Following a disconcerting pair of opening losses, the Spurs are getting a couple of \u2018get right\u2019 games thrown at them on their way back to .500 and beyond.<\/p>\n
After pulling themselves out of the winless column against the already banged-up Dallas Mavericks, the basketball gods are serving them up another meatball of a matchup in the Sacramento Kings.<\/p>\n
In the recent past, the Kings were briefly getting the better of San Antonio teams for the first time since the turn of the millennium, kept at the edges of the postseason picture by a point-happy offense that made up for defensive flaws.<\/p>\n
They were a playoff\/play-in team, free from the shackles of the lengthy playoff drought they\u2019d finally quenched.<\/p>\n
Tired of a slowly and steadily declining win total, the Kings have opted to tear it all down. Or, at least, that\u2019s what I think they\u2019re doing. It\u2019s just so hard to tell sometimes.<\/p>\n
Either way (sample size disclaimers attached), the Kings are looking *really* bad.<\/p>\n
Through three games, the Kings are: last in Player Impact Estimate, Blocks, and Assists, 29th in +\/- and Net Rating, 28th in Points Scored and Points Allowed, 27th in Defensive Rating, and 26th in Opponent Field Goals Made.<\/p>\n
Yeah, it\u2019s just three games. But the teams that torched them were the Trailblazers (understandable) and the recently gutted Clippers and Grizzlies (uh-oh).<\/p>\n
My guess is that if the Kings and Spurs had swapped schedules, the Spurs would be undefeated, and the Kings would be last in every category.<\/p>\n
So, if you\u2019re hoping for a competitive spectacle, you should probably watch something else. In fact, if there\u2019s a game you\u2019d like to be able to skip out on, I highly recommend this one.<\/p>\n
If, on the other hand, you\u2019ve had a rough week already and you could really use a blowout win, this will probably serve as a spectacular little sweet treat.<\/p>\n
Especially if De\u2019Aaron Fox goes off on his former team \u2014 which seems likely against a Sacramento backcourt that is very thin on guard talent for the first time in years.<\/p>\n
In any case, here\u2019s hoping that this game ends up being the \u2018closer to .500\u2019 treat that we all hope it is, as opposed to the \u2018Spurs didn\u2019t take them seriously\u2019 trick that it very well could be, on the first leg of San Antonio\u2019s 2nd back-to-back of the season.<\/p>\n
Enjoy as approved by responsible adults, and don\u2019t forget to check for needles in your apples! (I\u2019ve really got to chill with the metaphors)<\/p>\n
Sacramento Kings (0-3) at San Antonio Spurs (1-2)<\/p>\n
October 27, 2026 | 7 p.m. CTWatch: DAZN | Listen: WOAI (1200 AM)<\/p>\n
Spurs Injuries: Tobias Harris: Day-to-Day (Calf), Jayden Quaintance – Out (Knee)<\/p>\n
Kings Injuries: Keegan Murray: Day-to-Day (Ankle), Ben Simmons: Out (Achilles), Dylan Cardwell – Out (Calf), Maxime Raynaud – Out (Knee)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following a disconcerting pair of opening losses, the Spurs are getting a couple of \u2018get right\u2019 games thrown…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122,26732],"class_list":["post-509276","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\/509276","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=509276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}