Denver’s record surge keeps building behind Nikola Jokic’s dominance

Denver Nuggets keep stacking up championship-caliber numbers. Their 18–6 record after last night’s 136–105 win in Sacramento over the Kings marks the best start in franchise history, a benchmark powered by an 11-game streak on the road.

They’ve dropped only two games away from Colorado – on opening night in San Francisco against Golden State and later in Oregon against Portland. Overall, they sit at 12–2 on the road compared with just six wins in ten home games.

They’re moving at a titleholder’s pace thanks to a giant like Nikola Jokic. The Serbian center delivered another outing to remember with 36 points on 87.5 percent shooting. He added 12 rebounds and 8 assists in barely three quarters, spending only 30 minutes on the floor.

Two heavyweights, Denver and Jokic, are chasing the shadows of two others – the Oklahoma City Thunder and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. It’s a futile race, because their rival shows no sign of slowing and has already surged to an eye-popping 24–1 start, a pace previously reached only by the 73–9 Golden State Warriors. An enormous season overshadowed by an even more astonishing one. Two powerhouses destined to measure themselves in the playoffs.

NBA Matchday

Houston Rockets 115 - Los Angeles Clippers 113

Milwaukee Bucks 116 - Boston Celtics 101

New Orleans Pelicans 143 - Portland Trail Blazers 120

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Sacramento Kings

Stats

9 Precious Achiuwa
22 Devin Carter
5 Nique Clifford
10 DeMar DeRozan
23 Keon Ellis
19 Drew Eubanks
7 Doug McDermott
0 Malik Monk
13 Keegan Murray
42 Maxime Raynaud
20 Dario Šarić
18 Russell Westbrook
32 Dylan Cardwell
29 Daeqwon Plowden
24 Isaiah Stevens

Stats

	Min	Pts	TR	OR	DR	Ast	Los	Rec	Blk	S1	S2	S3	RF	CF	Val
9 Precious Achiuwa	9	4	6	1	5	0	0	0	0	0/0	2/4	0/0	0	4	0
22 Devin Carter	21	15	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	2/2	2/4	3/6	0	1	0
5 Nique Clifford	28	2	4	1	3	0	4	0	0	0/0	1/2	0/6	0	2	0
10 DeMar DeRozan	21	11	3	0	3	1	0	1	1	2/2	3/6	1/1	0	1	0
23 Keon Ellis	31	8	2	1	1	4	1	4	1	1/3	2/2	1/7	0	2	0
19 Drew Eubanks	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1	0
7 Doug McDermott	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0	1	0
0 Malik Monk	30	18	4	1	3	5	5	1	0	5/6	2/5	3/6	0	0	0
13 Keegan Murray	27	15	6	2	4	1	1	2	2	0/2	6/8	1/5	0	3	0
42 Maxime Raynaud	36	15	9	3	6	1	1	1	0	0/2	6/12	1/1	0	3	0
20 Dario Šarić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
18 Russell Westbrook	26	17	3	0	3	5	2	0	0	6/6	4/6	1/5	0	2	0
32 Dylan Cardwell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
29 Daeqwon Plowden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
24 Isaiah Stevens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0

Denver Nuggets

Stats

11 Bruce Brown
10 Tim Hardaway Jr.
23 Cameron Johnson
15 Nikola Jokić
21 Spencer Jones
27 Jamal Murray
22 Zeke Nnaji
24 Jalen Pickett
5 Hunter Tyson
17 Jonas Valančiūnas
8 Peyton Watson
7 Tamar Bates
14 DaRon Holmes II
1 Curtis Jones

Stats

	Min	Pts	TR	OR	DR	Ast	Los	Rec	Blk	S1	S2	S3	RF	CF	Val
11 Bruce Brown	26	8	5	2	3	7	3	1	0	4/4	2/4	0/1	0	2	0
10 Tim Hardaway Jr.	24	11	5	1	4	2	0	0	0	0/0	4/5	1/6	0	2	0
23 Cameron Johnson	32	16	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	3/4	5/8	1/5	0	1	0
15 Nikola Jokić	29	36	12	2	10	8	1	2	0	6/8	12/14	2/2	0	3	0
21 Spencer Jones	21	2	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0	2	0
27 Jamal Murray	25	11	3	0	3	9	1	2	0	2/3	3/9	1/4	0	1	0
22 Zeke Nnaji	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0/0	1/2	0/0	0	1	0
24 Jalen Pickett	24	6	5	0	5	4	2	2	0	0/0	0/1	2/5	0	0	0
5 Hunter Tyson	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	1/2	2/2	0	0	0
17 Jonas Valančiūnas	18	15	6	1	5	2	2	0	0	0/2	6/6	1/1	0	3	0
8 Peyton Watson	22	21	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	5/8	5/7	2/3	0	3	0
7 Tamar Bates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
14 DaRon Holmes II	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
1 Curtis Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0