Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons got off to another ho-hum start versus the Sacramento Kings at home Friday night — at least in terms of shooting the ball.
Simons scored just two points in the first half on 1-4 shooting. He tossed four assists, and the Blazers led, 54-50. Still, those two points were loudly quiet from a $100 million man who got that payday and the nickname “Antferno” due to volcanic scoring eruptions. He was likely on his way to getting crucified by box-score vultures for another cold shooting night in a season that has uncharacteristically seen several of them through 20 games.