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San Antonio Spurs rout Sacramento Kings 130-103 as Julian Champagnie hits eight first-half threes and Victor Wembanyama scores 29
Julian Champagnie made eight 3-pointers before halftime and Victor Wembanyama had 29 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks as the Spurs evened their record at 2-2.
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Julian Champagnie made eight 3-pointers in the first half, Victor Wembanyama had 29 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Sacramento Kings 130-103 at Frost Bank Center on Tuesday, October 27. The Spurs have won two straight and are 2-2. The Kings are 0-4.
Champagnie scored 26 points off the bench on 9-of-14 shooting and 8-of-13 from three. All eight of his threes came before halftime, six of them in the second quarter, when he scored 18 points. Wembanyama shot 14-of-21 in 27 minutes and scored 15 in the first quarter and 23 in the first half. Dylan Harper made 6 of 7 shots for 13 points with 6 rebounds and 6 assists, and finished plus-23.
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How it turned
Sacramento’s only lead came at 23-22, when Darius Acuff Jr. hit a pull-up three with 4:15 left in the first quarter. San Antonio closed the quarter on a 17-6 run, with nine points from Wembanyama, and led 39-29.
The Spurs pulled away in the second quarter. Leading 48-38, they scored 12 straight points on three Champagnie threes and a three-point play by Harper. Champagnie’s sixth three of the quarter made it 68-43 with 4:23 left, and Wembanyama’s tip-in at the buzzer put San Antonio ahead 80-54 at halftime.
Wembanyama scored six more points early in the third quarter, and his driving dunk with 5:31 left made it 99-71, the Spurs’ biggest lead. San Antonio led 107-80 after three quarters, and the fourth quarter ended 23-23.
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The numbers
San Antonio shot 49-of-90 from the field and 17-of-37 from three, with 35 assists on its 49 baskets. The Spurs outscored the Kings 60-46 in the paint and 29-15 in fast-break points, and outrebounded them 46-38. Devin Vassell had 14 points and 8 assists, Stephon Castle scored 15, Keldon Johnson added 14 off the bench, and De’Aaron Fox had 11 points and 6 assists.
Sacramento’s side
De’Andre Hunter led the Kings with 24 points on 8-of-13 shooting, including 5 of 9 threes. Zach LaVine scored 22 on 7-of-10 shooting, and Domantas Sabonis had 20 points, 14 rebounds and 8 assists on 10-of-16 shooting. Acuff scored 19 on 8-of-20 shooting. Sacramento shot 40-of-93 and was without Keegan Murray (ankle) and Maxime Raynaud (knee). San Antonio was without Tobias Harris (calf) and Jayden Quaintance (knee).
What’s next
The Spurs visit the Utah Jazz on Wednesday, October 28, at 9 p.m. ET (4 a.m. Thursday Cairo time). The Kings visit the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday, October 29, at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Friday Cairo time).
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