Portland Trail Blazers @ Sacramento Kings
Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM ET
Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA | Game ID: 22500606
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
SAC 32 21 29 28 110POR 32 32 29 24 117
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Deni Avdija scores 26 points in return from back injury, Trail Blazers beat Kings 117-110
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- — Deni Avdija had 26 points, eight assists and eight rebounds in his return from a back injury to help the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Sacramento Kings 117-110 on Sunday night.
Avdija missed three games after straining his lower back late in a game against New York last Sunday. He looked fine while helping Portland to its ninth victory in 12 games, going 10 of 18 from the floor in 31 minutes.
Shaedon Sharpe also had 26 points, and Donovan Clingan added 21 points and 17 rebounds. Toumani Camara had 17 points as the Trail Blazers won their third consecutive game against the Kings this season.
The Trail Blazers have won 12 of 15 games to get back to .500 at 22-22 for the first time since they were 6-6 on Nov. 11.
Malik Monk scored 23 points for the Kings, while Russell Westbrook added 20 points and seven assists. Domantas Sabonis had eight points and six turnovers for the Kings in his second game since missing 27 games because of a knee injury.
Sacramento won the first four games on its homestand. The Kings are 12-31.
Portland led by 14, then held on after the Kings got to 95-86 early in the fourth quarter. Clingan had seven points over the final nine minutes.
Playing the second half of a back-to-back the Trail Blazers were without Jrue Holiday , Jerami Grant and Robert Williams III due to injury management.
Up next Trail Blazers: Host Miami on Thursday night.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
SACDC D. Cardwell
DD D. DeRozan
DS D. Sabonis
DS D. Schröder
MM M. Monk
MR M. Raynaud
NC N. Clifford
PA P. Achiuwa
RW R. Westbrook
SC Schroder
ZL Z. LaVine
PORCL C. Love
DA D. Avdija
DC D. Clingan
DR D. Reath
HY H. Yang
HA Hansen
JC J. Cooke
RR R. Rupert
SC S. Cissoko
SS S. Sharpe
TC T. Camara
SAC/POR the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur