The Sacramento King fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves 110-124 on Friday, and the 14-point loss was actually an improvement over how they had been playing recently. Well, it doesn’t get any easier tonight as the Kings are in San Antonio to play the Spurs. Will the Kings extend their losing streak to 6 games, or will they finally pick up a win against a quality team? Let’s find out.
Who: Sacramento Kings (3-10) vs. San Antonio Spurs (8-4)
Where: Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, TX
When: 1:00 PM PT / 4:00 PM ET
Watch: NBCSCA / League Pass
De’Aaron Fox, Victor Wembanyama, and the Spurs are a significantly better team than the Sacramento Kings, but they aren’t playing their best basketball at the moment. After starting the season 5-0, the Spurs have gone 3-4 in their last 7 games, including two-straight losses to the Golden State Warriors heading into tonights matchup with the Kings. They’ll be without Dylan Harper tonight, and Wemby is questionable. For the Kings, Keegan Murray is still out while Domantas Sabonis and Precious Achiuwa are questionable.
It’ll also be interesting to see what Doug Christie does with the starting lineup today. Dennis Schroder got benched in favor of Russell Westbrook vs. the Timberwolves on Friday, and it kinda worked out for both players, despite the loss. Russ was solid with the starting unit, and Schroder, who had been struggling a lot recently, played a decent game off the bench.
Prediction: Kings 117, Spurs 111.