{"id":646069,"date":"2026-03-07T23:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T23:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/646069\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T23:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T23:03:23","slug":"kings-vs-spurs-sacramento-struggling-without-deaaron-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/646069\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings vs. Spurs: Sacramento struggling without De\u2019Aaron Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sacramento Kings don\u2019t need to be reminded of how far they\u2019ve fallen since making the playoffs in 2022-23, but they will be when they visit the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday at Frost Bank Center.<\/p>\n

Fox spent seven-plus seasons in Sacramento after coming out of Kentucky as the No. 5 pick in the 2017 NBA draft. He was sent to the Spurs in February 2025 as part of the three-team trade that brought Zach LaVine to Sacramento.<\/p>\n

The Kings (12-45) have fallen on hard times since trading Fox. Mired in a franchise-record 15-game losing streak, they have the worst record in the NBA.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the Kings announced that LaVine (finger), Domantas Sabonis (knee) and De\u2019Andre Hunter (knee) had undergone season-ending surgery to repair their respective injuries.<\/p>\n

The Spurs (39-16) have the second-best record in the Western Conference behind the Oklahoma City Thunder. They have won seven in a row and 12 of their last 15.<\/p>\n

The Spurs have emerged as legitimate NBA championship contenders since adding Fox to a group that features Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle, Devin Vassell, Keldon Johnson, Julian Champagnie, Dylan Harper and Harrison Barnes.<\/p>\n

Wembanyama is averaging 24.2 points, 11.1 rebounds and 2.7 blocks. Fox, who recently earned his second NBA All-Star selection, is averaging 19.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.2 steals. Castle (16.6 ppg), Vassell (14.0 ppg), Johnson (13.4 ppg), Champagnie (11.1 ppg), Harper (11.0 ppg) and Barnes (10.5 ppg) are also scoring in double figures.<\/p>\n

Fox had 28 points and 11 assists in a 123-110 victory over the Kings on Nov. 18 in San Antonio. The Spurs will come to Sacramento on March 17 in the final meeting of the season between the two teams.<\/p>\n

Kings at Spurs<\/p>\n

When: 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

Where: Frost Bank Center<\/p>\n

TV: NBC Sports California<\/p>\n

Radio: Sactown Sports 1140<\/p>\n

Odds: Spurs -18.5<\/p>\n

Over\/under: 230.5<\/p>\n

Injury report<\/p>\n

Kings: OUT \u2014 Dylan Cardwell (ankle); De\u2019Andre Hunter (eye); Zach LaVine (finger); Domantas Sabonis (knee); Isaiah Stevens (G League).<\/p>\n

Spurs: QUESTIONABLE \u2014 Harrison Ingram (G League); Stanley Umude (G League). OUT \u2014 David Jones Garcia (G League); Mason Plumlee (return to competition reconditioning).<\/p>\n

This story was originally published February 21, 2026 at 12:41 PM.<\/p>\n

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Jason Anderson is The Sacramento Bee\u2019s Kings beat writer. He is a Sacramento native and a graduate of Fresno State, where he studied journalism and college basketball under the late Jerry Tarkanian.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sacramento Kings don\u2019t need to be reminded of how far they\u2019ve fallen since making the playoffs in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3792],"tags":[7,4056,83804,6,55552,986,83806,477,4055,693,83805],"class_list":{"0":"post-646069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento-kings","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-kings","10":"tag-kings-vs-spurs","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-nba-preview","13":"tag-sacramento","14":"tag-sacramento-injuries","15":"tag-sacramento-kings","16":"tag-sacramentokings","17":"tag-victor-wembanyama","18":"tag-zach-lavine-trade"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116190394977455587","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}