SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Jamal Murray scored the go-ahead shot with 8.6 seconds left and the Denver Nuggets beat the Sacramento Kings 130-129 on Monday night.

Nikola Jokic recorded his 10th NBA triple-double with 20 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists as the Nuggets snapped their three-game winning streak in Sacramento. Murray scored 28 points while Russell Westbrook had 18 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists.

Denver (14-10) trailed by 10 with four minutes left before storming back with a 14-3 spurt.

The teams traded leads seven times in the final 75 seconds, with Murray hitting the game-winning shot about 12 seconds after DeMar DeRozan gave the Kings (13-14) the lead with a baseline dunk.

DeRozan missed the ball in the final seconds and the Nuggets held on.

Domantas Sabonis scored 28 points, 14 rebounds and six assists for the Kings. De’Aaron Fox added 29 points and seven assists. Malik Monk scored 25.

Takeaways

Nuggets: Westbrook was an important player for Denver. The nine-time All-Star spent most of the season coming off the bench, but has made several good starts at various positions – like Monday, when he filled in for the injured Christian Braun.

Kings: Mike Brown’s team showed good energy and regained the lead after faltering on both ends of the court early in the game and falling behind 41-21 at the end of a quarter. Denver was the more physical team for most of the night, although the Kings played much better in the second half.

Key moment

Aaron Gordon hit a three-pointer with 1:49 left to bring the Nuggets within one point. Michael Porter Jr. made a steal at the other end and Jokic scored on an assist from Westbrook to give Denver a 123-122 lead with 1:15 left before the game went back and forth the rest of the way.

Key statistics

Denver scored 76 points on the season, 33 more than Sacramento allowed this season.

Next

Nuggets: Take on the Trail Blazers on Thursday in Portland.

Kings: Host the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday.

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