The shorthanded Kings were rolling through three quarters against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night at Ball Arena, with Sacramento leading Nikola Jokić and Co. by as many as 14 points in the third.

Westbrook went for 25 points, two steals, two blocks and a corner three with 1:28 to go that doubled Denver’s lead. Sacramento did not go quietly — Zach LaVine answered 20 seconds later to creep back within one score — but the Nuggets made the stops and free throws necessary to escape.

The Nuggets are led by superstar center Nikola Jokic, who has won three of the last four NBA MVP awards and is potentially on his way to another. Jokic is averaging 28.9 points, 12.7 rebounds, and 10.4 assists per game, but will he be suiting up on Wednesday night?

The Sacramento Kings had big nights from DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine, but fall in a battle to the Denver Nuggets 110-116.

Denver: Nikola Jokic – QUESTIONABLE, Aaron Gordon – QUESTIONABLE, Zeke Nnaji – QUESTIONABLE, Peyton Watson – QUESTIONABLE, Vlatko Cancar – QUESTIONABLE, Julian Strawther – OUT, DaRon Holmes II – OUT

Nikola Jokić had the special indignity of not only being a bit of an unknown on draft night in 2014, but having his selection take place during the middle of a Taco Bell commercial on ESPN. And in

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — NBA rebounding leader Domantas Sabonis is out indefinitely after straining his left hamstring Saturday night in the Sacramento Kings’ victory in Houston. The Kings said Sunday that Sabonis has a grade 1 strain and that it would update his status in a week.

It was a night to forget for Nikola Jokic. His Denver Nuggets side lost to the Boston Celtics on Sunday afternoon after being left bloodied by a familiar injury to his arm. The Nuggets nearly

Nikola Jokić moves ahead of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at the top of the mix in an MVP Ladder filled with changes.