Nuggets Defeat Kings 124-116, Ends Slide Before Playoffs

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00:00But the Nuggets, on a four-game slide,

00:03trending in a poor direction entering the postseason.

00:06How would Denver respond in a road game in Sacramento against the Kings?

00:11Pretty well.

00:11The Nuggets win by eight on the road, 124-116.

00:15Denver covers as a four-and-a-half-point road favorite.

00:18DRS, the Nugs, had all five starters score at least 18 points last night,

00:23including a 20-point triple-double out of Nikoli Okic.

00:26Yeah, that's what you like to see, right?

00:28As you're waiting for the playoffs,

00:29you have a new coach in town.

00:30Maybe some of the vibes are a little bit different,

00:32but you also wanted to see how Denver would react,

00:34particularly, Ben, in the first quarter.

00:35And the reaction was positive, 33-25.

00:38At the half, he had a lead.

00:39Third quarter, he extended that lead.

00:40Fourth quarter, he hung around because you already had a double-digit lead,

00:43and he closed it out 124-116.

00:46And also, Luka Doncic, 38 minutes in that game, as you point out.

00:48Only 12 total shot attempts, but you look at the rest of the starting lineup.

00:52This is what you like here from a championship contender.

00:54Gordon, 16 shot attempts.

00:56Porter Jr., 14.

00:57Jokic, 12.

00:58Pickett, 10.

00:59Brown, 12.

01:00So everybody was getting involved here, which was good to see,

01:03except Russell Westbrook went 2-11 off the bench for 17 minutes.

01:07But I liked what I saw last night for the Nuggets.

01:09And you're right.

01:10That bump that you get, the 2-1⁄2, the 3-1⁄2, up to the 4-1⁄2,

01:13the Denver Nuggets were the right play last night,

01:15and they held that lead all the way through.

01:16And some of them are called nothing else.

01:17Well, you're right.

01:18I know.

01:19You're right.

01:19I am.

01:19You're right.