What was supposed to be a memorable night for Sacramento Kings rookie Tyrese Haliburton unfortunately ended up being a night that he and his teammates will want to want to forget as soon as possible. On Saturday, the day of Haliburton’s first career NBA start, the Kings were blown out by the Portland Trail Blazers 125-99. The Kings have now lost five of their last six games.
Haliburton had a nice stat line in his first-ever NBA start, tallying 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the field and dishing out a game-high eight assists, but he and his teammates had a difficult time keeping with the Trail Blazers on the defensive end — something that has become a theme for them in their most recent games.