SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs picked up their seventh straight loss, losing to the Sacramento Kings 129-120 at home.
Victor Wembanyama had 27 points, and nine rebounds while Malaki Branham recorded 10 points. Zach Collins had 28 points and eight rebounds to lead the team in the loss. Jeremy Sochan had eight points. Keldon Johnson added 21 points while Sandro Mamukelashvili had six points and three rebounds., Tre Jones and Devin Vassell were out due to injuries.
The Spurs are 3-9 on the season, and will next host the Memphis Grizzlies Saturday night.
Here's a sample of what the teams said after the game.
SPURS
Gregg Popovich
"I was really pleased with their effort. In this situation, we can't make many youthful mistakes that we make. We just played an experienced, couple of all-star guys in the playoffs and it showed. The effort, the drive and I thought Zach was stupendous. He was just unbelievable. But they're all learning."
Wembanyama
"The first thing that Pop (Popovich) said when coming into the locker room was acknowledging our effort. All of us know we are on a good path."
"There are sacrifices to make and we're all ready to do them."
Collins
"We had games where we start off really good and they come back and we put our heads down. We don't fight back and we didn't do that tonight. And that was the biggest thing. We just kept our heads. We had a good attitude. We stayed positive."
KINGS
De'Aaron Fox, Chris Duarte, and Mike Brown
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