It didn\u2019t take as much effort as their last win over the Los Angeles Clippers, but the San Antonio Spurs\u2019 Monday night victory in Southern California still went down to the wire. The Spurs nearly blew a 24-point lead in the 119-115 victory. Now the team will have a short rest before traveling north for the second game of a back-to-back against the Sacramento Kings.<\/p>\n
The Spurs won both of their previous matchups with the Kings this season. Most recently, they defeated Sacramento 139-122 on February 21st, thanks to a dominant performance from Victor Wembanyama. Sacramento will be without key players like Domantas Sabonis, Zach LaVine, and Keegan Murray, and will rely on former Spur Demar DeRozan to generate offense.<\/p>\n
On top of missing key players, the Kings are near the bottom of the NBA in offensive and defensive rating. If the Spurs can quickly recover from a tough game in Los Angeles the night before, they will have a favorable matchup awaiting them in Sacramento.<\/p>\n
March 17th, 2026 | 9 PM CT<\/p>\n
Watch: KENS | Listen: WOAI (1200 AM)<\/p>\n
Spurs Injuries: Injury report filed at 1 p.m. CT<\/p>\n
Kings Injuries: Devin Carter \u2013 Out (calf), Drew Eubanks \u2013 Out (thumb), De\u2019Andre Hunter \u2013 Out (eye), Zach LaVine \u2013 Out (finger), Malik Monk \u2013 Questionable (ankle), Keegan Murray \u2013 Out (ankle), Domantas Sabonis \u2013 Out (knee)<\/p>\n
Sustaining defensive effort for 48 minutes<\/p>\n
San Antonio thrived in spurts against the Clippers. When their defensive intensity was high, the Spurs locked down Los Angeles. When they took their foot off the gas, even a little bit, the Clippers went on big runs in the first, third, and fourth quarters that forced the Spurs to turn up the pressure. On paper, the game shouldn\u2019t be close, but with limited rest and several players nursing injuries, the Kings can make things interesting. A consistent defensive effort could lead to a blowout Spurs victory.<\/p>\n
The Kings are particularly weak inside. Rookie center Maxime Raynaud shows a lot of potential, but he is not a rim protector. San Antonio should dominate on the interior. Wembanyama torched Raynaud in their last matchup, and the Spurs\u2019 guards should have no issues getting into the paint and scoring against Sacramento\u2019s defense. Relentlessly attacking the paint will be San Antonio\u2019s best offensive strategy on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
San Antonio\u2019s bench struggled against the Clippers on Monday. Most of the Clippers\u2019 late-game run came against second-unit dominated lineups. San Antonio is really missing Luke Kornet and Dylan Harper, who are recovering from minor injuries. The Kings are struggling with depth as well, as they battle injuries. Tuesday\u2019s game represents a chance for the Spurs\u2019 bench players to bounce back against a depleted Sacramento squad. San Antonio could use good performances from Keldon Johnson and Harrison Barnes to sustain momentum when the starters go to the bench.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It didn\u2019t take as much effort as their last win over the Los Angeles Clippers, but the San…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122,26732],"class_list":["post-223644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-spurs-game-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}