The Portland Trail Blazers return to Moda Center after a five-game trip to play their third NBA in-season tournament game against the Sacramento Kings. But the Blazers need a minor miracle to quality for the eight-team knockout round.

Jae Crowder landed in Minneapolis an hour before midnight on Tuesday night, then signed his contract with the Sacramento Kings three hours prior to tipoff of Wednesday night's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Crowder will be included in the starting lineup for Wednesday's game against the Timberwolves, Alan Horton of the Timberwolves Radio Network reports. Crowder agreed to a contract with the Kings on Tuesday and will start right away at power forward due to the absence of DeMar DeRozan (lower back).