Sunday, November 04, 2001 - Nick Van Exel is still scoring at will. As for the rest of the Denver Nuggets, it's a different story.

 
Nugget's Avery Johnson, goes up for a shot over the Kings Mike Bibby, in the second quarter of Saturday nights game at the Pepsi Center.  
GAME WRAP
- Box score

- NBA West standings

- NBA East standings

BY THE NUMBERS

Right numbers: Nick Van Exel scored a game-high 32 points and is averaging 34.3 points per game. Van Exel also had seven assists and moved past David Thompson into eighth place on the Nuggets' all-time assists list. Van Exel has 1,706 as a Nugget.

Wrong numbers: Outside of Van Exel, the rest of the Nuggets made 21of64 shots (32.8 percent) against the Kings. The Nuggets are 0-2 at home for the first time since 1998-99 season. The Kings outscored Denver 32-17 in the second quarter.

Next: At Houston on Tuesday .

Final thought: The Nuggets went from desperately needing a third scorer to desperately needing a second.

Van Exel scored a game-high 32 points against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night. But no other Nugget helped the cause during a 106-94 loss to the Kings at the Pepsi Center.