hield makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses 16-foot jumper
Vince Carter makes driving layup (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Buddy Hield makes 25-foot three pointer
Vince Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
Kosta Koufos makes dunk (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)
Vince Carter makes 19-foot two point shot
Vince Carter makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)
Bogdan Bogdanovic makes pullup jump shot
Mason Plumlee blocks Vince Carter 's 26-foot three point jumper
Kosta Koufos makes 7-foot hook shot
Garrett Temple misses 23-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter makes 4-foot two point shot
Bogdan Bogdanovic misses driving layup
Kosta Koufos makes tip shot
Jamal Murray blocks Garrett Temple 's 4-foot layup
De'Aaron Fox misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Willie Cauley-Stein makes driving layup
Willie Cauley-Stein makes driving layup
Vince Carter misses 15-foot two point shot
Buddy Hield makes 7-foot pullup jump shot (Vince Carter assists)
Vince Carter makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)
Willie Cauley-Stein misses driving layup
De'Aaron Fox makes two point shot
Vince Carter misses 26-foot three point jumper
Buddy Hield misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray blocks Bogdan Bogdanovic 's 5-foot layup
Gary Harris misses driving layup
Mason Plumlee makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray makes 17-foot jumper
Nikola Jokic misses hook shot
Gary Harris misses jumper
Mason Plumlee makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
Wilson Chandler misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mason Plumlee misses 17-foot jumper
Jamal Murray makes 3-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Gary Harris makes three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Trey Lyles makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)
Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley makes 27-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
Trey Lyles makes 12-foot jumper (Will Barton assists)
Trey Lyles makes 26-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
Trey Lyles misses 15-foot two point shot
Will Barton misses 8-foot two point shot
Will Barton misses step back jumpshot
Trey Lyles misses 26-foot three point jumper
Wilson Chandler misses 20-foot jumper
Torrey Craig misses 26-foot three point jumper
Will Barton misses three point jumper
Gary Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jamal Murray makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Gary Harris misses driving layup
Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Gary Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
Gary Harris makes driving layup (Will Barton assists)
Trey Lyles makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
Jamal Murray misses 13-foot two point shot
Gary Harris misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray makes 3-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray misses driving layup
Jamal Murray makes layup
Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray misses layup
Wilson Chandler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Wilson Chandler misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mason Plumlee makes finger roll layup
Gary Harris makes driving layup
Skal Labissiere blocks Jamal Murray 's 3-foot layup
Skal Labissiere blocks Mason Plumlee's layup
Wilson Chandler misses three point jumper
Nikola Jokic makes layup (Gary Harris assists)
Trey Lyles makes driving layup (Gary Harris assists)
Skal Labissiere blocks Will Barton 's 2-foot layup
Gary Harris makes driving layup
Wilson Chandler misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Nikola Jokic misses layup
Trey Lyles makes tip shot
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
Trey Lyles makes 2-foot layup (Will Barton assists)
Will Barton makes driving layup
Torrey Craig misses 25-foot three point jumper
Trey Lyles misses layup
Will Barton makes 9-foot two point shot
Will Barton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
Will Barton makes 22-foot pullup jump shot
Will Barton makes 26-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper
Will Barton misses two point shot
Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three pointer (Will Barton assists)
Vince Carter blocks Will Barton 's 5-foot driving layup
Trey Lyles makes 4-foot two point shot
Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Will Barton makes 25-foot three pointer
Will Barton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic misses 2-foot jumper
Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Gary Harris makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)

