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Portland Trail Blazers at Sacramento Kings

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12-16, 7-10 Away
Final
98 - 93

6-22, 3-9 Home
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Trail Blazers beats Kings 98-93 to sweep home-and-home series

Shaedon Sharpe elevates for absurd poster over Russell Westbrook

The Trail Blazers beat the Kings 134-133 in overtime at home Thursday night on Avdija's late free throws. He has scored 20 or more points in all but five games this season.

Shadedon Sharpe added 23 points, Toumani Camara had 15 points and Donovan Clingan finished with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Portland has won three in a row to improve to 12-16.

Dennis Schroder had 21 points for Sacramento, and rookie Maxime Raynaud had 17 points and 12 rebounds. The Kings have lost five in a row and nine of 10 to fall to 6-22.

Sacramento star Domantas Sabonis is still out with a left knee injury for about four or five weeks.

Up next Timberwolves: Host Detroit on Monday night.

Kings: Host Houston on Sunday night.

Regular Season Series

POR leads series 2-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 98 - 93
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 98 - 93
4th 3.1 Deni Avdija defensive rebound 98 - 93
4th 3.1 DeMar DeRozan misses 27-foot three point jumper 98 - 93
4th 5.4 Dennis Schroder offensive rebound 98 - 93

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/por.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originPOR https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sac.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originSAC
35-81 FG 33-87
43 Field Goal % 38
11-32 3PT 6-31
34 Three Point % 19
17-25 FT 21-31
68 Free Throw % 68
46 Rebounds 50
10 Offensive Rebounds 18
36 Defensive Rebounds 32
18 Assists 18
12 Steals 14
3 Blocks 6
20 Turnovers 15
0 Team Turnovers 3
20 Total Turnovers 18
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
24 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 9
15 Fast Break Points 7
42 Points in Paint 36
20 Fouls 19
13 Largest Lead 1
2 Lead Changes 2
91 Percent Led 1
Sacramento Kings Sacramento Kings Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Keegan Murray, F Out Jan 6
Portland Trail Blazers Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Deni Avdija, F Day-To-Day Jan 22
Kris Murray, F Out Jan 21
Scoot Henderson, G Out Jan 21
Matisse Thybulle, G Out Jan 16
Blake Wesley, G Out Nov 5

Game Information

Golden 1 Center

Location: Sacramento, CA
Attendance: 15,963 · Capacity:

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 37 8 .822 - W2
Denver 30 15 .667 7 W1
Minnesota 27 18 .600 10 L4
Portland 23 22 .511 14 W4
Utah 15 30 .333 22 L1

2025-26 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Phoenix - 17 W3 0.6136364 27
LA Lakers 0.5 17 L1 0.60465115 26
Golden State 3 21 L2 0.54347825 25
LA Clippers 7 24 W1 0.45454547 20
Sacramento 15.5 33 L3 0.26666668 12
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