How Denver lost at home to the Kings
Denver The Nuggets just got a big win against the Houston Rockets on NBA Cup night, and were able to return home the next day to face the Sacramento Kings. So far this season, the Kings haven’t played well, and just dropped by 40 points to the Memphis Grizzlies earlier this week. To add insult to injury, Domantas Sabonis is expected to miss the next three to four weeks with a meniscus tear.
This was basically set up to be an easy win for the Nuggets, but it didn’t happen. Instead, the Nuggets lost 128-123, which surprised many. After the game, coach David Adelman said the way the team played reminded him of him when they lost earlier season to the Chicago Bulls, according to Brendan Vogt of DNVR Sports.
“David Adelman called this a ‘carbon copy’ of the Chicago loss. He mentioned paint defense, transition defense and turnovers as some of the deciding factors,” Vogt wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
The Nuggets won the first quarter, but lost the next three quarters. It was a close game all night, but at the end of the day, the Nuggets weren’t able to execute at a high level. Nikola Jokić kept them in it throughout the match, who finished the game with 44 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists.
Defensively, the Nuggets struggled to stop the Kings’ guards, and Russell Westbrook and Dennis Schroeder each finished with a team-high 21 points.
These types of games come and go when it comes to a long 82-game season, and the Nuggets might not even remember a loss like this in two weeks. They’ll remember when they face the Kings again, and they don’t want the same result to happen.
2025-11-23 14:39:00
