[Game] 27/82: Kings @ Trail Blazers 18 DEC 2025, 7pm PT/10pm ET

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Sacramento Kings 6-20 (3-12 Away) @ Portland Trail Blazers 10-16 (4-6 Home)
18 December 2025, 7pm PT/10pm ET
Moda Center, Portland, Oregon

Last 5:
Trail Blazers 2-3 Kings 1-4

Series:
Tied 0-0​

Game Preview:
Blazers hope to build on win over Warriors as they host Kings (NBA.com)

Availability:
Broadcast: NBA League Pass, NBC Sports California
Radio: Sactown Sports 1140 AM

Box Score (via ESPN.com)

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Injury Report (as of 1pm ET):
Trail Blazers:
Scoot Henderson - OUT (hamstring)
Jrue Holiday - OUT (ankle)
Matisse Thybulle - OUT (thumb)
Blake Wesley - OUT (foot)
Damian Lillard - OUT FOR SEASON (Achilles)

Kings:
Dennis Schröder - QUESTIONABLE (ankle)
Drew Eubanks - OUT (thumb)
Zach LaVine - OUT (ankle)
Domantas Sabonis - OUT (knee)



Referee Assignments:
Marc Davis (#8 - Crew Chief), Rodney Mott (#71 - Referee), Robert Hussey (#85 - Umpire). Sixty years combined experience.



Mister Slim Says: No banter, I'm busy.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

Re: The Poll...Damn it, Slim, you forgot white chocolate macadamia nut cookies!!!

 

[Padrino]

Snickerdoodles. Unequivocally. I don't have much of a sweet tooth, but anything cinnamon tends to rule my heart. If I'm going to have dessert or sweet treats of some kind, I like for them to pair nicely with whiskey. So anything caramel, brown sugar, apple, cinnamon, etc.

My wife makes killer snickerdoodles with boiled apple cider, a riff on this recipe:

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/apple-cider-snickerdoodles-recipe

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Re: The Poll...Damn it, Slim, you forgot white chocolate macadamia nut cookies!!!

Gonna have to double down on exactly this cookie.

 

[SacTownKid]

The Blazers better not use these next two games to get in the Kings way in this draft dang it!

 

[Spike]

The Blazers better not use these next two games to get in the Kings way in this draft dang it!

Nah, they listed enough people out. They should cruise to a 15-point win.

 

[iowamcnabb]

There is nothing better than a chocolate chip cookie with bittersweet chocolate and sea salt flakes. Nothing. I’d put monster cookies second.

 

[The_Jamal]

Question for the OP. Do I have access to a scoop of vanilla ice cream?

 

[Sluggah]

Toughest poll yet.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Question for the OP. Do I have access to a scoop of vanilla ice cream?

Knock yourself out. I just hope you don't like the same cheap **** my father does.

 

[HndsmCelt]

You forgot Ginger Spice cookies!

 

[Sluggah]

You forgot Ginger Spice cookies!

Molasses cookies would qualify in my mind. One of the three I was torn between.

 

[Warhawk]

Chocolate chip and chocolate crinkle cookies are the best. Since you had one of those two I'm a happy camper and I don't need to flip any coins selecting one.

 

[Warhawk]

There is nothing better than a chocolate chip cookie with bittersweet chocolate and sea salt flakes. Nothing. I’d put monster cookies second.

Never heard of these before, but they definitely look fantastic. I'm in.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Never heard of these before, but they definitely look fantastic. I'm in.

Interesting, are they not thing out west?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Chocolate chip and chocolate crinkle cookies are the best. Since you had one of those two I'm a happy camper and I don't need to flip any coins selecting one.

What is a crinkle cookie?

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2001844326838767904

Not gonna lie, Kings twits are complaining about Nique not starting but Precious/Keegan/Max is probably the best defensive frontcourt the Kings have rolled out in… two decades?

 

[Caccia]

Christmas cookies.

 

[Caccia]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2001844326838767904

Not gonna lie, Kings twits are complaining about Nique not starting but Precious/Keegan/Max is probably the best defensive frontcourt the Kings have rolled out in… two decades?

It might even work.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Introducing a little kid at halfcourt while playing "Cuff It" in the arena. I love sports.

 

[The_Jamal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2001844326838767904

Not gonna lie, Kings twits are complaining about Nique not starting but Precious/Keegan/Max is probably the best defensive frontcourt the Kings have rolled out in… two decades?

Derozan back at SG after like a decade? Oh boy

 

[The_Jamal]

Is Cardwell back in town? Who's the back-up big?

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Raynaud!!

 

[The_Jamal]

atta boy Raynaud, if Clingan is going to give you 10 feet of space, you gotta pull

 

[The_Jamal]

Really strong start for Keegan, keep up the aggressiveness.

 

[Sluggah]

Maxxx

 

[ShastaKingsFan]

Derozan back at SG after like a decade? Oh boy

I like it, if it gets Murray and Achuiwa at the 3-4. Finally have some size to work with

 

[Tetsujin]

lol max is going to be really freaking good

 

[The_Jamal]

HIS NAME IS MAXIME!

Pump-fake, puts the ball on the deck and attacks Clingan for the and 1? Are you joking?

 

[Caccia]

Both teams are shooting over 60%. Which one can keep it up when the bench comes in?