Nuggets 117-113 Kings (4 Jan, 2019) Play-by-Play

Denver Nuggets

25-11, 10-8 away

117

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	30	23	31	33	117
SAC	30	36	18	29	113

Sacramento Kings

19-19, 10-9 home

113

Iman Shumpert misses 23-foot three point jumper
Mason Plumlee blocks Nemanja Bjelica 's 25-foot three point jumper
Buddy Hield makes two point shot (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Buddy Hield makes 23-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Willie Cauley-Stein makes 1-foot dunk (Nemanja Bjelica assists)
Nemanja Bjelica makes layup (Willie Cauley-Stein assists)
De'Aaron Fox misses 11-foot two point shot
Nemanja Bjelica makes 23-foot three point jumper (Iman Shumpert assists)
Nemanja Bjelica misses 29-foot three point jumper
Iman Shumpert misses 25-foot three point shot
Iman Shumpert misses 15-foot two point shot
Nemanja Bjelica makes hook shot
Nemanja Bjelica makes 23-foot three point jumper (Buddy Hield assists)
Buddy Hield makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Nemanja Bjelica assists)
De'Aaron Fox makes 7-foot two point shot
Buddy Hield misses 21-foot jumper
Nemanja Bjelica makes two point shot
De'Aaron Fox makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Harry Giles assists)
Harry Giles misses 11-foot hook shot
Harry Giles makes 2-foot layup (Buddy Hield assists)
Harry Giles makes hook shot
Justin Jackson misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Buddy Hield misses 13-foot two point shot
Malik Beasley blocks Yogi Ferrell 's 3-foot two point shot
Bogdan Bogdanovic makes jump bank shot (Harry Giles assists)
Bogdan Bogdanovic makes driving layup
Harry Giles misses layup
Harry Giles makes tip shot
Yogi Ferrell makes 25-foot three point shot
Bogdan Bogdanovic misses layup
Bogdan Bogdanovic makes 19-foot two point shot
Nemanja Bjelica misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kosta Koufos misses 11-foot hook shot
Justin Jackson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)
Justin Jackson misses 10-foot two point shot
Bogdan Bogdanovic makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Iman Shumpert assists)
Kosta Koufos makes two point shot (Justin Jackson assists)
Yogi Ferrell makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Yogi Ferrell makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Iman Shumpert misses 23-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes driving layup
Buddy Hield makes 26-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes 1-foot layup (Willie Cauley-Stein assists)
Buddy Hield misses three point jumper
Buddy Hield makes driving layup (Willie Cauley-Stein assists)
Iman Shumpert misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Justin Jackson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Buddy Hield misses 25-foot three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox misses 14-foot two point shot
Willie Cauley-Stein makes dunk (Nemanja Bjelica assists)
Buddy Hield makes 16-foot jumper (Iman Shumpert assists)
Iman Shumpert misses 19-foot jumper
Nemanja Bjelica misses 28-foot three point jumper
Nemanja Bjelica misses layup
Iman Shumpert misses 25-foot three point jumper
Buddy Hield makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Willie Cauley-Stein makes dunk (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Buddy Hield misses 26-foot three point jumper
Willie Cauley-Stein misses driving layup
Harry Giles misses 23-foot three point jumper
Willie Cauley-Stein makes 2-foot dunk (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Willie Cauley-Stein misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Willie Cauley-Stein misses 8-foot jump bank shot
Willie Cauley-Stein misses driving layup
Buddy Hield misses 16-foot two point shot
Nemanja Bjelica makes dunk (Harry Giles assists)
Buddy Hield makes two point shot
Harry Giles misses 14-foot jumper
Nemanja Bjelica misses 26-foot three point jumper
Yogi Ferrell makes layup
Yogi Ferrell misses layup
Justin Jackson misses two point shot
Harry Giles misses 11-foot hook shot
Nemanja Bjelica misses tip shot
Nemanja Bjelica makes 29-foot three point jumper (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)
Bogdan Bogdanovic misses two point shot
De'Aaron Fox misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bogdan Bogdanovic misses 23-foot jumper
Willie Cauley-Stein makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Nikola Jokic blocks Willie Cauley-Stein 's 3-foot layup
Buddy Hield makes 27-foot three point jumper
Buddy Hield makes three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Buddy Hield makes 26-foot three point jumper
Buddy Hield misses three point jumper
De'Aaron Fox makes 9-foot two point shot
De'Aaron Fox makes driving layup
De'Aaron Fox makes driving layup
Bogdan Bogdanovic makes three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)
Bogdan Bogdanovic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Buddy Hield makes driving layup
Nikola Jokic makes layup (Juan Hernangomez assists)
Torrey Craig misses 24-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot hook shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic misses three point jumper
Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Juan Hernangomez makes layup (Mason Plumlee assists)
Nikola Jokic makes hook shot (Mason Plumlee assists)
Mason Plumlee makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Torrey Craig assists)
Torrey Craig misses driving floating jump shot
Mason Plumlee makes tip shot
Mason Plumlee misses 6-foot hook shot
Paul Millsap misses 26-foot three point jumper
Gary Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Torrey Craig assists)
Gary Harris makes 27-foot three point jumper (Paul Millsap assists)
Nikola Jokic makes dunk
Torrey Craig misses 25-foot three point jumper
Trey Lyles misses 24-foot three point jumper
Gary Harris makes driving layup
Gary Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nemanja Bjelica blocks Malik Beasley 's 7-foot two point shot
Trey Lyles misses 26-foot three point jumper
Paul Millsap makes 13-foot two point shot
Monte Morris misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Gary Harris misses 10-foot two point shot
Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point jumper
Gary Harris misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley misses 16-foot two point shot
Jamal Murray misses driving layup
Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
Nikola Jokic misses three point jumper
Mason Plumlee makes dunk
Nikola Jokic makes three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Malik Beasley makes 2-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
Gary Harris misses driving dunk
Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Mason Plumlee makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray misses driving layup
Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mason Plumlee assists)
Jamal Murray makes three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Juan Hernangomez assists)
Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray makes 20-foot step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray misses 30-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
Juan Hernangomez makes dunk (Mason Plumlee assists)
Jamal Murray makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Torrey Craig makes 7-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Jamal Murray misses 5-foot two point shot
Torrey Craig misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray misses driving layup
Jamal Murray makes tip shot
Monte Morris misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Monte Morris misses 26-foot three point jumper
Paul Millsap makes layup (Torrey Craig assists)
Gary Harris misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Monte Morris makes 26-foot three point jumper (Torrey Craig assists)
Monte Morris misses 25-foot three point jumper
Justin Jackson blocks Monte Morris 's 14-foot two point shot
Gary Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
Justin Jackson blocks Paul Millsap's two point shot
Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mason Plumlee misses layup
Paul Millsap misses 12-foot two point shot
Malik Beasley misses pullup jump shot
Paul Millsap makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Jamal Murray makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paul Millsap assists)
Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot
Gary Harris makes dunk
Jamal Murray misses 8-foot two point shot
Jamal Murray makes jumper
Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot
Mason Plumlee makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
Jamal Murray makes three point jumper

