Update: 9:30 pm
The Sacramento Kings picked up another loss Tuesday against the San Antonio Spurs. The 132-104 loss puts Sacramento at 18-52 on the season.
Maxime Raynaud led the Kings in scoring with 32 points and 9 rebounds. Nique Clifford was close to a triple double with 15 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Russell Westbrook and DeMar DeRozan combined for just 10 total shots.
Our old friend De’Aaron Fox had 15 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds in 22 minutes. Our other old friend Harrison Barnes had 16 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
From Earlier Preview:
The Sacramento Kings are the NBA’s best worst team. They’re 5-5 over the last 10 games, good for the best record out of the 10-worst NBA teams over the same period, excluding the New Orleans Pelicans who do not own their own first round pick this year. This is a clunky way of acknowledging that 8 other NBA franchises in a similar position understand that losing is the move right now, and the Kings are the outlier. Surely they will be proven correct, and everyone else is wrong.
Anyway, De’Aaron Fox and the Spurs are in town tonight.
Who: Sacramento Kings (18-51) vs. San Antonio Spurs (50-18)
Where: Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA
When: 7:00 PM PT / 10:00 PM ET
Watch: NBCSCA / League Pass
I thought we could rely on the Kings losing to the Jazz on the second night of a back-to-back over the weekend, but they managed to win with 8 active players, and 38 minutes of DeMar DeRozan. Some franchises just want it more.
The Spurs, though? The Spurs got this, right? San Antonio hasn’t released their injury report yet, so TBD on any significant absences that may close the massive talent gap between these two rosters, but this just has to be a loss for the tank tonight. There’s no other way around it. One last parting gift from De’Aaron Fox.
Prediction: Kings 112, Spurs 108.