Portland Trail Blazers at Sacramento Kings
· National Basketball AssociationTrail Blazers beats Kings 98-93 to sweep home-and-home series
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.
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
 POR |
 SAC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|
Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Shaedon Sharpe, G | Out | Aug 24 |
Game Information
Location: Sacramento, CA
Attendance: 15,963 · Capacity:
2026-27 Northwest Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Denver |
0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
 Minnesota |
0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
 Portland |
0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
 Oklahoma City |
0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
 Utah |
0 | 0 | .000 | - | - |
2026-27 Pacific Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Golden State |
- | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
 LA Clippers |
- | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
 LA Lakers |
- | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
 Phoenix |
- | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
 Sacramento |
- | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
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