On December 27, Beijing time, the All-Players Kings faced off against the Trail Blazers, and faced the Trail Blazers, who lacked the two main forces of Ayton and Sharp, and the Kings led by 1 point in the first quarter. It's just that the Kings only have the dual core support of Fox and Sabonis Jr., and the Kings continued to be suppressed by the Trail Blazers after a multi-point flowering once trailed by 19 points, and fell behind 20+ in the final quarter and were unable to return to the sky, and finally the Kings lost to the Trail Blazers 113-130 to swallow 2 consecutive defeats, and were overtaken by the Mavericks and fell out of the top four in the West. The Kings joined the empty slashing group, and Fox scored 43 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, tying the season's highest scoring record, only 1 point away from the career record, and set a career record with 7 three-pointers. Sabonis Jr. scored 34 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists, Simmons scored 29 points and former Qingdao foreign aid Reece scored 25 points, leading the Trail Blazers to score six double-doubles.
In the first meeting of the season, the Kings narrowly defeated the Trail Blazers 121-118, and in the absence of Fox in the game, Sabonis Jr. 27+11+9 quasi-triple-double, and joined hands with Monk 23+6+10 to activate the team's six players to score a double-double victory. Trail Blazer Grant 38+9+5, leading five people to score double-doubles and still lose. The Kings are fully healthy in this game, and the Trail Blazers are missing three players: Ayton, Sharpe and Williams, especially Ayton and Sharpe scored 18 points last time they faced the Kings. At the beginning of the game, Fox and Sabonis Jr. took the lead to help the Kings take a 10-2 lead, but the Trail Blazers stubbornly fought back with the help of team offense to chase points, and the Kings were chased to 33-32 in the first quarter and only led the Trail Blazers by 1 point, of which Sabonis Jr. scored 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in 6 of 8 in the first quarter.
It's just that the Kings then played against the Trail Blazers, but they were continuously suppressed by the Trail Blazers in the offensive mode, and only Fox and Sabonis Jr. were able to maintain a stable offensive output for the Kings. The Kings trailed by 19 points at 46-65 at one point, losing by eight points at 27-35 in the second quarter, and the Kings were outscored by seven points at 60-67 in the first half. Sabonis Jr. scored another 6 points in the second quarter, scoring 20 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists on 9-of-11 shooting in the first two quarters, and Fox also scored 21 points on 9-of-11 in the first two quarters, but the Trail Blazers scored three double-doubles, Simmons 14 points, former Qingdao foreign aid Reece 13 points and Walker 12 points.
In the rematch, the Kings continued to rely on the dual-core score to attack the Trail Blazers team, and the offensive firepower of the King's dual-core was extremely ferocious. Fox scored 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting in the third quarter, and he was 13-of-18 in the first three quarters, especially 5-of-9 from the outside, and had already scored 35 points and eight rebounds. As for Sabonis Jr., who scored 10 points in 3 of 4 in a single quarter, he has already scored 30 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in the first three quarters. Fox and Sabonis Jr. combined for 24 points in the third quarter, but the Kings lost by two more points at 35-37 in the third quarter, and the Kings expanded the gap by nine points at 95-104 at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter, the Kings were still powerless to reverse the decline, but once trailed by 20 points at 107-127. The Kings were also powerless to recover, and they unfortunately lost to the Trail Blazers, who were at the bottom of the West, allowing the Kings to swallow two consecutive defeats and lose the top four positions in the West. (Wen drunk lying on the float).