Sacramento Kings vs Portland Trail Blazers Match Player Stats On Nov 18, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Nov 19, 2017

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Portland Trail Blazers gained revenge Saturday night with a steady 102-90 pounding of the Sacramento Kings at Moda Center.

The Trail Blazers took the lead for good in the second quarter, put themselves in control early in the third quarter and finished off the Kings in the fourth quarter, one night after falling to them in Sacramento.

CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard led the Blazers with 25 and 22 points, respectively. Center Jusuf Nurkic had 14 points and seven rebounds.

Off the bench, Shabazz Napier and Meyers Leonard each scored 11 points for Portland.

Willie Cauley-Stein had 18 points and Zach Randolph 17 to lead six Kings in double figures.

Portland (9-7) improved to 7-4 at home. Sacramento (4-12) is 1-9 on the road.

The Kings had beaten the Trail Blazers 86-82 at home on Friday, when Portland was listless and shot 37 percent from the field, going 7 of 25 on 3-pointers.

On their home floor, the Trail Blazers were much better marksmen while again defending solidly, especially around the basket. Portland shot 54.3 percent from the field and limited Sacramento to 38.2 percent.

The Friday victory over Portland was "emotional for us," Kings coach Dave Joerger said before the rematch, noting that Sacramento had just lost by 46 points at Atlanta.

The Trail Blazers, smarting somewhat similarly from their lack of firepower on Friday, wanted to make amends quickly, and they had little trouble doing so against a sluggish Sacramento outfit.

Portland led 21-20 after a sloppy first quarter by both teams.

The Trail Blazers shot 57.9 percent in the second quarter and the Kings fired at a 36.3 percent clip, enabling Portland to pull out to a 53-41 halftime lead.

Nurkic and McCollum led the Blazers with 10 points apiece in the half, and Randolph had 12 points for the Kings.

Portland boosted its lead to 80-63 going into the fourth quarter, leading by as many as 22 points in the third quarter.

The Trail Blazers will launch a five-game trip Monday at Memphis. The Kings' next three games are at home, starting with Denver on Monday.

NOTES: The win was Portland's ninth in a row at home over the Kings. ... Trail Blazers PF Ed Davis returned as a reserve after missing a game with an injured left ankle. Portland started Noah Vonleh at the position. ... Kings G Buddy Hield, second on the team in scoring with 11.6 points per game, sprained his right ankle late in Friday's 86-82 victory at home over Portland and wasn't able to go in the rematch. ... Kings starting C Zach Randolph, once a standout PF for the Trail Blazers, had no points in the Friday game, going 0 of 4 from the field in 14 minutes. On Saturday, he went 6 of 11 from the field and scored 17 points in 22 minutes. ... Kings coach Dave Joerger called the Blazers "an offensive juggernaut when they're rolling. Multi-talented. We were fortunate (Friday) -- they missed some shots."