NUGGETS

KINGS

TIME		DEN	SAC
12:00	Mason Plumlee vs. Willie Cauley-Stein (Nikola Jokic gains possession)	0	0
11:47	Nikola Jokic out of bounds bad pass turnover	0	0
11:33	Iman Shumpert misses 23-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:30	Mason Plumlee defensive rebound	0	0
11:20	Torrey Craig out of bounds bad pass turnover	0	0
11:13	Mason Plumlee blocks Nemanja Bjelica 's 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:09	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	0	0
11:00	Nikola Jokic makes layup (Juan Hernangomez assists)	2	0
10:54	Buddy Hield makes two point shot (De'Aaron Fox assists)	2	2
10:30	Torrey Craig misses 24-foot three point jumper	2	2
10:27	Mason Plumlee offensive rebound	2	2
10:21	Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot hook shot (Jamal Murray assists)	4	2
10:14	Buddy Hield makes 23-foot three point jumper (De'Aaron Fox assists)	4	5
9:57	Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot	4	5
9:54	Jamal Murray offensive rebound	4	5
9:45	Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot	4	5
9:44	Nuggets offensive team rebound	4	5
9:43	De'Aaron Fox loose ball foul	4	5
9:37	Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	5
9:34	Buddy Hield defensive rebound	4	5
9:34	Jamal Murray personal foul	4	5
9:22	Willie Cauley-Stein makes 1-foot dunk (Nemanja Bjelica assists)	4	7
9:09	Nikola Jokic misses three point jumper	4	7
9:09	Kings defensive team rebound	4	7
9:09	Mason Plumlee loose ball foul	4	7
8:50	Nemanja Bjelica makes layup (Willie Cauley-Stein assists)	4	9
8:32	Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	9
8:32	Mason Plumlee offensive rebound	4	9
8:21	Nemanja Bjelica shooting foul	4	9
8:21	Mason Plumlee makes free throw 1 of 2	5	9
8:21	Mason Plumlee misses free throw 2 of 2	5	9
8:21	Nemanja Bjelica defensive rebound	5	9
8:21	De'Aaron Fox lane violation	5	9
8:05	De'Aaron Fox misses 11-foot two point shot	5	9
8:03	Juan Hernangomez defensive rebound	5	9
8:00	Juan Hernangomez makes layup (Mason Plumlee assists)	7	9
8:00	Iman Shumpert shooting foul	7	9
8:00	Juan Hernangomez makes free throw 1 of 1	8	9
7:42	Nemanja Bjelica makes 23-foot three point jumper (Iman Shumpert assists)	8	12
7:27	Nikola Jokic makes hook shot (Mason Plumlee assists)	10	12
7:20	Nemanja Bjelica misses 29-foot three point jumper	10	12
7:20	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	10	12
7:14	Mason Plumlee makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Torrey Craig assists)	12	12
7:02	Willie Cauley-Stein traveling	12	12
6:57	Torrey Craig misses driving floating jump shot	12	12
6:53	Mason Plumlee offensive rebound	12	12
6:53	Mason Plumlee makes tip shot	14	12
6:51	Kings Full timeout	14	12
6:35	Iman Shumpert misses 25-foot three point shot	14	12
6:31	Nemanja Bjelica offensive rebound	14	12
6:30	Iman Shumpert misses 15-foot two point shot	14	12
6:26	Nemanja Bjelica offensive rebound	14	12
6:26	Nemanja Bjelica makes hook shot	14	14
6:10	Mason Plumlee misses 6-foot hook shot	14	14
6:06	Willie Cauley-Stein defensive rebound	14	14
5:59	Nemanja Bjelica makes 23-foot three point jumper (Buddy Hield assists)	14	17
5:42	Willie Cauley-Stein shooting foul	14	17
5:42	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2	15	17
5:42	Gary Harris enters the game for Juan Hernangomez	15	17
5:42	Paul Millsap enters the game for Mason Plumlee	15	17
5:42	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2	16	17
