National Basketball Association
San Antonio 142, Sacramento 134
When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, April 2, 2023
Where: Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California
Officials: #3 Nick Buchert, #65 Nate Green, #61 Courtney Kirkland
Attendance: 18183

Doug McDermott poured in nine of his season-best 30 points in overtime as the visiting San Antonio Spurs outlasted the Sacramento Kings 142-134 on Sunday to snap a six-game losing streak.

Julian Champagnie added a career-high 26 points for the Spurs (20-58). Tre Jones racked up 17 points and 11 assists and 10 rebounds for San Antonio.

De'Aaron Fox led the Kings (47-31) with 28 points while Domantas Sabonis had 26 points and eight rebounds.

The Spurs were up 121-118 after a short jumper by Zach Collins with 1:41 to play in regulation. Fox cut the Kings' deficit to a point with a bucket with 1:27 left and Sabonis tied the game with a free throw with 59.4 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.

Two free throws by San Antonio's Dominick Barlow with 44.6 seconds to play were answered by a jumper by Fox that tied the game with 36.9 seconds left in regulation. Sacramento's Kevin Huerter missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer, and the contest went to overtime.

The Spurs never trailed in the extra period, riding five straight team points from McDermott to go up 134-130 with 2:32 to play. After a layup by Sacramento's Harrison Barnes cut the lead to two points, McDermott hit another short jumper and Jones followed with a driving layup to push the San Antonio lead to six points.

For the Spurs, Collins scored 16 points, Malaki Branham hit for 15 and Barlow scored 10 points and grabbed 12 rebounds.

Keegan Murray scored 18 points and Barnes and Terence Davis hit for 15 points apiece for the Kings.

Barlow hit a late jumper to give San Antonio a 32-30 lead at the end of the first period.

The game went back and forth in the second period, with the Kings going up by as many as five points after a three-point play by Huerter with 8:16 to play in the quarter. San Antonio answered to take a 45-43 lead on Collins' 3-pointer at the 5:05 mark and Barlow's buzzer-beating dunk produced a 63-58 lead for the Spurs at the break.

Champagnie led all scorers with 22 points (10 more than his previous career-high for a whole game) before halftime. Murray paced the Kings with 13 points in the half with Huerter and Davis adding 10 points each.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
San Antonio   Sacramento
Doug McDermott 30 Scoring De'Aaron Fox 28
Tre Jones 11 Assists Domantas Sabonis 6
Dominick Barlow 10 Rebounds Domantas Sabonis 8
Doug McDermott 8 Free Throws Made De'Aaron Fox 8
Dominick Barlow 1 Steals Harrison Barnes 2
Dominick Barlow 2 Blocks Alex Len 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
San Antonio 142 53.1 13-34 25-29 31 52 3 8 18
Sacramento 134 47.6 11-44 25-32 24 43 5 9 15
Upcoming Games
  • Sacramento will play their next game on the road against New Orleans. The Kings have a W/L % of .583 after a win and .633 after a loss.
  • San Antonio will play their next game on the road against Phoenix. The Spurs have a W/L % of .316 after a win and .237 after a loss.