San Antonio Spurs @ Sacramento Kings
Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 10:00 PM ET
Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA | Game ID: 22300908
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
SAC 30 41 29 31 131SAS 31 28 36 34 129
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Sabonis’ dunk with 7.7 seconds left sends Kings past Spurs 131-129
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- — Domantas Sabonis scored 31 points, including the go-ahead dunk with 7.7 seconds remaining, and the Sacramento Kings beat the San Antonio Spurs 131-129 on Thursday night.
Sabonis added 17 rebounds and nine assists, posting his 45th straight double-double.
“Just to get this win, it’s great,” Sabonis said. “It looked pretty ugly there with a minute left. ... Thankfully we got the win, but there’s still a lot to learn.”
De’Aaron Fox scored 17 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter before fouling out in the final minute.
The Spurs were without leading scorer Victor Wembanyama due to a sprained right ankle. The star rookie is expected to also miss Saturday’s game at Golden State.
San Antonio fell to 0-7 without Wembanyama this season.
The Spurs also lost Cedi Osman to a sprained ankle in the second quarter. He did not return.
With the Kings trailing 129-126, Malik Monk hit a tying 3-pointer with 23.1 seconds left. Sabonis followed with a steal and transition dunk to put Sacramento in front.
Devin Vassell missed a 3 in the final seconds and Jeremy Sochan missed a follow attempt at the buzzer.
Sacramento finished the game on a 7-0 run.
“Obviously, we’d rather not have been in that position, but at the end of the day, it’s a close game against an NBA team,” Fox said. “You try to execute down the stretch and try to get stops whenever you can.”
Vassell led the Spurs with 30 points and nine assists.
“He was aggressive,” San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said. “He was confident offensively. He always busts his butt on defense. I thought he did a good job.”
Malaki Branham added 23 points, and Keldon Johnson and Zach Collins each had 22, but San Antonio lost its seventh straight road game.
“We still make too many young, mental errors that cost us when we’re in a close game,” Popovich said.
Sacramento opened the second quarter on an 11-0 run to build a 41-31 lead. Later in the period, the Kings used a 12-0 spurt to push their advantage to 61-41.
The Spurs closed the gap to 71-59 at halftime and pulled within two midway through the third quarter.
San Antonio took a 105-103 lead early in the fourth on a pair of free throws by Sochan and followed with a 9-1 surge to extend the advantage to 114-106.
The Kings dominated inside, outscoring San Antonio 76-52 in the paint.
The Spurs made all 21 of their free throws, while Sacramento went 17 of 18.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
SACAL A. Len
DF D. Fox
DM D. Mitchell
DS D. Sabonis
HB H. Barnes
KE K. Ellis
KH K. Huerter
KM K. Murray
MM M. Monk
TL T. Lyles
SASBW B. Wesley
CO C. Osman
DB D. Barlow
DV D. Vassell
JC J. Champagnie
JS J. Sochan
KJ K. Johnson
MB M. Branham
SM S. Mamukelashvili
TJ T. Jones
ZC Z. Collins
SAC/SAS the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur