{"id":48325,"date":"2025-11-11T17:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/48325\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T17:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:05:08","slug":"preview-denver-nuggets-play-late-night-game-against-sacramento-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/48325\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Denver Nuggets play late night game against Sacramento Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sleep is overrated anyways\u2026that\u2019s going to be the message to Denver Nuggets fans and players alike as Denver is in Sacramento to play the Kings in what may be the latest scheduled tip off in franchise history (I\u2019m too lazy to look it up). Put the kids to bed, make sure the dishes are done, don some pajamas and then battle the sandman until 11:30 PM tonight.<\/p>\n<p>The Basics<\/p>\n<p>Who: Denver Nuggets (7-2) at Sacramento Kings (3-7)<\/p>\n<p>When: 9PM MST<\/p>\n<p>Where: We know we\u2019re a \u201cnon-profit\u201d credit union but you don\u2019t get to be non-profit without spending millions of your members money on naming rights\u2026Center. Sacramento, CA.<\/p>\n<p>How to watch\/listen: NBC\/Peacock. Altitude Radio 92.5FM<\/p>\n<p>Rival blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/kingsherald.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Kings Herald<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Matchup<\/p>\n<p>PositionNuggetsKingsAdvantagePGJamal MurrayDennis SchroederNuggetsSGChristian BraunZach LavineKingsSFCam JohnsonDeMar DeRozanKingsPFAaron GordonPrecious AchiuwaNuggetsCNikola JokicDomantas SabonisNuggetsBenchBruce Brown, Tim Hardaway Jr., Jonas Valanciunas, Peyton WatsonNique Clifford, Malik Monk, Russell Westbrook, Drew Eubanks, Keon EllisEven<\/p>\n<p>Injury report: Jamal Murray \u2013 probable (calf), Aaron Gordon \u2013 probable (hamstring), DaRon Holmes II \u2013 out (G-League), Tamar Bates \u2013 out (G-League), Curtis Jones \u2013 out (G-League); Domantas Sabonis \u2013 questionable (ribs), Keegan Murray \u2013 out (thumb), Isaiah Stevens \u2013 out (G-League), Daeqwon Plowden \u2013 out (G-League), Dylan Cardwell \u2013 out (G-League).<\/p>\n<p>The Three Things<\/p>\n<p>The thing to watch for: A new Kings offense?<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Kings have gone away from utilizing Domantas Sabonis as a hub of their offense.<\/p>\n<p>Sabonis is averaging his lowest assist total in seven years as Sacramento is falling off with a 3-7 record.<\/p>\n<p>Rival executives believe Sacramento will soon make Sabonis available in trade talks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kR6SJ527bc\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/kR6SJ527bc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Evan Sidery (@esidery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esidery\/status\/1987908597888540874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 10, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Reports have surfaced that the Kings are allegedly going away from Domantas Sabonis as the centerpiece of their offense. Sabonis has largely played that role since he was traded to Sacramento, and in particular after the Kings traded point guard DeAaron Fox. It hasn\u2019t yielded success for them though. After missing the playoffs for two straight years the Kings are off to another subpar start and it\u2019s time for a shakeup. They already did the coach firing thing last year so with Doug Christie at the helm it looks like he\u2019s going to make some strategy changes to get the team going again. That apparently means running a more traditional offense rather than trying to mimic the success of a team who only runs the offense they do because they have the best player on the planet. Probably a good idea for Sacramento, but Sabonis\u2019 long-term future with the team is suddenly not as solid as it used to be.<\/p>\n<p>The thing to remember: A couple CSU boys in purple<\/p>\n<p>Isaiah Stevens will not play for the Kings tonight as he\u2019s currently been assigned to the G-League. Stevens played five seasons in Fort Collins at CSU and is the school\u2019s all-time points, assists, steals &amp; win shares (among other things) leader. He was a two time All Mountain West Conference first team honoree and one of the most beloved Rams of all time. His teammate, both in Sacramento and Fort Collins, Nique Clifford will play tonight. The rookie first round draft pick returned to CSU last year for his fifth collegiate season after testing draft waters following his fourth season. He was the clear best player on his team in his final year (after being the clear second best to Stevens the year prior) and was the MWC Tournament MVP. He flashed a skill set that looks easily translatable to the NBA last year and that made betting on himself pay off. After being told he was a late 2nd round pick at best in 2024, Clifford was drafted 24th overall by the Kings this Summer.<\/p>\n<p>The thing to bet: Jonas Valanciunas over 5.5 rebounds (+121)<\/p>\n<p>Four out of nine game this season Valanciunas has pulled down six or more rebounds, and five games he has not. Recent, albeit brief, history tells us this is essentially a coin flip but we\u2019re getting better than coin flip odds. Additionally, the options Sacramento has for bigs off the bench are Drew Eubanks (6\u201910\u201d, 245lbs, 10.3 career rebs\/per 36) and Dario Saric (6\u201910\u201d, 225lbs, 8.5 career rebs\/per 36). I like my chances with Jonas (6\u201911\u201d, 265lbs, 13.3 career rebs\/per 36) banging against those two on the glass. Additionally, the Kings are not playing well so the chance for Nikola Jokic to sit the entire 4th and Jonas creeping up closer to twenty minutes tonight exists.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sleep is overrated anyways\u2026that\u2019s going to be the message to Denver Nuggets fans and players alike as Denver&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1949,31399,1951,715,7003,31400,1952,129,1954,7008,121,123,128,122,127,5805],"class_list":["post-48325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-aaron-gordon","tag-cameron-johnson","tag-christian-braun","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-domantas-sabonis","tag-isaiah-stevens","tag-jamal-murray","tag-nba","tag-nikola-jokic","tag-nique-clifford","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sports","tag-zach-lavine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}