NUGGETS

KINGS

TIME		DEN	SAC
12:00	Mason Plumlee vs. Skal Labissiere (Malachi Richardson gains possession)	0	0
11:42	Willie Cauley-Stein misses jumper	0	0
11:36	Skal Labissiere offensive rebound	0	0
11:36	Skal Labissiere misses tip shot	0	0
11:35	Mason Plumlee defensive rebound	0	0
11:20	Wilson Chandler traveling	0	0
11:12	Skal Labissiere makes driving layup	0	2
10:53	Mason Plumlee bad pass (Willie Cauley-Stein steals)	0	2
10:47	Mason Plumlee blocks De'Aaron Fox 's 12-foot driving layup	0	2
10:46	De'Aaron Fox offensive rebound	0	2
10:41	Malachi Richardson misses 23-foot three point jumper	0	2
10:38	Wilson Chandler defensive rebound	0	2
10:30	Wilson Chandler bad pass (Willie Cauley-Stein steals)	0	2
10:20	Malachi Richardson makes jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)	0	4
10:02	Gary Harris misses driving layup	0	4
9:59	Skal Labissiere defensive rebound	0	4
9:56	Buddy Hield misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	4
9:56	Wilson Chandler defensive rebound	0	4
9:53	Wilson Chandler steps out of bounds turnover	0	4
9:41	Skal Labissiere misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	4
9:36	Mason Plumlee defensive rebound	0	4
9:30	Mason Plumlee makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)	2	4
9:30	Willie Cauley-Stein shooting foul	2	4
9:30	Mason Plumlee makes free throw 1 of 1	3	4
9:22	De'Aaron Fox makes driving layup	3	6
9:11	Gary Harris bad pass (Malachi Richardson steals)	3	6
9:06	De'Aaron Fox misses driving layup	3	6
9:04	Wilson Chandler defensive rebound	3	6
8:53	Malachi Richardson personal foul	3	6
8:43	Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper	3	6
8:39	Malachi Richardson defensive rebound	3	6
8:23	Willie Cauley-Stein makes jumper (Buddy Hield assists)	3	8
8:07	Jamal Murray makes 17-foot jumper	5	8
7:53	Skal Labissiere makes 19-foot jumper	5	10
7:32	Nikola Jokic misses hook shot	5	10
7:29	Skal Labissiere defensive rebound	5	10
7:25	Buddy Hield misses driving layup	5	10
7:22	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	5	10
7:19	Wilson Chandler bad pass (Willie Cauley-Stein steals)	5	10
7:11	Willie Cauley-Stein makes 3-foot layup (De'Aaron Fox assists)	5	12
7:11	Nuggets Full timeout	5	12
6:58	Gary Harris misses jumper	5	12
6:57	Willie Cauley-Stein defensive rebound	5	12
6:57	Mason Plumlee personal foul	5	12
6:45	Skal Labissiere misses layup	5	12
6:41	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	5	12
6:31	Mason Plumlee makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)	7	12
6:17	Skal Labissiere makes 5-foot hook shot	7	14
6:05	Wilson Chandler misses 26-foot three point jumper	7	14
6:03	Nuggets offensive team rebound	7	14
5:52	Mason Plumlee misses 17-foot jumper	7	14
5:52	Jamal Murray offensive rebound	7	14
5:52	shot clock turnover	7	14
5:37	Willie Cauley-Stein makes 17-foot jumper (Buddy Hield assists)	7	16
5:21	Willie Cauley-Stein shooting foul	7	16
5:21	Wilson Chandler makes free throw 1 of 2	8	16
5:21	Trey Lyles enters the game for Mason Plumlee	8	16
5:21	Wilson Chandler makes free throw 2 of 2	9	16
5:08	Malachi Richardson misses driving layup	9	16
5:04	Jamal Murray defensive rebound	9	16
4:57	Nikola Jokic bad pass (Skal Labissiere steals)	9	16
4:49	Willie Cauley-Stein makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Malachi Richardson assists)	9	18
4:49	Wilson Chandler shooting foul	9	18
4:49	Kosta Koufos enters the game for Skal Labissiere	9	18
4:49	Will Barton enters the game for Wilson Chandler	9	18
4:49	Bogdan Bogdanovic enters the game for Buddy Hield	9	18
4:49	Willie Cauley-Stein misses free throw 1 of 1	9	18
4:44	Will Barton defensive rebound	9	18
4:28	Jamal Murray makes 3-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)	11	18
4:16	Willie Cauley-Stein makes alley oop layup (Kosta Koufos assists)	11	20
4:02	Will Barton lost ball turnover (Willie Cauley-Stein steals)	11	20
3:55	Malachi Richardson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)	11	23
3:53	Nuggets Full timeout	11	23
3:53	Vince Carter enters the game for Willie Cauley-Stein	11	23
3:53	Garrett Temple enters the game for Malachi Richardson	11	23
3:36	Gary Harris makes three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)	14	23
3:18	Garrett Temple misses 9-foot two point shot	14	23
3:16	Garrett Temple offensive rebound	14	23
3:14	Garrett Temple lost ball turnover (Gary Harris steals)	14	23
3:07	Trey Lyles makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)	17	23
2:55	Will Barton shooting foul	17	23
2:55	De'Aaron Fox makes free throw 1 of 2	17	24
2:55	Malik Beasley enters the game for Gary Harris	17	24
2:55	De'Aaron Fox makes free throw 2 of 2	17	25
2:38	Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper	17	25
2:38	Garrett Temple defensive rebound	17	25
2:23	Trey Lyles shooting foul	17	25
2:23	De'Aaron Fox makes free throw 1 of 2	17	26
2:23	Wilson Chandler enters the game for Jamal Murray	17	26
2:23	De'Aaron Fox makes free throw 2 of 2	17	27
2:05	Malik Beasley makes 27-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)	20	27
1:52	Vince Carter misses 23-foot three point jumper	20	27
1:51	Nuggets defensive team rebound	20	27
1:51	Buddy Hield enters the game for De'Aaron Fox	20	27
1:51	Torrey Craig enters the game for Nikola Jokic	20	27
1:39	Trey Lyles makes 12-foot jumper (Will Barton assists)	22	27
1:28	Garrett Temple misses 19-foot pullup jump shot	22	27
1:27	Nuggets defensive team rebound	22	27
1:27	Vince Carter loose ball foul	22	27
1:13	Vince Carter shooting foul	22	27
1:13	Wilson Chandler makes free throw 1 of 2	23	27
1:13	Wilson Chandler makes free throw 2 of 2	24	27
55.0	Kosta Koufos misses 7-foot hook shot	24	27
52.0	Trey Lyles defensive rebound	24	27
46.0	Trey Lyles makes 26-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)	27	27
38.0	Kosta Koufos makes 1-foot dunk (Garrett Temple assists)	27	29
26.0	Will Barton out of bounds bad pass turnover	27	29
3.0	Bogdan Bogdanovic misses 18-foot two point shot	27	29
3.0	Kosta Koufos offensive rebound	27	29
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	27	29

Regular Season Series

DEN leads 2-1

Kings
79
Nuggets
96

Game 1

22/10

Nuggets
114
Kings
98

Game 2

21/11

Nuggets
98
Kings
106

Game 3

7/1

Kings
104
Nuggets
130

Game 4

11/3

Golden 1 Center

3:00 AM, 7 January 2018

Sacramento, CA

Attendance: 17,583

Referees:
Gary Zielinski
Josh Tiven
Gediminas Petraitis
Gediminas Petraitis

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	26	4	.867	-	L1
Denver	21	8	.724	4.5	L1
Minnesota	20	10	.667	6	W3
Portland	12	18	.400	14	L2
Utah	10	19	.345	15.5	L4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	19	9	.679	-	L2
Phoenix	16	13	.552	3.5	W1
Golden State	15	15	.500	5	W2
LA Clippers	8	21	.276	11.5	W2
Sacramento	7	23	.233	13	L1

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