Domantas Sabonis and Key Kings Players to Watch vs. the Trail Blazers - April 14

Minnesota's defensive effort in Game 2 was a transformative sight. In what appeared to be an effort to become one with their team name, they swarmed, smashed, hounded, snarled, took, and destroyed for 24 straight minutes to start the game. Not an inch of the court was safe.

Kings vs. Trail Blazers: Players to Watch

Kings Key Players

Domantas Sabonis' numbers on the season are 19.6 points, 13.7 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game, shooting 59.4% from the field (eighth in NBA).

Fox is averaging 26.6 points, 4.6 boards and 5.7 assists. Defensively, he averages 1.9 steals (second in NBA) and 0.4 blocked shots.

Keegan Murray is averaging 15.3 points, 1.7 assists and 5.5 boards.

Harrison Barnes is averaging 12.3 points, 3 rebounds and 1.2 assists. At the other end, he averages 0.6 steals and 0.2 blocked shots.

Kevin Huerter is averaging 10.2 points, 2.6 assists and 3.5 rebounds.

Trail Blazers Key Players

Deandre Ayton is averaging 16.4 points, 11 boards and 1.6 assists for the Trail Blazers.

The Trail Blazers get 23 points per game from Anfernee Simons, plus 3.7 boards and 5.5 assists.

The Trail Blazers are getting 14 points, 3.1 boards and 5.4 assists per game from Scoot Henderson.

Jabari Walker's numbers on the season are 8.7 points, 6.9 boards and 1 assists per game. He is draining 46.1% of his shots from the field.

Per game, Toumani Camara gives the Trail Blazers 7.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists, plus 0.9 steals and 0.5 blocks.

Kings vs. Trail Blazers Stat Insights

Sacramento Key Stats

The Kings outscore opponents by 1.3 points per game (scoring 116.5 points per game to rank ninth in the league while allowing 115.2 per outing to rank 18th in the NBA) and have a +104 scoring differential overall.

Sacramento wins the rebound battle by 1.5 boards on average. It collects 43.9 rebounds per game, which ranks 13th in the league, while its opponents grab 42.4 per contest.

The Kings knock down 14.4 three-pointers per game (fourth-most in the league) while shooting 36.6% from deep (15th in the NBA). They are making 1.2 more threes per outing than their opponents, who drain 13.2 per game while shooting 39.1%.

Sacramento's 113.7 points per 100 possessions on offense rank 14th in the NBA, and the 113.3 points it allows per 100 possessions rank 21st in the league.

Portland Key Stats

The Trail Blazers' -701 scoring differential (being outscored by 8.6 points per game) is a result of putting up 106.7 points per game (28th in NBA) while allowing 115.3 per contest (19th in league).

Portland pulls down 42.6 rebounds per game (23rd in league) while conceding 43.7 per contest to opponents. It is outrebounded by 1.1 boards per game.

The Trail Blazers knock down 11.5 three-pointers per game (26th in the league), while their opponents have made 11.7 on average.

Portland averages 105.3 points per 100 possessions on offense (29th in league), and allows 114.4 points per 100 possessions (23rd in NBA).

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