Portland flips the game after halftime
The Trail Blazers beat the Sacramento Kings 128-120 on Friday night in the Kings’ home opener, coming back from a 12-point deficit in the first quarter. Portland is 2-0. Sacramento is 0-2 after a second straight loss to start the season.
The Kings led 64-59 at the break and never trailed in the first half. Then Portland opened the third quarter on a 15-0 run, with Toumani Camara scoring the last seven points, and moved ahead 74-64. The Blazers went 8 for 9 from three in a 44-point quarter and committed a single turnover in that stretch.
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Avdija leads, Sabonis answers
Deni Avdija scored 26 points to lead Portland. Damian Lillard and Camara each added 19, with Camara hitting five threes. Sidy Cissoko had 15, all in the first half, Robert Williams III scored 13, and Ja Morant and Jrue Holiday had 12 apiece. Donovan Clingan grabbed 10 rebounds.
Sacramento got a strong night from rookie Darius Acuff Jr., who scored 33 in his second career game. Domantas Sabonis recorded 27 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists, the 69th triple-double of his career. Zach LaVine scored 22.
The Kings made one last push when an Acuff three cut the margin to 118-113 with 4:51 left. Camara answered with a three of his own, and Clingan scored four straight to put Portland up seven with 1:50 to play. Avdija sealed it with two free throws at 28.3 seconds. The Blazers have now beaten Sacramento five times in a row.
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