115-132. Fox celebrates Player of the Week award with fifth win for Kings

Sports writing (USA), March 30 – The point guard D’Aaron Fox, chosen Player of the Week in the Western Conference, celebrated the award as leader of the Sacramento Kings to whom he contributed 24 points and He helped them win on the road 115-132 against the San Antonio Spurs.

Center Richaun Holmes finished with a double-double of 23 points and 12 rebounds that allowed the Kings to achieve their fifth consecutive win, their best winning streak so far this season.
Bahamian guard Buddy Hield added 20 points for Sacramento, which has won seven of its last eight games and remains in contention for the playoffs in the Western Conference.

The Kings starters combined to score 96 points, at least 14 of each of them and all with at least 30 minutes of action.
Spurs guard Dejounte Murray scored 23 points, but only two in the second half, while guard Derrick White contributed 19 points, which did not prevent the defeat of the San Antonio team (23-21), who lost the leadership of the Southwest Division, which is now held by the Dallas Mavericks, who beat the Oklahoma City Thunder on visitors 106-127.

Kings and Spurs meet again on Wednesday in the second and final game of a series scheduled at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.
The Spurs are 1-4 in the first games of a nine-season stay at their field that ends next Monday against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Kings (22-25) are averaging 120 points in their winning streak and outscore their rivals by 11 points per game.
The center of San Antonio, the Austrian Jakob Poeltl, finished again as the best of the team in the inside game with a double-double of 17 points, including 11 points in the first quarter, 11 rebounds and three blocks against a lineup of shorter than Sacramento.

The Kings turned the tables on their speed and three-point accuracy to outscore the Spurs 29-41 in the second quarter and increase the margin to 19 in the third.

Sacramento finished with 18 shots on 36 3-point attempts and Hield connected on five of nine three-pointers.
San Antonio cut the gap to 101-104 thanks to power forward Drew Eubanks’ layup with 9:24 left, but Sacramento scored the next seven points to regain control.