Despite playing against a six-win Sacramento Kings team that hadn’t won at home since Nov. 5, the Portland Trail Blazers couldn’t rid themselves of suspense on Wednesday night. Portland held a lead for much of this game, effectively bringing the shovel and digging the hole. Though when all was said and done, they were the ones buried under in 125-121 loss.
This loss — the Blazers’ eighth defeat in nine road games to start 2021-22 — put a damper on both Jusuf Nurkic’s marquee night (28 points, 17 rebounds, five assists), as well as Damian Lillard’s (30 points, 10 assists) and Nassir Little’s 16-point performance.