Gregg Popovich decided to shake up the starting lineup, presumably to get the offense going early but that didn’t work out too well for San Antonio as the Sacramento Kings scored the first nine points of the game. Extraneous G inserted Davis Bertans at the four and moved LaMarcus Aldridge to center while Dewayne Dedmon moved back to the bench.
Aldridge scored the first points for the Spurs on a putback to make it 9-2 before the Kings dropped five more on the Spurs. Down twelve was enough for Gregg Popovich, who put the game on pause.