SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs (11-11) will host the Kings (10-13) Friday night at home. This is the Spurs’ second game in a back-to-back.
GAME REWIND
The Spurs are coming off a 139-124 home loss versus the Bulls.
Julian Champagnie had 12 points and three rebounds, and Keldon Johnson finished with 28 and five rebounds to lead the team. Harrison Barnes had eight points and three rebounds, and Chris Paul had 12 points and nine assists.
Devin Vassell added 17 points, Jeremy Sochan added 16 points and 14 rebounds as the team’s starting center, and Stephon Castle scored 12 points and six assists.
San Antonio was without guard Tre Jones, who had a shoulder injury, and Victor Wembanyama, who was out with a sore back. Head coach Gregg Popovich was also out due to illness. Assistant coach Mitch Johnson assumed head coaching duties for the game.
“Transition was bad. Had some situations even off makes where we didn’t get back. They got buckets right after makes weren’t connected, didn’t show shifts where we were supposed to,” Mitch Johnson said. “The amount of right-handed layups, kind of straight line drives was pretty alarming. Lack of communication. On some screens it was, pick your poison, it was pretty poor tonight.”
THE UNIFORMS
The Spurs will be in their Icon Edition jerseys today.
FIVE THINGS TO WATCH
1. The Kings are 0-2 versus the Spurs this season.
2. The Kings are 3-5 on the road versus West teams.
3. Kings’ Domantas Sabonis has averaged 19.3 points, 10.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists in 19 games versus the Spurs in his career.
4. The Spurs are 7-4 at home versus West teams.
5. The Spurs are 2-2 in the second game of a back-to-back.
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