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Tue Mar 22, 2005 · 8:00 PM
Portland Trail BlazersBlazers
107
away
Chemistry Tense
Sacramento KingsKings
110
home
Chemistry Hot

Box Score

TEAM Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FINAL
Portland Trail BlazersBlazers 19 22 37 29 107
Sacramento KingsKings 25 28 27 30 110

After Action Report

In Sacramento, the Kings survived the Trail Blazers 110-107. The Kings won despite a cold shooting night — grit beat polish. The Kings answered the bell with a bounce-back effort; Trail Blazers' skid keeps deepening — heads down on both ends. The Kings locker room is humming, and it showed. Ugly, but it counts the same in the standings.

What tipped it

  • Kings · Bouncing Back A winning team just got tripped up — expect a response.
  • Kings · Tight-Knit Locker-room chemistry is humming — extra trust on every possession.
  • Trail Blazers · Crashing An 8+ game losing skid — heads are down, both ends suffer.
  • Trail Blazers · Locker-Room Rift Tension in the locker room — poor ball movement and streaky play.