Spurs 130, Kings 103: Wembanyama and Champagnie power San Antonio's first home win
San Antonio scored 80 first-half points as Victor Wembanyama had 29 and 10 rebounds against a Kings team still without a win.
San Antonio beat Sacramento 130-103 at Frost Bank Center on Tuesday night, picking up its first home win of the season and leaving the Kings winless.
A fast start decided it
The Spurs set the tone from the opening possession, which CBS Sacramento describes as an alley-oop dunk by Victor Wembanyama followed by a three-pointer from Devin Vassell. San Antonio scored 39 in the first quarter and 80 by halftime, both season highs, per CBS. ESPN's quarter scores show the Spurs outscoring Sacramento 41-25 in the second quarter to make it 80-54 at the break. The second half was close to even: the Spurs won the third 27-26 and the fourth 23-23.
The numbers
Wembanyama finished with 29 points and 10 rebounds on 14-of-21 shooting, matching his career high with nine dunks, according to CBS Sacramento. He scored 15 in the first quarter on 7-of-10. Julian Champagnie added 26 points and went 8-of-13 from three, including 8-of-10 in the first half. Dylan Harper had 13 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, and all five San Antonio starters reached double figures. As a team the Spurs made 17 of 37 threes.
For Sacramento, De'Andre Hunter scored 24, Zach LaVine 22, and Domantas Sabonis had 20 points, 14 rebounds and 8 assists.
What it means
The Spurs are 2-2, with earlier home losses to Oklahoma City and Houston, per CBS. Their only previous win was against Dallas on October 24. ESPN lists the Kings at 0-4, with an 0-2 mark on the road.
The Spurs travel to Utah on Wednesday; the Kings play at New Orleans on Thursday, per CBS.
Torch did not find post-game quotes or a full box score in the sources reviewed, so team rebounding, assist and turnover totals are not given.