On December 27, Beijing time, the Trail Blazers hosted the Kings. Sabonis and Huerter helped the Kings get off to a 10-2 run in the first quarter, and then Brogdon and Grant also began to work together to tie up and take a 9-0 lead. After that, the two sides alternated scores, and the Trail Blazers ended the first quarter trailing 32-33.
In the second quarter of the game, the Trail Blazers launched a wave of 13-2 to open the score in one fell swoop, and the difference between the two sides came to 19 points after Henderson assisted his teammates to hit two three-pointers in succession. However, the Kings immediately closed the score with a 9-0 run, and Fox scored five straight points in the final minute to give the Trail Blazers a 67-60 lead to end the half.
In the second half, the Kings played 2+1 in a row to try to catch up with the score, but the Trail Blazers could always stabilize the situation by playing steadily, and the difference returned to double digits after scoring 6 points in a row at the end of the quarter. Fox then stepped up to score six straight points as the Trail Blazers ended the third quarter with a 104-95 lead.
In the final quarter of the game, the Trail Blazers scored three three-pointers in a row and played a wave of 7-0 to gradually expand the lead, and after Grant's dunk, the Trail Blazers' lead reached 20 points, and the game gradually lost suspense. In the end, the game ended with the Trail Blazers winning 130-113 over the Kings.
Daron Fox had 43 points and 8 rebounds;Domantas Sabonis 34 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists;Harrison Barnes had 9 points and 5 rebounds;Malik Monk 7 points;Keegan Murray 5 points.
Anfernee Simmons 29 points;Dupu Reese had 25 points and 9 rebounds;Scout Henderson 17 points and 11 assists;Marco Brogdon 19 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists;Jerami Grant 13 points.
King: All healthy.
Trail Blazers: Deandre Ayton is out with a right knee injury;Sheedon Sharpe is out with a right adductor strain;Ish Waynewright is out with a knee injury;Robert Williams III is out for the season with a torn ligament in his right knee.
Commenting on the defeat, Mike Brown said: "We didn't do well defensively tonight, and defense has been our weak link. We gave the opposition 130 points and let their benches do whatever they wanted, and it was destined to be a difficult night tonight. "We're not making the Trail Blazers feel like we're defensive, we're just exchanging points with them. ”
Hundreds of spectators