SAN ANTONIO – The Spurs will try to keep rolling Saturday night when they host the Sacramento Kings in Austin, Texas, with tipoff set for 8 p.m. EST.
The Spurs (38-16), second in the Western Conference, enter the matchup on a six-game winning streak. San Antonio is 25-13 against Western Conference opponents and ranks seventh in the NBA with 16.5 fast break points per game, led by Stephon Castle at 2.9.
Sacramento (12-45) sits 15th in the Western Conference and has struggled within the conference at 8-29. The Kings are the lowest-scoring team in the West, averaging 109.9 points per game while shooting 46.1% from the field.
San Antonio is shooting 47.8% this season, 1.6 percentage points lower than the 49.4% opponents shoot against Sacramento. The Kings’ 109.9 points per game are 1.9 fewer than the 111.8 points per game the Spurs allow.
Saturday’s game is the second meeting between the teams this season. San Antonio won the first matchup 123-110 on Nov. 16.
Victor Wembanyama has led the Spurs, averaging 24.4 points, 11.1 rebounds and 2.7 blocks. For Sacramento, De’Aaron Fox is averaging 13.7 points and 6.8 assists over the last 10 games. Maxime Raynaud is shooting 55.5% and averaging 10.0 points for the Kings, while Nique Clifford is averaging 1.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
Over their last 10 games, the Spurs are 7-2, averaging 119.6 points, 48.0 rebounds, 29.6 assists, 7.1 steals and 6.9 blocks per game while shooting 50.0%. Their opponents have averaged 108.6 points per game.
The Kings are 0-10 in their last 10, averaging 104.6 points, 44.4 rebounds, 22.5 assists, 7.7 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 43.0%. Their opponents have averaged 119.1 points.
San Antonio listed David Jones Garcia (ankle) out for the season, Lindy Waters III out with a knee injury and Mason Plumlee out for a non-injury-related reason.
Sacramento listed Domantas Sabonis (back) and Zach LaVine (finger) out for the season, along with Dylan Cardwell (ankle) and De’Andre Hunter (eye).