National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 118,
Sacramento 85
When: 10:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 6, 2008
Where: Arco Arena, Sacramento, California
Officials: #56 Mark Ayotte, #41 Ken Mauer, #38 Michael Smith
Attendance: 12322
Where: Arco Arena, Sacramento, California
Officials: #56 Mark Ayotte, #41 Ken Mauer, #38 Michael Smith
Attendance: 12322
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Denver | 37 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 118 |
| Sacramento | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 85 |
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chauncey Billups - G | 31:31 | 6-9 | 3-4 | 9-10 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Dahntay Jones - G | 27:58 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Renaldo Balkman - F | 31:10 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Carmelo Anthony - F | 29:53 | 7-15 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Nene - C | 23:55 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| J.R. Smith | 25:15 | 6-10 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Linas Kleiza | 19:32 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Chris Andersen | 18:14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 6-7 | -3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Anthony Carter | 15:54 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Chucky Atkins | 11:16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Cheick Samb | 5:22 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 42-80 | 5-12 | 29-37 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 118 | |
| 52.5% | 41.7% | 78.4% | Team Rebs: 13 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Sacramento Kings
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Beno Udrih - G | 35:26 | 3-9 | 0-3 | 8-8 | -27 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| Kevin Martin - G | 29:46 | 2-11 | 1-1 | 3-5 | -24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Spencer Hawes - F | 35:57 | 5-14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -29 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| John Salmons - F | 31:27 | 7-17 | 1-2 | 7-8 | -32 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| Brad Miller - C | 17:29 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jason Thompson | 29:37 | 4-16 | 0-0 | 0-2 | -17 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Francisco Garcia | 19:57 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 4-4 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Bobby Brown | 17:42 | 2-11 | 0-4 | 2-2 | -12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Donte Greene | 13:36 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Shelden Williams | 5:48 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mikki Moore | 3:16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Jackson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 29-99 | 3-16 | 24-29 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 85 | |
| 29.3% | 18.8% | 82.8% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | Renaldo Balkman , Linas Kleiza |
| SAC | John Salmons |
Team Statistics
| Denver | Sacramento | ||
| Fast Break Points | 18 | Fast Break Points | 7 |
| Points in the Paint | 56 | Points in the Paint | 44 |
| Biggest Lead | 33 | Biggest Lead | 2 |