Damian Lillard was a rookie. Isaiah Thomas was the Kings’ third-leading scorer. The Heat were about to win their second championship.
The Curiosity Rover had just landed on Mars. The original “Avengers” movie had just been released. We still believed the guy who made the Kony 2012 movie. No one knew what Sandy Hook was, but we just lived through Hurricane Sandy. Barack Obama had recently been re-elected.
Those were all of the things that were happening the last time the Sacramento Kings beat the Trail Blazers in Portland.
The Kings would love to buck that trend tonight.