5:30	Buddy Hield makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Nemanja Bjelica assists)	16	19
5:14	Paul Millsap misses 26-foot three point jumper	16	19
5:12	Torrey Craig offensive rebound	16	19
5:09	Gary Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Torrey Craig assists)	19	19
5:01	De'Aaron Fox makes 7-foot two point shot	19	21
5:01	Torrey Craig shooting foul	19	21
5:01	De'Aaron Fox misses free throw 1 of 1	19	21
4:58	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	19	21
4:38	Gary Harris makes 27-foot three point jumper (Paul Millsap assists)	22	21
4:20	Buddy Hield misses 21-foot jumper	22	21
4:16	Nemanja Bjelica offensive rebound	22	21
4:16	Nemanja Bjelica makes two point shot	22	23
4:08	Jamal Murray traveling	22	23
4:08	Bogdan Bogdanovic enters the game for Iman Shumpert	22	23
4:08	Harry Giles enters the game for Nemanja Bjelica	22	23
3:51	Buddy Hield lost ball turnover (Nikola Jokic steals)	22	23
3:48	Nikola Jokic makes dunk	24	23
3:37	Nikola Jokic personal foul	24	23
3:37	Monte Morris enters the game for Jamal Murray	24	23
3:23	De'Aaron Fox makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Harry Giles assists)	24	26
3:06	Torrey Craig misses 25-foot three point jumper	24	26
3:04	De'Aaron Fox defensive rebound	24	26
3:04	De'Aaron Fox out of bounds lost ball turnover	24	26
2:51	Buddy Hield shooting foul	24	26
2:51	Nuggets Full timeout	24	26
2:51	Trey Lyles enters the game for Nikola Jokic	24	26
2:51	Paul Millsap misses free throw 1 of 2	24	26
2:51	Nuggets offensive team rebound	24	26
2:51	Paul Millsap makes free throw 2 of 2	25	26
2:36	Justin Jackson enters the game for Willie Cauley-Stein	25	26
2:29	Harry Giles misses 11-foot hook shot	25	26
2:26	Trey Lyles defensive rebound	25	26
2:13	Trey Lyles misses 24-foot three point jumper	25	26
2:13	Kings defensive team rebound	25	26
2:00	Harry Giles makes 2-foot layup (Buddy Hield assists)	25	28
1:42	Yogi Ferrell enters the game for De'Aaron Fox	25	28
1:42	Malik Beasley enters the game for Torrey Craig	25	28
1:33	Monte Morris back court turnover	25	28
1:15	Harry Giles makes hook shot	25	30
55.1	Gary Harris makes driving layup	27	30
55.1	Justin Jackson shooting foul	27	30
55.1	Gary Harris makes free throw 1 of 1	28	30
44.1	Justin Jackson misses 19-foot pullup jump shot	28	30
40.6	Malik Beasley defensive rebound	28	30
24.5	Bogdan Bogdanovic shooting foul	28	30
24.5	Trey Lyles makes free throw 1 of 2	29	30
24.5	Trey Lyles makes free throw 2 of 2	30	30
1.5	Buddy Hield misses 13-foot two point shot	30	30
1.5	Monte Morris defensive rebound	30	30
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	30	30

Regular Season Series

DEN leads 2-0

Kings
112
Nuggets
126

Game 1

24/10

Nuggets
117
Kings
113

Game 2

4/1

Kings
118
Nuggets
120

Game 3

14/2

Golden 1 Center

3:00 AM, 4 January 2019

Sacramento, CA

Attendance: 17,583

Referees:
Matt Boland
Sean Wright
Mousa Dagher

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	7	1	.875	-	L1
Denver	5	3	.625	2	W3
Minnesota	4	3	.571	2.5	W1
Portland	3	5	.375	4	W1
Utah	1	6	.143	5.5	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Phoenix	7	1	.875	-	W6
Golden State	7	1	.875	-	W5
Sacramento	5	3	.625	2	W2
LA Lakers	4	4	.500	3	L2
LA Clippers	4	4	.500	3	W2

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Denver Nuggets

Sacramento Kings

Regular Season Series

DEN leads 2-0

Game Information

2024-25 Northwest Standings

2024-25 Pacific Standings

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