October 28, 2026 at 5:56 AM UTC

Postgame Report

Wembanyama scores 29, Champagnie hits eight 3s as Spurs rout winless Kings 130-103

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Victor Wembanyama had 29 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks, and Julian Champagnie made eight first-half 3-pointers as San Antonio led 80-54 at the break and evened its record at 2-2.

The San Antonio Spurs scored 80 points in the first half and beat the Sacramento Kings 130-103 on Tuesday night, evening their record at 2-2 and dropping Sacramento to 0-4.

Victor Wembanyama had 29 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks in under 27 minutes. Julian Champagnie came off the bench and made eight 3-pointers, all of them before halftime, and finished with 26 points.

Sacramento started well. The Kings led 23-22 after a 3-pointer by Darius Acuff Jr. with 4:15 left in the first quarter, and it was still tied at 25 a minute later. San Antonio then closed the quarter on a 14-4 run. Wembanyama scored nine points in the last 3:06, including a dunk, a jumper and a three-point play with 11 seconds left, and the Spurs led 39-29 after one. He had 15 points in the quarter.

Champagnie took over in the second. He made six 3-pointers in the quarter, three of them in a span of less than two minutes during a 12-0 run that put San Antonio up 60-38 with 6:43 left. His sixth made it 68-43. By halftime he had 24 points, every one from beyond the arc, and the Spurs led 80-54. They had 41 points in the second quarter alone.

The lead reached 28 points, at 97-69, midway through the third quarter. Sacramento kept it from getting worse after that. The Kings lost the third quarter by one point and split the fourth 23-23, but they never got closer than 20.

San Antonio shot 54% from the field and made 17 of 37 threes, and it had 35 assists on 49 baskets. Devin Vassell scored 14 points with eight assists, Stephon Castle had 15 points, and second-year guard Dylan Harper went 6 for 7 for 13 points with six rebounds and six assists. Harper was a team-best +23.

De'Andre Hunter led Sacramento with 24 points and five 3-pointers. Zach LaVine scored 22 on 7-of-10 shooting, Domantas Sabonis had 20 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists, and Acuff added 19 points on 8-of-20 shooting. The Kings' bench scored 14 points on 5-of-28 shooting. Sacramento played without Keegan Murray.

The Spurs, who reached last season's NBA Finals after beating Oklahoma City in the Western Conference finals, lost their first two games this season, to the Thunder and the Houston Rockets. They have now won two straight, after beating Dallas 122-106 on Saturday.

The Kings are still looking for their first win. They have lost to the LA Clippers, the Portland Trail Blazers, the Memphis Grizzlies and now the Spurs, and they have allowed at least 121 points in all four games.

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