Kings win four in a row and four out five overall after beating the Portland Trail Blazers at the Golden 1 Center.
Sacramento’s bench scored 58 points as they totaled 50 percent of the Kings points, which included the team’s first 22 points of the fourth quarter. The Kings are now 3-8 in games this season when their bench collectively scores 50-plus points.
Portland Trail Blazers 107 (26-19) - Sacramento Kings 115 (23-21)
“That’s a good win for us against a team that got us the other night. I know they are on a tough part of their schedule coming on a second night of a back-to-back against Denver. I thought our guys played really, really hard. We’re playing hard, we’re defending, making extra efforts. Sometimes we’re outsized but we are scrapping like crazy.” said Kings Head Coach dave Joerger.
The Sacramento Kings win their third game in a row as they beat the Portland Trail Blazers, 115-107, in front of a sold out crowd at Golden 1 Center. Sacramento also picked up their fourth straight victory at home marking their longest home winning streak this season, which began on Jan. 7 vs. Orlando.
“… I’m extremely confident in the way I’m shooting. Evan [Turner] went under the screen and I’ve just got to make a shot. I think I only made three shots today, but I made a big one.” De’Aaron Fox responded, after being questioned about his jumper and taking three pointers.
Sacramento was down early as Portland made the first bucket of the night and would hold the lead over the Kings for the entire first period as the Blazers were up 27-24 through the first 12 minutes. The Purple and Black would limit Portland to just 17 second quarter points as the Kings went on a 20-6 run from the 10:44 mark to the 4:27 point in the second quarter. This is the fifth game and second straight where Sacramento has held an opponent to 17 points or less in a quarter.
Sacramento would take the lead with the score at 30-29 and then again at 33-30 with 9:25 to play in the first half as the Kings would not give up the lead for the remainder of the contest. Portland would cut the Kings lead to as little as four in the second half with the score at 63-59 before Sacramento hit a 7-0 run to go up by 11.
The Kings held nine of Portland’s 10 players to 15 or less points. Damian Lillard was not one of those 10 players held under 10 points, as he game-high 35 points surpasses the 12,000-point plateau. Lillard went 11-for-27 from the field and 9-for-9 from the charity stripe to go with five assists. Lillard totaled 12,000-plus points in 514 games, the fewest games needed for a Blazers player to score 12,000 points.
The Kings went 43-of-87 from the field as (.494) while the Trail Blazers shot .402 percent as they were 39- for-92 on field goals. Sacramento is 19-5 this season when they are outshooting their opponent from the field.
With the Kings maintaining their halftime lead, they are now 13-4 in outings when they are ahead of their opponents through 24 minutes.
Bogdan Bogdanovic chipped in 18 points off the bench while Marvin Bagley III collected his fifth double-double with 13 points and 11 boards.
Damian Lillard notched a game-high 35 points as he surpassed the 12,000-point plateau. Lillard went 11-for-27 from the field and 9-for-9 from the charity stripe to go with five assists. Lillard totaled 12,000-plus points in 514 games, the fewest games needed for a Blazers player to score 12,000 points.
Buddy Hield finished with a team-high 19 points as he shot 7-for-10 from the field and added seven rebounds.
De’Aaron Fox recorded 16 points, nine assists and two steals as he pushes his steals streak to 14 straight games, the longest active streak in the NBA.