The Sacramento Kings impressively took the first of this home-and-home series behind an endless barrage of 3-pointers and decided advantage in transition execution in its fitfh straight victory.
Kings guard and Western Conference Player of the Week De’Aaron Fox provided a steady hand (24 points, 5 assists, and 2 steals), while Buddy Hield (20 points) and Tyrese Haliburton (15 points and 10 assists) supported him in a balanced scoring effort for the visitors.
San Antonio’s Dejounte Murray (23 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists) and Jakob Poeltl (17 points and 11 rebounds) provided much of the early firepower, and DeMar DeRozan supplied much of the spark in the second half (17 points and 8 assists).