Steve's Place122-110 final. Portland, with the win over Sacramento, clinches the 8th seed in the play-in, and will play Phoenix, the 7th seed, on Tuesday. It's on Amazon Prime.
Portland up 122-106 with 1:39 to go. The bench is in.
It's 114-101 Portland, with 5:07 to go in the game.
Sacramento calls timeout with the score 101-86 Portland at the 10:08 mark of the 4th quarter.
96-84 Blazers after 3. The Kings started the half by whittling a 20-point Portland lead down to 7.
Deni Advija has played 16:46 in this game. I think he needed to play a minimum of 15 minutes to be eligible for postseason awards.
At halftime, it's 77-57 Portland over Sacramento.
Blazers up 59-47 with 4:57 left in the 2nd. Scoot has been very active, hitting 3's, dishing, cutting, and dunking. Deni's a bit banged up, but playing through it.
At the 7:40 mark of the 2nd quarter, it's 45-39 Blazers. Kings called a timeout after Scoot dazzled fans with some footwork.
Tied at 33 after 1.