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Trail Blazers Take Kings to OT, Fall Just Short

If you like pretty NBA basketball, you should probably not look at the Portland Trail Blazers and Sacramento Kings right now. Sacramento isn’t clicking on all cylinders. The inexperienced and increasingly-injured Blazers don’t even have cylinders to click on.

But boy, did these two franchises engage in a fierce battle on Wednesday night at Golden1 Center. Fast pace of play, prodigious rebounding, and an all-hands commitment to score deep in the paint led to a knock-down, drag-out fight between teams hungry for a win.

Appropriately, the game came down to the final possession of overtime. Portland had a chance to win it, but fell just short, 121-118, in what was surely one of the most spirited and excusable losses they’ll face this season.