Spurs Beat the Kings 130-103 in San Antonio Behind Wembanyama's 29 Points and Champagnie's Eight First-Half Threes
San Antonio scored 80 points in a half — a league season high — and never looked back: Victor Wembanyama had 29 points and 10 rebounds in 27 minutes, and Julian Champagnie hit eight 3-pointers before halftime in the Spurs' second straight win.
The San Antonio Spurs turned a Tuesday night home game into a first-half shooting exhibition. San Antonio beat the Sacramento Kings 130-103, setting league season highs for a single half with 80 points, 23 assists and 13 made 3-pointers before the break, according to Reuters' roundup of the game. The win was the Spurs' second in a row.
Victor Wembanyama led the rout with 29 points and 10 rebounds in just 27 minutes, Reuters reported, but the half belonged as much to Julian Champagnie, who made eight 3-pointers in the first half alone and finished with 26 points. Sacramento, which fell to 0-4, was led by De'Andre Hunter's 24 points and Zach LaVine's 22, while Domantas Sabonis posted 20 points, 14 rebounds and 8 assists in the loss.
For Austin's considerable Spurs following — San Antonio is the closest NBA market and its games anchor Central Texas basketball schedules — the early-season shape of the team is the story: a defense-anchoring star producing at volume in limited minutes, and role players turning his gravity into open threes at a league-best rate for a half. The same Reuters roundup carried the night's other Texas-adjacent headline, Boston's 125-124 overtime win over Brooklyn on Jayson Tatum's buzzer-beater, Tatum finishing with 40 points.
