In their only game across a quiet stretch of eight days, the Denver Nuggets dominated en route to a 136-105 victory over the Sacramento Kings in Golden 1 Center.

Serbian Nikola Jokic needed only 29:03 to score 36 points with 14/16 field goals, including 12/14 two-pointers. Grabbing 12 rebounds shaped a double-double, but his eight assists fell shy of yet another triple-double. The 30-year-old center also put in two steals, adding to one-way traffic in Sacramento on Thursday.

Lithuanian teammate Jonas Valanciunas got 15 points behind 7/7 from the field, along with six rebounds and two assists over 18:57 off the bench. For the hosts, missing both Lithuanian Domantas Sabonis (left knee partial meniscus tear) and German Dennis Schroder (right hip flexor strain), French starter Maxime Ray

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