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.