AUSTIN, Texas — — Victor Wembanyama had 28 factors and 15 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Sacramento Kings 139-122 on Saturday night time for his or her eighth straight win and a sweep of their two video games in Austin.
Sacramento misplaced a franchise document sixteenth straight sport, the final two after center Domantas Sabonis and guard Zach LaVine had season-ending surgical procedure.
De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle and Keldon Johnson every scored 18 for the Spurs, whereas Wembanyama added six assists and 4 blocks.
Keegan Murray and DeMar DeRozan led Sacramento with 20 factors apiece. Malik Monk scored 19 whereas Maxime Raynaud — a rookie from Stanford and a buddy of Wembanyama from France — had 16 factors and 12 rebounds.
San Antonio, enjoying in a metropolis the group considers a part of a megaregion that they’ve cultivated for a number of years, scored the primary 11 factors of the sport, setting an aggressive tone that included three blocks by Wembanyama within the first 90 seconds.
Undermanned Sacramento hustled its means again into the sport and trailed by only one with lower than 5 minutes remaining within the third quarter.
The Kings’ dedication resulted in seven offensive rebounds by Raynaud. Several occasions he tapped the ball again to teammates for open pictures.
But that was not sufficient towards Wembanyama, who made a 3-point basket and assisted on one by Harrison Barnes, each within the remaining minute of the third quarter, to present the Spurs a 105-94 lead heading to the fourth.
Fox and Wembanyama scored inside to begin the fourth quarter, finishing a 12-0 run as San Antonio ultimately pushed the result in 28.
Sacramento: Visits Memphis on Monday night time.
San Antonio: Visits Detroit on Monday night time.
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