Game Notes: Portland at Sacramento

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PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS (1-0) AT SACRAMENTO KINGS (0-1) Friday, Oct. 31, 2014 - 7:00 p.m. (Pacific) • Sleep Train Arena Sacramento, Calif. • Game #2 • Away Game #1 Comcast SportsNet • Rip City Radio 620 AM • #PORatSAC PROBABLE STARTERS Forward

88

Nicolas Batum 6-8 16.0 ppg, 5.0.0 rpg, 6.0 apg

220

Forward

12

LaMarcus Aldridge 6-11 27.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.0 apg

250

Center

42

Robin Lopez 7-0 11.0 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 0.0 apg

265

Guard

2

Wesley Matthews 6-5 22.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 2.0 apg

214

Guard

0

Damian Lillard 6-3 10.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 4.0 apg

195

LAST GAME: Finished with 16 points (5-12 FG, 2-5 3-PT), five rebounds and a team-high six assists in 34 minutes ... 2013-14 SEASON: Hauled in a career-high 7.5 rebounds per game to go along with 13.0 points, and 5.1 assists in 36.0 minutes ... Started in all 82 games for Portland. LAST GAME: Scored a team-high 27 points (10-19 FG), 15 of which came in the first quarter, and played 34 minutes ... 2013-14 SEASON: All-Star amassed career-highs of 23.2 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 2.6 assists (36.2 min/game) ... Finished 10th in NBA with 40 double-doubles. LAST GAME: Notched a double-double with 11 points (4-11 FG) and 10 rebounds (seven offensive) in 32 minutes ... 2013-14 SEASON: Averaged double figure scoring (11.1 pts.) for the second consecutive season ... One of four Portland players to start all 82 games. LAST GAME: Scored 22 points and made five of his nine three-point attempts (8-12 FG) in 35 minutes ... 2013-14 SEASON: Knocked down 201 3-pointers, ranking second in franchise history for 3-PT field goals in a single season. LAST GAME: Scored all 10 of his points in the second half and dished out four assists in 30 minutes ... 2013-14 SEASON: Produced 20.7 points per game and set the franchise record for most 3-pointers made in a single season (218) ... Named 2014 NBA All-Star.

INJURY UPDATE None.

TRANSACTIONS July 10: Signed free agent guard Steve Blake and free agent center Chris Kaman to two-year contracts ... Aug. 8: Signed free agent forward James Southerland ... Aug. 12: Signed free agent guard Diante Garrett ... Aug. 22: Signed free agent guard Darius Morris ... Oct. 13: Placed forward James Southerland on waivers ... Oct. 25: Placed guards Diante Garrett and Darius Morris on waivers.

LAST FIVE/NEXT FIVE GAMES Fri. Oct. 17 Portland 121, Maccabi Haifa 74* Tue. Oct. 21 Portland 93, Denver 75* Wed. Oct. 22 L.A. Lakers 94, Portland 86* Fri. Oct. 24 Portland 99, L.A. Clippers 89* Wed. Oct. 29 Portland 106, Oklahoma City 89 Fri. Oct. 31 at Sacramento 7:00 p.m. CSN Sun. Nov. 2 Golden State 6:00 p.m. CSN Tue. Nov. 4 Cleveland 7:00 p.m. CSN Thur. Nov. 6 Dallas 7:30 p.m. TNT Sun. Nov. 8 at L.A. Clippers 12:30 p.m. CSN All times Pacific *Preseason game

TRAIL BLAZERS ON THE AIR All 89 Portland Trail Blazers regular season and preseason games will be broadcast on the Trail Blazers Broadcasting flagship station, Rip City Radio 620 AM. Brian Wheeler, in his 17th season calling the play-by-play, and analyst Antonio Harvey, in his 10th season, will call the games, home and away. On television, KGW-TV and Comcast SportsNet will air a total of 76 Trail Blazers regular season and preseason games with veteran analyst Mike Rice, in his 10th full season on television after spending the previous 15 years on the radio, and Mike Barrett, in his 12th, calling the action. Between KGW, Comcast SportsNet, TNT and ESPN, all 82 regularseason games will be televised for the eighth year in a row, and the eighth time in franchise history.

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Nicolas Batum - Nick-O-la Ba-TOOM Victor Claver - Cla-VER


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