{"id":489057,"date":"2024-12-17T03:24:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T07:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=489057"},"modified":"2024-12-17T03:24:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T07:24:06","slug":"denver-beats-kings-130-129-after-thrilling-final-4-minutes","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/denver-beats-kings-130-129-after-thrilling-final-4-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver beats Kings 130-129 after thrilling final 4 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamal Murray hit a go-ahead jumper with 8.6 seconds left on the clock, lifting the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\">Denver Nuggets<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> to a thrilling 130-129 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\">Nikola Jokic<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> recorded his 10th triple-double of the season, finishing with 20 points, 14 rebounds, and 13 assists, while Murray added 28 points. Russell Westbrook contributed with 18 points, nine rebounds, and 10 assists.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THE LAST 85 SECONDS OF NUGGETS-KINGS WAS BACK-AND-FORTH MADNESS \ud83e\udd2f\ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>7 lead changes.<br \/>\nBig bucket after big bucket.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuggets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@nuggets<\/a> come out on top in a THRILLER in Sacramento! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/syC7xf7bu5\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/syC7xf7bu5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1868894649924173902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Denver (14-10) overcame a 10-point deficit in the final four minutes with a 14-3 run. The teams traded leads seven times in the last 75 seconds, with Murray\u2019s decisive shot following a baseline dunk by DeMar DeRozan that had briefly put Sacramento ahead. DeRozan missed a potential game-winner inside as time expired.<\/p>\n<p>For the Kings (13-14), Domantas Sabonis scored 28 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, while De\u2019Aaron Fox had 29 points and seven assists. Malik Monk added 25 points off the bench.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Russell Westbrook with 18 PTS, 9 REB, 10 AST, 3 STL as the Nuggets get the 130-129 WIN over the Kings \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lKXaytyChC\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/lKXaytyChC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Basketball Forever (@bballforever_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bballforever_\/status\/1868892966351519794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Aaron Gordon\u2019s late 3-pointer and Michael Porter Jr.\u2019s clutch steal helped set up Denver\u2019s comeback. Jokic scored inside on an assist from Westbrook with 1:15 remaining, giving Denver a brief lead before the back-and-forth final moments.<\/p>\n<p>Denver dominated inside, scoring 76 points in the paint\u201433 more than Sacramento\u2019s season average for points allowed in the lane.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cvHxuvJLda8?si=SnujG2gWNpoUU69Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamal Murray hit a go-ahead jumper with 8.6 seconds left on the clock, lifting the Denver Nuggets to a thrilling 130-129 victory over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":489058,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16736,17266,16737,16941],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[17859,18385,17858,17839],"acf":{"announce":"Nikola Jokic got his 10th triple-double of the season, while Jamal Murray scored 28 points","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489057"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489057"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489059,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489057\/revisions\/489059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489057"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=489057"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=489057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}