Portland Trail Blazers – Sacramento Kings · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 18 January 2026

POR117–110SAC

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↑ SAC winsPOR wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when SAC leads and falls when POR does.

This is how the game was decided.

Deni Avdija decided it, the Portland Trail Blazers player with the most points (30, with 8 rebounds and 8 assists; +4 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Donovan Clingan's (+17). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

Sacramento Kings 110-117 Portland Trail Blazers (January 18, 2026) was not decided in the closing minutes: the Portland Trail Blazers went ahead for good in the second quarter (4:41 left), with a jump shot by Caleb Love for 46-45, and never gave up the lead.

The biggest run of Sacramento Kings 110-117 Portland Trail Blazers (January 18, 2026) was a 8-0 run by the Portland Trail Blazers in the second quarter (from 3:32 to 2:09), from 49-47 to 57-47. The Sacramento Kings' best was a 7-0 run in the first quarter (from 3:41 to 2:44), from 21-26 to 28-26.

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I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · POR

Camara · Cissoko · Sharpe · Avdija · Rupert

Closing lineup · SAC

DeRozan · Westbrook · LaVine · Raynaud · Monk

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POR

Donovan Clingan

37′ · +17

Toumani Camara

36′ · +16

Sidy Cissoko

34′ · +10

Shaedon Sharpe

34′ · 0

Deni Avdija

32′ · +4

Duop Reath

12′ · -11

Hansen Yang

9′ · -7

Caleb Love

22′ · +14

Rayan Rupert

16′ · -7

Javonte Cooke

7′ · -1

SAC

DeMar DeRozan

35′ · -14

Russell Westbrook

34′ · -7

Zach LaVine

29′ · -7

Maxime Raynaud

23′ · -4

Precious Achiuwa

18′ · -14

Dylan Cardwell

26′ · +3

Nique Clifford

13′ · +7

Domantas Sabonis

20′ · +1

Dennis Schroder

18′ · -6

Malik Monk

26′ · +6

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. POR and SAC.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Portland Trail Blazers

Avdija, Sharpe, Cissoko, Camara, and Clingan played 17.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Avdija, Love, Camara, Reath, and Yang played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Sharpe, Cissoko, Cooke, Rupert, and Clingan played 4.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Sacramento Kings

Achiuwa, Raynaud, Westbrook, DeRozan, and LaVine played 11.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 12 points.
Monk, Cardwell, Westbrook, DeRozan, and LaVine played 6.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Sabonis, Monk, Clifford, Cardwell, and Schroder played 5.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

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Portland Trail Blazers

Love, Cissoko, Cooke, Rupert, and Clingan played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Avdija, Sharpe, Camara, Reath, and Yang played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 12 points.
Avdija, Love, Cissoko, Camara, and Clingan played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Sharpe, Love, Rupert, Camara, and Clingan played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Sharpe, Love, Cissoko, Camara, and Clingan played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Avdija, Love, Cissoko, Rupert, and Reath played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Avdija, Love, Rupert, Reath, and Yang played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Sharpe, Cissoko, Rupert, Camara, and Clingan played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Sharpe, Love, Camara, Reath, and Clingan played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Sacramento Kings

Sabonis, Cardwell, Westbrook, DeRozan, and LaVine played 5.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Sabonis, Monk, Clifford, Raynaud, and Schroder played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Raynaud, Cardwell, Westbrook, DeRozan, and LaVine played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Achiuwa, Cardwell, Westbrook, DeRozan, and LaVine played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Monk, Achiuwa, Raynaud, Westbrook, and DeRozan played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Monk, Raynaud, Westbrook, DeRozan, and Schroder played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Monk, Cardwell, Westbrook, DeRozan, and Schroder played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Sabonis, Monk, Achiuwa, Clifford, and Schroder played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Toumani Camara covered 4.68 km, more than anyone in the game.

Russell Westbrook touched the ball 82 times, a game high.
Russell Westbrook made 60 passes, a game high.
Donovan Clingan had 29 rebound chances, a game high.

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Portland Trail Blazers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Toumani Camara	4.68	7.3	59	48
Donovan Clingan	4.17	6.4	52	39
Shaedon Sharpe	3.96	6.6	61	31
Sidy Cissoko	3.94	6.5	33	23
Deni Avdija	3.83	6.8	74	48
Caleb Love	2.61	6.8	43	28
Rayan Rupert	2.14	7.4	20	16
Duop Reath	1.45	6.9	14	10
Hansen Yang	1.11	6.7	9	5
Javonte Cooke	1.01	7.9	14	10

Sacramento Kings

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
DeMar DeRozan	4.04	6.5	53	33
Russell Westbrook	3.81	6.4	82	60
Zach LaVine	3.51	6.9	45	28
Dylan Cardwell	3.11	6.8	34	24
Malik Monk	2.99	6.5	33

How far does Toumani Camara run per game?

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who guarded whom

Toumani Camara guarded DeMar DeRozan for 6.9 minutes, over 38 possessions.
In that time, DeMar DeRozan scored 6 points and made 3 of 7 shots.
Dylan Cardwell guarded Donovan Clingan for 6.0 minutes, over 30 possessions.
In that time, Donovan Clingan scored 5 points and made 1 of 2 shots.
Donovan Clingan guarded Dylan Cardwell for 5.6 minutes, over 29 possessions.
In that time, Dylan Cardwell scored 4 points and made 2 of 4 shots.

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Portland Trail Blazers defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Camara	DeRozan	6.9	38	6 (3/7)
Clingan	Cardwell	5.6	29	4 (2/4)
Sharpe	LaVine	3.7	20	5 (2/5)
Cissoko	Sabonis	3.7	18	4 (0/1)
Clingan	Raynaud	3.3	13	2 (1/6)
Sharpe	Westbrook	2.6	13	6 (2/2)
Cissoko	Westbrook	2.5	14	2 (1/1)
Avdija	Westbrook	2.5	15	9 (3/3)
Camara	LaVine	2.5	14	5 (1/2)
Avdija	Achiuwa	2.5	13	0 (0/0)
Avdija	DeRozan	2.4	12	2 (1/1)
Love	Schröder	2.4	10	2 (1/2)
Love	Westbrook	2.4	11	2 (1/1)
Reath	Raynaud	2.3	10	4 (2/3)
Rupert	Monk	2.2	10	7 (3/4)
Camara	Monk	2.0	9	3 (1/4)

Sacramento Kings defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Cardwell	Clingan	6.0	30	5 (1/2)
LaVine	Sharpe	4.6	22	3 (1/5)
DeRozan	Cissoko	3.5	20	0 (0/0)
Monk	Rupert	3.4	14	2 (1/2)
DeRozan	Camara	3.4	17	6 (2/2)

Matchups come from the NBA's tracking (NBA.com) for this game: how long each defender guarded each attacker and what the attacker produced in that time. Only matchups of two minutes or more are shown.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2025-26 regular season, not this game.

Portland Trail Blazers

Donovan Clingan contested 13.5 shots per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 1 of 399 in the league.
Toumani Camara drew 0.22 charges per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 6 of 399 in the league.
Sidy Cissoko drew 0.12 charges per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 20 of 399 in the league.

Sacramento Kings

Russell Westbrook recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 60 games.
He ranks 19 of 399 in the league.
Nique Clifford drew 0.12 charges per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 20 of 399 in the league.
Maxime Raynaud contested 7.5 shots per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 29 of 399 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Sacramento Kings have won 59 of their 165 games against the Portland Trail Blazers.

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Game context

Attendance

16.241

92.2% of capacity

Golden 1 Center · Sacramento

Scoring

227

combined points

4.2 below the season average (231.2)