Sacramento Kings – Portland Trail Blazers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 12 April 2026

SAC110–122POR

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↑ POR winsSAC wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Deni Avdija decided it, the Portland Trail Blazers player with the most points (25, with 6 rebounds and 10 assists; +12 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Kris Murray's (+27). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

Portland Trail Blazers 122-110 Sacramento Kings (April 12, 2026) was not decided in the closing minutes: the Portland Trail Blazers went ahead for good in the second quarter (9:26 left), with a jump shot by Scoot Henderson for 38-37, and never gave up the lead.

The biggest run of Portland Trail Blazers 122-110 Sacramento Kings (April 12, 2026) was a 8-0 run by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first quarter (from 11:37 to 10:29), from 0-0 to 8-0. The Sacramento Kings' best was a 8-0 run in the third quarter (from 11:40 to 9:55), from 57-77 to 65-77.

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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.

This is how the two teams compared in passes and jump shots.

Sacramento made 235 passes and Portland made 300.
SAC 235300 POR
Sacramento made 18 of 46 jump shots and Portland made 27 of 65.
SAC18/46
POR27/65

Passes come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game: each team's total adds up its players' passes. Jump shots come from ESPN's play-by-play: every field-goal attempt ESPN logs as a jump shot counts, threes included.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · SAC

Clifford · Raynaud · Achiuwa · Carter · Hayes

Closing lineup · POR

Love · Cissoko · Kent · Yang · Wesley

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SAC

Nique Clifford

39′ · -12

Maxime Raynaud

37′ · -9

Precious Achiuwa

35′ · -1

Devin Carter

34′ · -10

Daeqwon Plowden

22′ · -8

Doug McDermott

26′ · 0

Dylan Cardwell

21′ · -12

Killian Hayes

26′ · -8

POR

Toumani Camara

34′ · +1

Jrue Holiday

33′ · +10

Deni Avdija

33′ · +12

Scoot Henderson

27′ · +6

Donovan Clingan

24′ · +9

Shaedon Sharpe

17′ · +5

Matisse Thybulle

7′ · +1

Robert Williams III

23′ · +7

Kris Murray

30′ · +27

Vit Krejci

5′ · +2

Caleb Love

2′ · -4

Sidy Cissoko

2′ · -4

Jayson Kent

2′ · -4

Hansen Yang

2′ · -4

Blake Wesley

2′ · -4

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Sacramento Kings

Achiuwa, Plowden, Carter, Clifford, and Raynaud played 10.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Hayes, Achiuwa, Carter, Clifford, and Raynaud played 7.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Hayes, Achiuwa, Plowden, Cardwell, and McDermott played 6.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Portland Trail Blazers

Avdija, Henderson, Camara, Clingan, and Holiday played 7.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Williams, Avdija, Murray, Camara, and Holiday played 5.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Henderson, Sharpe, Murray, Clingan, and Holiday played 5.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.

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Sacramento Kings

Achiuwa, Carter, Clifford, Raynaud, and McDermott played 6.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Hayes, Achiuwa, Clifford, Raynaud, and McDermott played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Hayes, Plowden, Raynaud, Cardwell, and McDermott played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Hayes, Carter, Clifford, Cardwell, and McDermott played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Plowden, Carter, Clifford, Raynaud, and Cardwell played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Hayes, Carter, Clifford, Raynaud, and Cardwell played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Carter, Clifford, Raynaud, Cardwell, and McDermott played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Achiuwa, Carter, Clifford, Cardwell, and McDermott played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

Portland Trail Blazers

Krejci, Henderson, Murray, Clingan, and Holiday played 4.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Williams, Thybulle, Avdija, Sharpe, and Camara played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Williams, Avdija, Henderson, Murray, and Camara played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Williams, Avdija, Henderson, Camara, and Holiday played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Williams, Avdija, Sharpe, Murray, and Camara played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Avdija, Sharpe, Murray, Camara, and Clingan played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Wesley, Love, Cissoko, Yang, and Kent played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Avdija, Murray, Camara, Clingan, and Holiday played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Williams, Thybulle, Avdija, Murray, and Holiday played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Williams, Thybulle, Sharpe, Camara, and Holiday played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Williams, Henderson, Murray, Camara, and Holiday played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Avdija, Henderson, Sharpe, Murray, and Clingan played 1.0 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.

