—– Deni Avdija finished with a season-high 34 points and Damian Lillard added 29 points and six assists as the Portland Trail Blazers improved to 6-1 on the road with a 120-107 victory over the Sacramento Kings Friday night at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California.
Trail Blazers kicked-off their road trip in style!
Deni Avdija scored a season-high 34 points and Damian Lillard added 29 points and six assists as the Portland Trail Blazers improved to 6-1 on the road with a 120-107 victory over the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center.
Domantas Sabonis led Sacramento (1-11) with 21 points and 12 rebounds and Darius Acuff Jr. added 17.
Portland (9-3) controlled the first half and took an 11-point lead into the locker room. The Trail Blazers used a 7-2 run to open the fourth and took their largest lead of the game at 100-80.
Sacramento used a 16-5 run to cut Portland’s lead to single-digits but never mounted a serious threat.
Portland connected on 40% of their shots from beyond-the-arc and made 29-of-31 from the free throw line.
Up Next- The Trail Blazers will travel to Minneapolis for the first of back-to-back games on Monday. The game is scheduled to tip off at 5:00 PM.
Chad’s Take- 6-1 on the road to start the season is awesome!