Anytime Sacramento square off with Portland, unexpected things happen. Today it was Portland head coach Bob who gave Sacramento bulletin-board material and ended up eating crow, thanks to some ill-timed comments he made earlier in the day. Two hours before game-time, Bob said that "Sacramento shouldn't even show up tonight. We're pumped, we're on a hot streak, and we're just better. We're gonna win so big Sacramento might never recover." After the game, the only one from Sacramento to speak was head coach Bob, who said simply, "Scoreboard, baby." Final score: Sacramento 99, Portland 71.

Sacramento was led by Brown (16 points, 17 boards, 0 assists, 4 blocks), Stanford (15 points, 17 boards, 1 assists), Bravo (13 points, 12 boards, 1 assists, a block). Portland was led by Smith (17 points, 3 steals), Holt (20 points), Jones (6 points, 1 assists).

Sacramento have won their last 6 games and stand at 52-9. They remain at #1 in the Pacific and stay at #1 overall in the Western Conference. Portland are now 32-27 and 18-12 at home after the loss. They remain at #4 in the Northwest and stay at #8 overall in the Western Conference.

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