NBA

Regular Season Round 88: Sacramento K. - Denver N. 117-125

Date: January 26, 2014
Ty Lawson scored 27 points, Wilson Chandler had 20 and the Denver Nuggets defeated the short-handed Sacramento Kings 125-117 on Sunday night. It was the second consecutive victory for the Nuggets, who went ahead late in the third quarter and never trailed again. Denver was coming off a 109-96 home win Saturday night over Indiana, which has the best record in the NBA. The Kings, who have dropped three straight and five of six, played their second straight game without leading scorers DeMarcus Cousins (ankle sprain) and Rudy Gay (Achilles strain). The two combine for nearly 43 points per game. Chandler scored seven points in the fourth quarter and Kenneth Faried finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Nuggets. Timofey Mozgov added 14 points, while Nate Robinson and Randy Foye had 12 apiece. Isaiah Thomas had 22 points and eight assists for Sacramento, and Marcus Thornton scored 19. Ben McLemore added 18 points, Jason Thompson had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Derrick Williams scored 12. The Nuggets now return home for games against Charlotte, Toronto, the Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee. Denver didn't have a field goal in the final 3:30 of the game, but stayed on top thanks to its foul shooting. The Nuggets made 14 of 19 free throws down the stretch, most of them in the final 3 minutes. A pair of free throws by J.J. Hickson gave Denver a seven-point lead. Robinson made one of two attempts at the line with 1:02 left, putting the Nuggets up 119-113. Lawson hit two free throws and Chandler made four straight, increasing the lead to 10. Leading by two points, the Nuggets opened the fourth quarter with a surge, taking a 111-102 lead on a 3-pointer by Robinson. But Denver went scoreless for more than 3 minutes before Lawson scored for a 113-107 advantage. Lawson gave the Kings all sorts of trouble in the third quarter, scoring 12 points to help Denver take a 95-94 lead into the fourth. Thornton scored 10 for the Kings. The Nuggets ran off eight unanswered points to open an eight-point lead in the third. But the Kings countered with a 15-2 run, including seven points from Thomas and six from Thornton, to pull ahead 80-75 at the 4:36 mark. Foye had 12 first-half points and Lawson 11 for Denver, which led 65-59 at halftime. McLemore scored 10 off the bench for the Kings, who had 12 turnovers that led to 20 points. Courtesy of: nytimes.com
  DENVER N. (coach: David Adelman)125
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
4 viTsIj, wF 40 2-63 (09.6%) 6-6 (655%) 2-65 (25%) 5 4 4 1 8 5 8 5 5 8 89 81 5
86 ChijdlRQ, WalsIj 43 4-7 (44.4%) 4-9 (38.7%) 0-1 (24.4%) 5 3 3 0 0 5 6 5 5 6 85 64 5
40 yiQaRd, KRjjRUh 43 9-68 (02.4%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 3 9 66 3 4 5 6 6 5 6 60 88 5
9 HaZVsIj, z.z. 44 8-3 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 3-2 (05%) 8 2 65 8 8 5 8 6 5 4 2 68 5
3 yIFR, eijdF 81 8-3 (05%) 8-7 (88.8%) 8-8 (655%) 5 6 6 5 8 5 5 5 5 5 68 8 5
80 bIJDIL, waBIfRF 83 0-0 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 3-3 (655%) 5 8 8 5 3 5 6 8 5 6 63 63 5
65 eIMajsIj, XiUR 83 4-3 (90%) 6-3 (80%) 4-3 (90%) 5 6 6 2 3 5 8 5 5 6 68 64 5
73 yIuQjaRQ, qLij 60 6-8 (05%) 6-8 (05%) 3-3 (655%) 5 8 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 5
45 ballRQ-AZIUU, ruajZF 63 6-8 (05%) 8-8 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5 4 4 6 8 5 8 6 5 6 2 66 5
83 ballRQ, SjdQR  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
60 eijdIlph, SjUhIjF  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
55 SQUhuQ, giQQRll  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
6 HiBalUIj, zIQdij  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   48-01 (09.6%) 65-80 (35.5%) 46-35 (99.0%) 1 46 49 82 80 5 66 0 5 66 680 688  


  SACRAMENTO K. (coach: Doug Christie)117
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
88 whIBis, osiaih 41 1-60 (35%) 6-1 (61.9%) 9-2 (29.0%) 6 3 0 2 4 5 6 5 5 4 88 60 5
  WallaiBs, gRQQaZV 46 4-0 (15%) 5-5 (5%) 1-9 (20.9%) 5 2 2 5 5 5 8 6 5 8 68 62 5
61 bZvRBIQR, mRj 87 3-2 (05%) 8-3 (05%) 3-1 (11.9%) 5 4 4 4 4 5 8 5 5 6 62 63 5
84 whIQjUIj, biQZus 82 2-65 (25%) 5-4 (5%) 4-4 (655%) 5 8 8 6 3 5 5 5 5 6 67 68 5
43 whIBpsIj, zisIj 82 0-9 (96.3%) 5-5 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 0 0 65 6 0 5 6 5 5 4 64 63 5
  GQiF, SiQIj 80 4-3 (90%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 4 0 2 0 8 5 8 5 5 4 1 60 5
83 vijdQF, CiQl 67 6-3 (80%) 5-5 (5%) 3-3 (655%) 5 8 8 5 8 5 8 5 5 6 1 3 5
80 PuUliT, wQiLas 69 3-1 (11.9%) 5-6 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 8 8 8 0 5 5 5 5 5 65 1 5
  SZF, ruajZF 60 8-4 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 6 3 5 5 5 5 5 3 6 5
9 yQRdRUUR, zaBBRQ 66 8-4 (11.9%) 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 8 8 5 5 5 5 8 9 4 5
  bZCilluB, eiF 5 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 -6 5
wIUil   42-10 (02.0%) 3-61 (80.5%) 87-43 (20.4%) 7 48 36 84 46 5 65 6 5 61 669 656  



Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)