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Game 77 Notes: Sacramento Kings Complete Season Sweep Against the Nuggets

By Rafe Wong

Apr 2, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Sacramento Kings guard Darren Collison (7) dribbles the ball around Denver Nuggets guard Emmanuel Mudiay (0) in the second quarter at the Pepsi Center. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 2, 2016; Denver, CO, USA; Sacramento Kings guard Darren Collison (7) dribbles the ball around Denver Nuggets guard Emmanuel Mudiay (0) in the second quarter at the Pepsi Center. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Sacramento Kings completed the season sweep against the Denver Nuggets winning tonight’s game 115-106.

They now have improved their record to 31-46 and have been victors of 4 of their last 6 games.

To start the game the Kings fell behind early as they trailed 23-27 after quarter number one, and couldn’t capitalize either in the second quarter as they trailed 55-62 going into halftime.

Offensively, the Kings had a solid first half, but their defense continues to hold them back as they allowed the Nuggets, who before this game were rank 16th in the league in points scored per game (102.1), to put up 62 points in one half.

Top performers in the first half for each team were Seth Curry who scored 17 points on 7-8 shooting for Sacramento and Joffrey Lauvergne who scored 14 points on 7-10 shooting for Denver.

Entering the second half, the Kings were then able to creep into Denver’s lead in the third quarter as they only trailed  84-88 going into the fourth. The purple and white were then able to finish strong as they outscored the Nuggets 31-18 in the final period, resulting in the Kings winning 115-106.

With the Kings playing the second part of a back-to-back and without significant contributors in DeMarcus Cousins, Rajon Rondo, Marco Belinelli, and Omri Casspi Sacramento was still able to win the game by playing hard and having other players step up.

Here are some more noteworthy facts to take away from this game.

  • Ben McLemore made his first start since March 7th. He ended the game scoring 14 points off 6-12 shooting.
  • Rudy Gay finished the game recording 25 points and 9 rebounds.
  • Three players only came out of the bench for Sacramento. They combined to score a total of 43 points.
  • Kings finished the game with 27 assists and 7 turnovers. An assist/turnover ratio of 3.9.
  • Seth Curry came off the bench and scored 17 points. All of his points coming in the first half. Curry also finished the game with 5 assists
  • Sacramento shot 46.6% from the floor and 38.1% from the perimeter.
  • Shooting guards for the Kings scored a total of 44 points off 17-32 shooting (53.1%) and 6-14 from the three-point line (42.8%).
  • The Kings defense only allowed Denver to score 44 points in the second half.
  • The Kings are now 3-11 this season when DeMarcus Cousins is absent.

The Kings only have three games left in their beloved Sleep Train (Arco) Arena and the countdown will continue Tuesday night when they play against the Portland Trail Blazers.

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