Overview
- Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. Pacific at Golden 1 Center, with TV coverage on NBATV and KUNP and local streaming available via BlazerVision.
- Sacramento has won four straight at home and recently welcomed back Domantas Sabonis, who logged 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists in 21 minutes against Washington.
- Portland enters on a surge with nine wins in 12 games and a 132-116 victory over the Lakers on Saturday in the first leg of a back-to-back.
- Injury outlook: the Blazers list Scoot Henderson, Damian Lillard, Kris Murray, Matisse Thybulle and Blake Wesley as out, Deni Avdija as doubtful, and Robert Williams III as questionable; the Kings list Keon Ellis as questionable and Keegan Murray as out.
- Betting lines favor Sacramento at -2.5 (moneyline -148; over/under 228.5), and Portland leads the season series 2-0 entering this third meeting.