Nique Clifford covered 4.81 km, more than anyone in the game.

Deni Avdija touched the ball 101 times, a game high.
Deni Avdija made 75 passes, a game high.
Maxime Raynaud defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Precious Achiuwa had 21 rebound chances, a game high.

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Sacramento Kings

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Nique Clifford	4.81	7.0	58	39
Maxime Raynaud	4.39	6.7	60	43
Devin Carter	4.20	6.9	65	44
Precious Achiuwa	3.83	6.2	50	21
Doug McDermott	3.12	6.8	21	15
Killian Hayes	2.98	6.4	43	31
Daeqwon Plowden	2.75	7.1	26	17
Dylan Cardwell	2.37	6.4	33	25

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Toumani Camara	4.31	7.3	45	31
Jrue Holiday	3.85	6.7	74	49
Deni Avdija	3.77	6.5	101	75
Kris Murray	3.70	6.9	21	16
Scoot Henderson	3.46	7.2	62

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

This is how each team's plays were shared among its players.

Sacramento Kings

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Nique Clifford	38:46	20.7
Maxime Raynaud	37:21	17.0
Precious Achiuwa	35:00	34.1
Devin Carter	34:21	21.4
Killian Hayes	25:48	15.6
Doug McDermott	25:40	9.2
Daeqwon Plowden	22:12	17.3
Dylan Cardwell	20:52	14.8

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Toumani Camara	33:30	16.9
Deni Avdija	33:05	27.4
Jrue Holiday	32:31	29.8
Kris Murray	30:13	6.6
Scoot Henderson	27:05	21.1
Donovan Clingan	23:50	17.2
Robert Williams III	22:31	7.4
Shaedon Sharpe	16:58	31.0
Matisse Thybulle	7:06	21.1

Usage is the NBA's official figure (NBA.com) for this game: out of every 100 team plays while he was on the floor, how many he finished with a shot, a turnover or free throws.

Who guarded whom

Precious Achiuwa guarded Deni Avdija for 5.5 minutes, over 24 possessions.
In that time, Deni Avdija scored 9 points and made 3 of 8 shots.
Maxime Raynaud guarded Robert Williams III for 3.9 minutes, over 17 possessions.
In that time, Robert Williams III scored 2 points and made 1 of 1 shots.
Toumani Camara guarded Nique Clifford for 3.8 minutes, over 18 possessions.
In that time, Nique Clifford scored 2 points and made 1 of 1 shots.

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Sacramento Kings defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Achiuwa	Avdija	5.5	24	9 (3/8)
Raynaud	Williams	3.9	17	2 (1/1)
Cardwell	Williams	3.5	15	2 (1/1)
Raynaud	Clingan	3.4	14	7 (3/4)
Clifford	Murray	3.3	12	3 (1/1)
Clifford	Camara	3.3	17	6 (2/4)
Carter	Henderson	3.3	14	3 (1/1)
Clifford	Holiday	3.0	12	2 (1/4)
Cardwell	Clingan	3.0	13	0 (0/1)
Carter	Camara	2.8	14	2 (1/2)
McDermott	Murray	2.6	11	1 (0/0)
Hayes	Henderson	2.3	8	0 (0/1)
Plowden	Avdija	2.3	9	7 (2/4)
Carter	Sharpe	2.2	11	0 (0/3)
Hayes	Holiday	2.2	9	5 (1/1)
Raynaud	Camara	2.1	10	0 (0/2)
McDermott	Camara	2.1	9	0 (0/0)

Portland Trail Blazers defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Camara	Clifford	3.8	18	2 (1/1)
Murray	Raynaud	3.7	19	0 (0/1)
Murray	McDermott	3.5	18	0 (0/0)
Clingan	Cardwell	3.4	15	4 (2/5)
Williams	Cardwell	3.1	14	2 (1/1)

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.

Sacramento Kings

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.
Dylan Cardwell contested 6.8 shots per game over his 43 games.
He ranks 40 of 399 in the league.

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.
Matisse Thybulle deflected 3.9 passes per game over his 30 games.
He ranks 7 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 Portland Trail Blazers have won 107 of their 166 games against the Sacramento Kings.

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Game context

Attendance

19.555

100.7% of capacity

Moda Center · Portland

Scoring

232

combined points

0.8 above the season average (231.2)