Kings at Trail Blazers 3/7/20 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Sacramento Kings look to bounce back from a loss when visiting the Pacific Northwest to play the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday. The Kings dropped to 27-35 following a 125-108 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for the Kings and dropped Sacramento 21 games behind the first place Los Angeles Lakers in the Pacific Division.

De'Aaron Fox is leading Sacramento in scoring and assists with averages of 20.4 points and 6.7 assists per game, while Buddy Hield is the second leading scorer with an average of 19.9 points per game. Nemanja Bjelica is the leading rebounder for the Kings with an average of 6.4 per game. Sacramento has seven players averaging double-figures in scoring.

Portland will be completing a back-to-back on Saturday when hosting the Sacramento Kings after playing on the road Friday against the Phoenix Suns. The Trail Blazers improved to 28-35 following a 125-104 victory on Wednesday over the Washington Wizards. The game marked the return of Trail Blazers' leading scorer Damian Lillard after missing several games with a groin injury. Carmelo Anthony led Portland in the victory with 25 points.

Damian Lillard is leading Portland and scoring and assists with averages of 29.4 points and 7.9 rebounds per game, while Hassan Whiteside is the third leading scorer and leading rebounder with averages of 16.1 points and 14.2 rebounds per game. CJ McCollum is the second leading scorer for the Trail Blazers with an average of 22.5 points per game.