Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets take on the Sacramento Kings on Monday for the first time this season.
The Denver Nuggets (13-10) are starting to look like the team that won the NBA Championship just two seasons ago. Denver has won back-to-back games by double figures for the first time this season, led by a dominant offensive attack. They are up to fourth in the league in points per game, scoring at least 120 points in seven of the last 11 games overall. They take that offensive attack on the road against the Sacramento Kings (13-13) in the first game of the season between the teams. Sacramento heads into this game playing its best basketball of the season, winning three games in a row, four out of five games and scoring at least 120 points in four of the last six games.
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Game Date: Monday, Dec. 16, 2024
Game Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
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Both of these teams can put up points in a hurry and could be in for an offensive shootout. Last season two of the four games between these teams totalled 240 points with Sacramento winning three of the four.
Nikola Jokic is the center of the Denver offense and through the first quarter of the season is on pace for one of the most historic seasons of all-time. He is averaging 31.5 points, 13.3 rebounds and 9.8 assists per game, combining for 54.6 points, rebounds and assists per game. Only five players since the NBA/ABA merger have averaged at least 50 combined points, rebounds and assists in a season while playing at least 50 or more games.
Sacramento will try to combat that with one of the only trios of 20-plus point scorers on one team this season. De’Aaron Fox (26.1 points per game), DeMar DeRozan (22.8 points per game) and Domantas Sabonis (21.3 points per game) carry a heavy load on the offensive end for the eighth-highest scoring offense this season.
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