Blazers scheduled to play 4 preseason games

The Portland Trail Blazers will tip-off their four-game preseason schedule with two home games against the Sacramento Kings at Moda Center at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 and 6 p.m. Dec. 13.

Portland will continue its preseason schedule with two road games against the Denver Nuggets on Dec. 16 and Dec. 18. Both games are at 6 p.m.

The NBA released the condensed 49-game preseason schedule Friday, with teams playing between two and four games starting on Dec. 11.

Preseason contests will continue through Dec. 19. Teams begin training camps next week.

The league plans to reveal the first half of the 72-game regular season schedule — that meaning games to be played between Dec. 22 and March 4 — in the coming days. Games for the season’s second half, scheduled as between March 11 and May 16, will be revealed around the midpoint of the season.