The Sacramento Kings defeated the San Antonio Spurs 127-122 at home on Thursday night behind the strong play of De’Aaron Fox (28 points, 9 assists) and Domantas Sabonis (22 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists).
The Kings won their second straight game thanks to an 11-2 run in the fourth quarter, which was fueled by 21 points apiece from Kevin Huerter, Malik Monk, and Keegan Murray.
For San Antonio, Victor Wembanyama contributed 19 points, 13 rebounds, five steals, and five blocked shots. Devin Vassell scored 32 points on 13 of 18 shots. The Spurs, who have now dropped nine of their last ten games, were led by Jeremy Sochan (six points and eight rebounds) and Keldon Johnson (18 points).
Wembanyama made a three-pointer work with Vassell drained a 3-pointer to give the Spurs a four-point lead before the Kings erupted with nine straight points as part of their closing run.
Monk hit a jumper, Fox buried a trey to put Sacramento in the lead and Murray slammed home a dunk to give the Kings a 123-120 lead with 58 seconds remaining. Fox added a jumper with 31.6 seconds left to make it a five-point margin and Sacramento closed it out.
The Kings shot 55.9 percent, including 13 of 33 (39.4 percent) from 3-point range.
The Spurs made 51 percent of their attempts and were 11 of 25 (44 percent) from behind the arc. Julian Champagnie and Tre Jones added 10 points apiece for San Antonio.
Monk slammed home a dunk to cap a 7-0 run and give the Kings an 87-76 advantage with 4:04 remaining in the third quarter.
Monk made a floater with 1:41 left to again make it an 11-point margin before San Antonio scored the final five points of the period to trail 93-87.
Malaki Branham opened the fourth quarter with a trey to pull the Spurs within three. But Fox answered with six straight points to give the Kings a 99-90 advantage with 10:18 remaining.
San Antonio eventually caught Sacramento at 114 on Johnson’s 3-pointer with 3:37 remaining.
Huerter had 14 points as Sacramento held a 65-57 halftime lead. Vassell scored 18 first-half points on 8-of-9 shooting for the Spurs.
