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Sacramento Kings vs. Portland Trail Blazers

December 20, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Trail Blazers beat the Kings 98-93 on 2025-12-20 on the road against the Kings. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Precious Achiuwa, Keegan Murray, and Maxime Raynaud. The Trail Blazers started Deni Avdija, Shaedon Sharpe, Kris Murray, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. Shaedon Sharpe (Trail Blazers) scored 8 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Russell Westbrook as his primary defender. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 9 points (3/4) in his matchups, with Shaedon Sharpe as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings 93

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Keegan Murray GS 39:42 15 6 2 0 0 2 3 7-19 0-6 1-1 -2
DeMar DeRozan GS 34:56 15 5 1 5 0 1 0 5-12 1-6 4-5 -5
Maxime Raynaud GS 30:30 17 11 1 1 1 5 3 7-13 0-0 3-4 -23
Russell Westbrook GS 30:24 7 8 7 4 0 1 3 2-10 0-5 3-6 -21
Precious Achiuwa GS 9:34 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0-6 0-1 2-2 -18
Dennis Schröder 31:08 21 5 6 1 0 4 3 6-13 3-7 6-7 +15
Nique Clifford 29:20 12 5 1 2 0 0 2 5-11 2-6 0-0 +11
Dylan Cardwell 20:46 4 8 0 1 5 2 1 1-3 0-0 2-6 +18
Keon Ellis 10:15 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Dario Šarić 3:25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Totals 93 50 18 14 6 15 19 33-87 6-31 21-31

Did not play: Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Malik Monk (DNP - Coach's Decision)

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers 98

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Deni Avdija GS 40:10 24 7 11 1 0 5 5 6-18 3-9 9-10 +16
Toumani Camara GS 36:31 15 6 2 4 0 4 2 5-14 4-10 1-2 +9
Kris Murray GS 35:37 9 3 0 2 0 1 2 3-7 1-3 2-4 +13
Shaedon Sharpe GS 34:19 23 4 3 2 0 5 3 10-19 2-4 1-2 +17
Donovan Clingan GS 30:09 14 14 0 1 2 2 2 6-7 1-1 1-3 +13
Sidy Cissoko 23:34 1 3 1 0 0 2 3 0-5 0-3 1-2 -15
Robert Williams III 17:53 10 9 1 2 1 1 2 4-5 0-0 2-2 -6
Caleb Love 9:25 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1-5 0-1 0-0 -13
Rayan Rupert 8:07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -5
Duop Reath 4:14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -4
Totals 98 46 18 12 3 20 20 35-81 11-32 17-25

Did not play: Jerami Grant (DND - Injury/Illness), Jrue Holiday (DND - Injury/Illness), Damian Lillard (DND - Injury/Illness), Matisse Thybulle (DND - Injury/Illness), Hansen Yang (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Kings defense

Defender Guarded most
Keegan Murray Kris Murray: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Deni Avdija: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
DeMar DeRozan Toumani Camara: 33 poss., 10 pts (4/9) · Shaedon Sharpe: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Russell Westbrook Shaedon Sharpe: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Deni Avdija: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Maxime Raynaud Donovan Clingan: 22 poss., 8 pts (4/6) · Kris Murray: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Dennis Schröder Shaedon Sharpe: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Toumani Camara: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Nique Clifford Deni Avdija: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Sidy Cissoko: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dylan Cardwell Robert Williams III: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Donovan Clingan: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Keon Ellis Shaedon Sharpe: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sidy Cissoko: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Precious Achiuwa Donovan Clingan: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/5) · Duop Reath: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dario Saric Deni Avdija: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kris Murray: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Trail Blazers defense

Defender Guarded most
Deni Avdija Keegan Murray: 26 poss., 8 pts (2/7) · Nique Clifford: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Toumani Camara DeMar DeRozan: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Keegan Murray: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kris Murray Keegan Murray: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · DeMar DeRozan: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Shaedon Sharpe Russell Westbrook: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Dennis Schröder: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Donovan Clingan Maxime Raynaud: 30 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Dylan Cardwell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sidy Cissoko Nique Clifford: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Russell Westbrook: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Robert Williams III Dylan Cardwell: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Maxime Raynaud: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Love Dennis Schröder: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Russell Westbrook: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rayan Rupert DeMar DeRozan: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Russell Westbrook: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Duop Reath Precious Achiuwa: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dylan Cardwell: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)