(SportsNetwork.com) - The Portland Trail Blazers try to stay unbeaten on the young season when they visit the Sacramento Kings Friday night. Portland has high expectations for this season behind LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard. Aldridge recorded 27 points and Lillard added 10 with five assists in Wednesdays 106-89 victory over the Kevin Durant-less Oklahoma City Thunder. Wesley Matthews had 22 points and Robin Lopez chipped in 11 to go along with a game-best 10 rebounds. The Trail Blazers, who needed a big fourth quarter (31-12) to dispatch the Thunder, made 44.8 percent from the floor and scored 20 points off 15 OKC turnovers. I was pleased the way we did it in the second half with defense, Blazers head coach Terry Stotts said. Defense led to some good offense at the end. Nicolas Batum had 16 points and Chris Kaman 12 off the bench in his Portland debut. The Kings opened their season with a 95-77 loss at home to the Golden State Warriors Wednesday, as DeMarcus Cousins continued his FIBA World Cup dominance with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Cousins didnt get much support with 14 points from Rudy Gay and 13 by newcomer Darren Collison. Ben McLemore didnt score in 26 minutes of action and missed all five of his shots for Sacramento, which hit a lowly 30.8 percent from the field and just 3-of-18 3-pointers. Golden State scored 26 points off 27 turnovers. Cousins turned the ball over six times. It was at 5:40 in the third quarter when we were up by one, and we turned into the Keystone Cops, Kings head coach Michael Malone said. The Kings, whose season high for turnovers last season was 25, had won their last 13 openers at home. Portland defeated Sacramento three times in four attempts last season. The two teams have split the past 16 encounters in Californias capital city. 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But qualifying for her first Scotties Tournament of Hearts after years of falling short in tough Manitoba provincial championships is as good as consolation prizes get for the 29-year-old from Winnipegs Fort Rouge Curling Club.BOCA RATON, Fla. - Fans and executives of teams that can spend up to the salary cap should put their rivalries aside to root for the Canadian dollar.Thats because the value of the loonie for the rest of this NHL season will help determine just how far the cap deviates from the preliminary estimate of US$73 million the board of governors was given Monday. Commissioner Gary Bettman, owners and general managers will continue to watch the loonie carefully.Our best guess, and its got some variation in it, is that if the Canadian stays where it is now for the rest of the season, which is about 88 cents, that the cap for next season would be approximately $73 million, Bettman said. Thats a guess, its subject to variation, and it also assumes that the Canadian dollar stays where it is now.The NHL, more than any other major professional sports league, is beholden to the Canadian dollar because it has 23 U.S.-based franchises and seven in Canada. The Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens generate significant revenue, but when the Canadian dollar is weak, that amount is less when its converted to U.S. fundds.ddddddddddddBettman cautioned that the estimate of $73 million (and floor of $54 million) is not carved in stone. Much of the uncertainty has to do with the fluctuation of the Canadian dollar.Obviously if the Canadian dollar rises relative to the U.S. dollar, the cap will go up a little bit, and if it goes down the Canadian dollar, the cap will go down a little bit, but thats the universe that were in, Bettman said.Bettman added that any speculation about the cap going down from $69 million would require either a lack of understanding of the way the system works or the economy of Canada ceasing to exist, and thats not going to happen.General managers, even those of U.S.-based teams, have to care about the health of the loonie because of what it means to next years budget.Here we are in (December) and we have the Canadian Dollar fluctuating so much, you sort of look at it, digest it, talk about it when you get home with your people, your general manager, your cap people, Columbus Blue Jackets president John Davidson said. 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