Interestingly enough, both the Portland Trail Blazers and Sacramento Kings are both coming off wins over the Atlanta Hawks. Both teams have also gotten off to a less-than-stellar start to their season, so this game will be an important step towards climbing out of the cellar of the Western Conference standings and firmly establishing a hold in the playoff picture.
Unfortunately for Sacramento, they will have to endure this fight without their two best players in De’Aaron Fox and Marvin Bagley — both of whom will miss the next several weeks due to injury.