Andre Miller hit the go-ahead jumper with 1:49 remaining in overtime and Nicolas Batum scored a season-high 24 points to help the Portland Trail Blazers to a 94-90 victory over the host Sacramento Kings on Wednesday.
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 23 points for his 10th 20-point performance in 11 games as Portland (23-20) won its third consecutive contest. Beno Udrih scored 20 points for Sacramento (9-31), which has dropped three in a row and six of seven.
Miller broke a 90-90 tie with a jumper from the left wing. Batum added two free throws with 7.6 seconds remaining.
Sacramento forced overtime when Carl Landry hit two free throws with 26 seconds left in regulation to tie it at 85. Aldridge missed a turnaround jumper with two seconds remaining.
Miller scored 20 points for the Trail Blazers, which also received 13 points from Rudy Fernandez and 11 rebounds from Joel Przybilla.
Tyreke Evans had 16 points and eight assists and Samuel Dalembert had 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Kings.
Portland | Sacramento | |
Nicolas Batum 24 | Scoring | Beno Udrih 20 |
Andre Miller 6 | Assists | Tyreke Evans 8 |
Joel Przybilla 11 | Rebounds | Samuel Dalembert 12 |
Nicolas Batum 4 | Free Throws Made | Carl Landry 4 |
Rudy Fernandez 3 | Steals | Tyreke Evans 3 |
LaMarcus Aldridge 1 | Blocks | DeMarcus Cousins 2 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Portland | 94 | 43.2 | 6-16 | 12-13 | 25 | 42 | 6 | 13 | 15 |
Sacramento | 90 | 42.7 | 5-18 | 15-22 | 22 | 45 | 6 | 6 | 19 |