The Sacramento Kings look to beat Portland for the third consecutive time this season when they visit the Trail Blazers on Sunday night.
Both teams are struggling entering the latest meeting. Sacramento has lost three straight games and 11 of 16, while Portland has dropped six of its last seven games and 16 of its last 20.
Portland will be without star guard Damian Lillard (abdomen) for the fourth straight game while backcourt partner CJ McCollum (lung) will miss his 15th consecutive game. The Trail Blazers are 3-11 during McCollum’s absence.
Both players were sorely missed on Friday night when Portland lost to the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 114-101.
Norman Powell scored a team-high 19 points, but the Trail Blazers couldn’t keep up with the Cavaliers.
“I thought we played hard, thought we did some things that we wanted to do,” Powell said. “I think we had, again, two or three minutes with some lapses that they countered. Dug ourselves into a little hole, but we were able to…
