FILE — Dejounte Murray #5 of the San Antonio Spurs, DeMar DeRozan #10 of the San Antonio Spurs and Patty Mills #8 of the San Antonio Spurs celebrate against the Boston Celtics on January 27, 2021. Tom Pennington/Getty Images/AFP
DeMar DeRozan poured in 26 points, one of seven San Antonio players to score in double figures, as the host Spurs got back on track with a 120-106 win over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday in the second of two consecutive games between the teams.
Sacramento won the first game 132-115 on Monday, but the Spurs rebounded in a big way thanks to a balanced attack and improved defense. San Antonio led by 16 at the half and by 23 with five minutes left in the third quarter, and the Kings never drew closer than 13 points in the final period.
The Spurs’ Derrick White put up 18 points while Rudy Gay scored 16. Jakob Poeltl, Dejounte Murray and Patty Mills hit for 12 apiece, and Keldon Johnson added 11 points for San Antonio. The Spurs have won two of their past three games but are just 2-4 on their current nine-game homestand.
Good vibes only tonight 🤙 #GoSpursGo
DeMar 26p | 7a | 5r
Derrick 18p | 6r | 3a
Rudy 16p | 8r
Dejounte 12p | 6r | 6a | 3s
Patty 12p | 5a | 2r | 2s
Jakob 12p | 14p
Keldon 11p | 5r
Drew 8p | 5r
Devin 2p | 2r
Tre 2p pic.twitter.com/gy8DNh1sw7— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) April 1, 2021
De’Aaron Fox led the Kings with 20 points, with Tyrese Haliburton scoring 18, Delon Wright adding 16 points and Buddy Hield hitting for 14, all in the second half.
Richaun Holmes also scored 14 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, and Harrison Barnes grabbed 14 rebounds for Sacramento, which had a five-game winning streak snapped.
San Antonio led 33-27 after a back-and-forth first quarter and took control of the game in the second period, roaring to a 67-51 lead in the final minutes of the half via a 9-0 run.
DeMar DeRozan drops 26 PTS & 7 AST in the @spurs home victory!
Derrick White: 18 PTS
Rudy Gay: 16 PTS
Dejounte Murray: 12 PTS, 6 AST, 3 STL
Jakob Poeltl: 12 PTS, 14 REB pic.twitter.com/xSFSkiqqmC— NBA (@NBA) April 1, 2021
The Spurs led 69-53 at halftime, outshooting the Kings 53.2 percent to 41.9 percent from the floor and hitting nine of their 18 shots from beyond the arc.
Gay led San Antonio with 13 points, while DeRozan had 12 points and seven assists, and White had 11 points for the Spurs in the first half.
Wright paced all scorers with 14 points off the bench in the first half for the Kings, with Haliburton scoring 13 and Holmes racking up 10.
San Antonio pushed its lead to 90-67 on a layup by Poeltl with 5:07 to play in the third quarter before the Kings fought back to within 12 points, at 94-82, with 1:29 left in the period.