Kings Fall To Portland 107-102

March 2, 2011 9:54 PM

LaMarcus Aldridge #12 of the Portland Trail Blazers shoots the ball against the Sacramento Kings on March 2, 2011 at Power Balance Pavilion in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Wesley Matthews scored 11 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter and the Portland Trail Blazers pulled away for a 107-102 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Blazers, who had dropped three of four. Andre Miller had 19 points, Nicolas Batum added 17 and Patty Mills finished with 14.

Rookie center DeMarcus Cousins had 28 points and 11 rebounds for the Kings, who have lost two straight and six of eight. Marcus Thornton scored 26 points, Beno Udrih added 13 and Jermaine Taylor and Jason Thompson each had 10.

Gerald Wallace dunked off an alley-oop pass from Matthews and Aldridge made a long jumper to help Portland build a 102-95 lead with 51 seconds left.

deb socey

Heard that they want the Kings to change their name if they move away from Sacramento…that’s just plain stupid. It’s not like Sacramento gave them that name. They were the Kansas City KINGS long before they came to Sacramento.. I know because I moved out here the same year they did from Kansas City. I know it will be sad to loose them as it was back east in 1985, but they will always be the KINGS
MC57

CAN SOME-ONE PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY YOU GUYS ARE SPENDING YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY ON A TEAM THAT IS LEAVING. THE RIGHT THING TO DO, IS NOT SHOW UP AT THE GAMES. NO PARKING FEES, NO OVER PRICED BEER, ETC. COME ON (SAC.) WE STILL HAVE THE (RIVER-CATS). PEACE
Bruce Edward Nelson

It does not seem to me that anybody gets it.They have worn Royals jerseys for the last two home games.The Maloofs are rubbing the fan noses in it and the fans still smell hope when they should be smelling something else!
sally

Who gives a rats A$$ sacramento doesn’t need anymore uneducated people They are all as dumb as nails make millions of dollars and get DUI’s Get out of town Kvin Johnson needs to get to work and not worry about these losers. Can we please talk about something else