SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2013 Victor Wembanyama had 18 points and eight rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Sacramento Kings 132-104 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Wembanyama shot 7 of 14 with a pair of 3-pointers and three assists to help the Spurs to their first win in Sacramento in more than two years.<\/p>\n
Former Kings star De\u2019Aaron Fox added 15, five rebounds and six assists for San Antonio. Keldon Johnson scored 18 points and Dylan Harper had 15.<\/p>\n
The Spurs (51-18) have won eight of nine. They also improved to 11-3 on the second half of back-to-backs.<\/p>\n
Maxime Raynaud had 32 points and nine rebounds for the Kings (18-52). Doug McDermott added 12 points.<\/p>\n
Russell Westbrook had 10 assists to move past Mark Jackson and Steve Nash into fifth place on the NBA all-time list.<\/p>\n
The Spurs led by 41 in the third quarter, made 25 of 49 3-point attempts and cruised to their 25th road win of the season.<\/p>\n
Sacramento had been on one of its best streaks of the season with wins in four of its previous five.<\/p>\n
Wembanyama prevented that hot streak from continuing despite taking only one shot in the first quarter. He had eight points at halftime, made a pair of 3-pointers during an up-and-down third quarter then spent most of the fourth quarter on the bench.<\/p>\n
Harrison Barnes, who also previously played with the Kings, joined with Keldon Johnson and Stephon Castle to get the Spurs going early. The trio combined to shoot 9-of-10 and scored 22 points as San Antonio led 39-22.<\/p>\n
San Antonio increased the lead to 60-27 following Lindy Waters III\u2019s 3-pointer early in the second quarter and led by 31 at the half.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Jazz: Host the Suns on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Kings: Host the 76ers on Thursday.<\/p>\n
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