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Portland Trail Blazers vs. Sacramento Kings

December 18, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Trail Blazers beat the Kings 134-133 on 2025-12-18 at home. The Trail Blazers started Jerami Grant, Deni Avdija, Shaedon Sharpe, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Precious Achiuwa, Keegan Murray, and Maxime Raynaud. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 14 points (4/13) in his matchups, with Shaedon Sharpe as his primary defender. Shaedon Sharpe (Trail Blazers) scored 13 points (5/7) in his matchups, with Russell Westbrook as his primary defender.

Box score

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

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers 134

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Deni Avdija GS 42:13 35 5 5 1 0 5 2 12-19 1-5 10-12 +4
Jerami Grant GS 40:26 20 9 5 0 1 3 1 7-18 3-10 3-3 +6
Shaedon Sharpe GS 35:06 26 4 4 1 0 4 2 11-22 4-6 0-2 -7
Donovan Clingan GS 34:58 19 8 4 0 2 1 4 6-9 2-4 5-13 +11
Toumani Camara GS 34:37 17 8 5 0 0 2 6 6-12 3-8 2-2 +13
Sidy Cissoko 28:35 3 0 3 2 0 2 4 1-6 1-4 0-0 -12
Kris Murray 17:19 7 3 1 1 2 1 5 3-6 0-3 1-1 -18
Robert Williams III 17:13 2 6 2 0 1 1 0 1-3 0-1 0-0 -1
Caleb Love 8:39 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 2-7 1-4 0-0 +7
Duop Reath 4:14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 +2
Rayan Rupert 1:40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 134 44 30 6 6 19 27 49-103 15-45 21-33

Did not play: Damian Lillard (DNP - Injury/Illness), Matisse Thybulle (DNP - Injury/Illness), Blake Wesley (DNP - Injury/Illness), Hansen Yang (DNP - Coach's Decision)

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings 133

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Keegan Murray GS 42:48 17 3 2 2 4 2 3 8-17 1-4 0-0 +5
Maxime Raynaud GS 36:52 29 11 2 2 0 2 3 10-20 1-3 8-9 -1
Russell Westbrook GS 35:25 20 3 10 0 0 3 4 8-11 0-0 4-4 +2
DeMar DeRozan GS 34:51 33 4 3 2 0 2 4 10-16 3-4 10-10 +4
Precious Achiuwa GS 14:00 2 5 2 1 0 1 1 1-5 0-0 0-0 -3
Keon Ellis 32:27 10 4 3 6 0 3 5 3-9 1-6 3-3 +7
Dennis Schröder 22:20 6 2 6 0 0 2 0 2-6 0-0 2-2 -12
Nique Clifford 19:57 8 2 0 0 0 1 3 3-6 0-1 2-2 -1
Dylan Cardwell 16:08 8 7 1 0 3 1 3 3-3 0-0 2-4 0
Dario Šarić 10:12 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 -6
Totals 133 42 29 13 7 18 29 48-94 6-19 31-34

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

Lineups

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

SAC
Sacramento Kings
Sacramento Kings

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.

Trail Blazers defense

Defender Guarded most
Deni Avdija Keegan Murray: 33 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Keon Ellis: 14 poss., 11 pts (3/4)
Jerami Grant DeMar DeRozan: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Russell Westbrook: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Donovan Clingan Maxime Raynaud: 55 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Russell Westbrook: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Shaedon Sharpe Russell Westbrook: 24 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Keon Ellis: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Toumani Camara Keegan Murray: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DeMar DeRozan: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Sidy Cissoko DeMar DeRozan: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Russell Westbrook: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Murray Keon Ellis: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Keegan Murray: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Robert Williams III Dylan Cardwell: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nique Clifford: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Love Dennis Schröder: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Keon Ellis: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Duop Reath Dario Saric: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dylan Cardwell: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rayan Rupert Dennis Schröder: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keon Ellis: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Kings defense

Defender Guarded most
Keegan Murray Deni Avdija: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Toumani Camara: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/7)
Maxime Raynaud Donovan Clingan: 43 poss., 16 pts (6/12) · Shaedon Sharpe: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Russell Westbrook Shaedon Sharpe: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jerami Grant: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
DeMar DeRozan Jerami Grant: 28 poss., 10 pts (3/6) · Toumani Camara: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Keon Ellis Deni Avdija: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jerami Grant: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nique Clifford Sidy Cissoko: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Deni Avdija: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dennis Schröder Caleb Love: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Toumani Camara: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Precious Achiuwa Deni Avdija: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Toumani Camara: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dylan Cardwell Robert Williams III: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Kris Murray: 3 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Dario Saric Duop Reath: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kris Murray: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)