波特兰开拓者vs. Sacramento Kings Preview

波特兰开拓者(12-20) vsSacramento Kings(12-17)
12月27日星期日
睡眠火车领域|下午6:00PST |本地电视/广播：CSN；620 AM
Portland injury report:Damian Lillard（可疑 - 脚）|萨克拉门托受伤报告:Willie Cauley-Stein（外手指），Eric Moreland（脚 - 脚）
SBN Affiliate:Sactown Royalty|开拓者的边缘之夜2016

The Trail Blazers take on the Sacramento Kings tonight in their second game in as many nights.

国王队在西部联盟中排名第九，即使最近仍然不一致的篮球也有所改善。他们最近完成了2-2的公路旅行，赢得了才华横溢的胜利印第安纳步行者和Toronto Raptors，以及挣扎的损失明尼苏达州森林狼和华盛顿奇才.

After another tumultuous offseason (and early regular season),乔治·卡尔国王队的表现更好，在过去的七场比赛中以5-2的战绩得分。萨克拉曼多继续由表亲德马库斯,Rudy Gay, and a rejuvenatedRajon Rondo和is seeing success pushing the tempo, ranking No. 1 in the NBA in terms of pace.

Cousins, one of the most talented young players in the game, has continued to develop into an elite scorer. Averaging 24.5 points and 10.8 rebounds per game, Cousins can punish you in a multitude of ways with the ball in his hands. Too big to handle inside and featuring a soft midrange jump shot, Cousins has struggled from 16 feet out to the 3-point line this season, but has added the 3-pointer to his repertoire, hitting 30 percent on just over three attempts per game. Not enough to dominate from deep, but a substantial enough threat that he needs to be defended at all times.

仍然昂贵，对泵假货，波特兰中心容易受到伤害梅森李子will have his hands full against Cousins who, despite his young age, features a bevy of crafty moves with the ball. Plumlee would be well served to acknowledge that Cousins cannot be fully stopped and focus on containing him through conservative defense, staying vertical and leaving his feet as little as necessary.

小型前锋鲁迪·盖伊（Rudy Gay）曾经是我第一卷得分手的海报男孩，在过去的几年中，已经找到了国王的家。自从他的新秀赛季以来，他的尝试最少，他仍然管理着15张超过15杆，每场比赛倒入18分。同性恋者是一个不错的外部射手，他更喜欢砍下轮辋或运球驱动器，以增加15英尺。

Portland may encounter problems at the point guard spot tonight, with leading scorer and facilitator Damian Lillard questionable after missing three straight games due to plantar fasciitis. If he misses tonight's contest, CJ McCollum will likely have a hard time dealing with Rajon Rondo. After drastically falling from elite status, Rondo has reemerged as a top tier point guard in Sacramento, averaging 12.4 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 11.3 assists per game. As importantly, he is playing the quality defense that he was known for in Boston before his knee injury (and evidently losing interest in defensive effort).

With Willie Cauley-Stein out with a dislocated finger,Omri Casspi与鲁迪·盖伊（Rudy Gay）一起介入前进。卡斯皮（Casspi）已演变成一种质量的多种公用事业玩家。不需要犯罪的类型才能产生影响。在本赛季，卡斯比平均每场比赛得到12.1分，但是由于进入首发阵容的平均得分为13.8分和6.9个篮板，而距离射门46％。

首发得分后卫本·麦克莱莫尔（Ben McLemore）has seen his minutes cut from nearly 33 per game last season to 21.6 this year. McLemore has struggled to emerge as an offensive weapon and, while his attempts from beyond the arc are making up a smaller percentage of his overall shot chart, he is little more than a spot-up shooter at this point in his career, with 69 percent of his 2-point field goals and every 3-pointer he's made this year being assisted.

对于国王来说幸运的是，他们在联盟中有两名更好的后备后卫Darren Collison和Marco Belinelli。实际上，两位球员的比赛时间都比麦克莱莫尔（McLemore）更多，并在翅膀上提供多功能性，科利森（Collison）能够打球和得分后卫，而贝利尼利（Belinelli）能够扮演控球后卫，得分后卫甚至是小前锋。

Kosta Koufosis the Kings main reserve big, backing up Cousins and Casspi for about 23 minutes per game. Koufos is a prototypical big man, averaging 8 points and 6.5 rebounds while taking over 92 percent of his seven shots per game within 10 feet of the hoop.

After a disastrous 0-5 road trip, last night the Blazers put the screws to a Cavaliers team that looked a step slow all game long. Without Damian Lillard for a third straight game, the Portland backcourt hummed along as well as always, with艾伦·克拉贝（Allen Crabbe）在8-15射击中介入并赢得26分，以105-76的胜利。

Portland moved the ball as well as they have all year, racking up 28 assists, with a lot of the ball movement coming out of the high post. If Lillard misses tonight's game, as some expect, Portland will need to continue last night's trend of active offensive sets and looking to find the open man. The Kings' 107.3 DRtg places them at No. 24 in the league, and Gay and McLemore can be exploited on the wings to a degree. Collison and Belinelli are even more vulnerable on the perimeter, so look for Portland's guards to attack whenever possible.

萨克拉曼多还挣扎着挣扎，本赛季的球队仅投篮命中率为72％。首发隆多（Rondo）和卡斯皮（Casspi）在赛季都低于58％，因此，看到波特兰在防守方面越来越多地打球，请不要惊讶。将这两者中的一个发送到生产线不太可能伤害您太大。萨克拉曼多还有责任将球倒在额外的压力下，在失误中排名第26位。

Ultimately for Sacramento, everything comes down to Boogie Cousins, Rudy Gay, and Rajon Rondo. Other guys may have big nights here and there, but without the expected performance from those three, the Kings aren't going to win many games. Coming off of a big win where Cleveland's marquee players didn't do much, Portland will be hoping for more of the same tonight.