Malik Monk made a crucial 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter, De’Aaron Fox finished with 26 points and a career-high 16 assists, and the Sacramento Kings defeated the Denver Nuggets 123-117 on Saturday to spoil Nikola Jokic’s eighth triple-double in the NBA.

For the most part, the Kings had a commanding lead, but with four minutes left in the game, Jokic’s lone 3-pointer gave Denver its best run of the game, bringing the team within 112-110.

Fox then made a contested jumper in the key, before Monk´s corner 3-pointer with 1:11 helped seal the win as chants of “Light the beam! Light the beam” broke out inside Golden 1 Center.

Jokic finished with 36 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds, the 114th career triple-double for Denver´s big man. The rest of the NBA had eight triple-doubles combined going into the night.

Monk scored 26 points while Domantas Sabonis added 17 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists.

Reggie Jackson scored 20 points for the Nuggets, who looked much crisper on offense with Aaron Gordon back in the lineup after missing four games with a right heel sprain. Gordon had 17 points and seven rebounds.

It wasn´t enough as the Kings ended the Nuggets’ hopes of winning a third consecutive road game for the first time since the playoffs last season.

Jokic gave the Nuggets an early boost with 16 points in the first quarter as Denver led 30-25.

When Jokic went to the bench in the second quarter, the Kings went on a 17-4 run punctuated by Monk´s drive and dish to JaVale McGee for an easy dunk.