The Denver Nuggets (22-11, 10-8 Away) will try to slow down one of the league’s top scoring teams when they travel to face the Sacramento Kings (17-15, 9-7 Home) on Wednesday.
The teams face off in their second successive game against each other. Denver topped Sacramento 113-106 at Golden 1 Center yesterday, their fifth consecutive win and their fifth straight head-to-head.
Michael Porter Jr. led the Nuggets with 30 points, while Nikola Jokic was a key contributor with 20 points, 11 assists, and nine rebounds. De’Aaron Fox had 26 points in defeat. The Nuggets are 0.5 games ahead of the New Orleans Pelicans atop the Western Conference, currently sitting in first.
The Kings are the seventh seed in the Western Conference. The Nuggets’ win on Tuesday was the teams’ only previous meeting this season.
The Nuggets have been led this season by Jokic, who is averaging 25.3 points per game. Jokic also is contributing 11.0 rebounds and 9.5 assists per game, placing him seventh and third in the NBA, respectively.
Fox has powered the Kings on offense, averaging 23.3 points per game. Domantas Sabonis is recording 12.4 rebounds, most in the NBA, and 6.7 assists per game. The Kings are averaging 117.8 points per game, ranking as one of the top scoring offenses in the league (3rd).
The Nuggets are 6-4 in the last 10 games at Golden 1 Center. Denver is 8-2 in the last 10 games with an average margin of +4.1 (118.5-114.4). Sacramento has a 4-6 record over the last 10, allowing 117.5 points per game on average while scoring only 113.7 (-3.8 margin).
NUGGETS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Bones Hyland: 10.4 | 17.9 | -7.5
Points per game:
Bones Hyland: 6.8 | 12.7 | -5.9
Rebounds per game:
Nikola Jokic: 14.4 | 11.0 | +3.4
Assists per game:
Jamal Murray: 8.8 | 5.7 | +3.1
KINGS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Terence Davis: 5.0 | 10.8 | -5.8
Points per game:
Malik Monk: 9.8 | 14.1 | -4.3
Rebounds per game:
Domantas Sabonis: 18.0 | 12.4 | +5.6
Assists per game:
Domantas Sabonis: 9.0 | 6.7 | +2.3
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Denver Nuggets (-125)
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