Who’s Playing
Sacramento @ San Antonio
Current Records: Sacramento 23-18; San Antonio 13-30
What to Know
The Sacramento Kings need to shore up a defense that is allowing 116.98 points per game before their contest Sunday. They will square off against the San Antonio Spurs at 7 p.m. ET at AT&T Center. The Kings know how to get points on the board — the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past four matchups — so hopefully San Antonio likes a good challenge.
Sacramento’s matchup against the Houston Rockets this past Friday was close at halftime, but Sacramento turned on the heat in the second half with 70 points. Sacramento was the clear victor by a 139-114 margin over Houston. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Sacramento had established a 112-92 advantage. They relied on the efforts of center Domantas Sabonis, who dropped a triple-double on 19 points, 16 assists, and 15 rebounds, and power forward Harrison Barnes, who shot 5-for-8 from beyond the arc and finished with 27 points and seven boards. Sabonis now has four triple-doubles this season.
Meanwhile, there’s no need to mince words: the Spurs lost to the Golden State Warriors this past Friday, and they lost bad. The score wound up at 144-113. San Antonio was down 114-89 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from. A silver lining for them was the play of point guard Tre Jones, who had 21 points and five assists.
Sacramento is expected to win this handily, but they should have beaten the Charlotte Hornets Dec. 19 easily too and instead slipped up with a 125-119. In other words, don’t count San Antonio out just yet.
How To Watch
When: Sunday at 7 p.m. ETWhere: AT&T Center — San Antonio, TexasTV: Bally Sports – SouthwestOnline streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)Follow: CBS Sports AppTicket Cost: $10.00
Odds
The Kings are a big 7.5-point favorite against the Spurs, according to the latest NBA odds.
The oddsmakers had a good feel for the line for this one, as the game opened with the Kings as a 7-point favorite.
Over/Under: -111
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Series History
San Antonio have won 16 out of their last 24 games against Sacramento.
Nov 17, 2022 – Sacramento 130 vs. San Antonio 112Mar 03, 2022 – Sacramento 115 vs. San Antonio 112Dec 19, 2021 – Sacramento 121 vs. San Antonio 114Nov 10, 2021 – San Antonio 136 vs. Sacramento 117May 07, 2021 – San Antonio 113 vs. Sacramento 104Mar 31, 2021 – San Antonio 120 vs. Sacramento 106Mar 29, 2021 – Sacramento 132 vs. San Antonio 115Jul 31, 2020 – San Antonio 129 vs. Sacramento 120Feb 08, 2020 – Sacramento 122 vs. San Antonio 102Dec 06, 2019 – San Antonio 105 vs. Sacramento 104Mar 31, 2019 – Sacramento 113 vs. San Antonio 106Feb 04, 2019 – Sacramento 127 vs. San Antonio 112Nov 12, 2018 – Sacramento 104 vs. San Antonio 99Apr 09, 2018 – San Antonio 98 vs. Sacramento 85Jan 28, 2018 – San Antonio 113 vs. Sacramento 98Jan 08, 2018 – San Antonio 107 vs. Sacramento 100Dec 23, 2017 – San Antonio 108 vs. Sacramento 99Mar 19, 2017 – San Antonio 118 vs. Sacramento 102Mar 08, 2017 – San Antonio 114 vs. Sacramento 104Nov 16, 2016 – San Antonio 110 vs. Sacramento 105Oct 27, 2016 – San Antonio 102 vs. Sacramento 94Mar 05, 2016 – San Antonio 104 vs. Sacramento 94Feb 24, 2016 – San Antonio 108 vs. Sacramento 92Nov 09, 2015 – San Antonio 106 vs. Sacramento 88
