Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs. Sacramento Kings
The San Antonio Spurs return from Orlando with their first road win of the season welcoming the young and athletic Kings to town.
| Final - 1.18.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT 1 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio Spurs | 13 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 85 |
| Orlando Magic | 19 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 83 |
The San Antonio Spurs return from Orlando with their first road win of the season welcoming the young and athletic Kings to town.
After opening the season with a very strange combination of a perfect record a home and a winless mark on the road, Tony Parker and the Spurs managed to pull out an 85-83 overtime win against the Orlando Magic (10-4).
Game Recap: Spurs Survive Dwight Howard and the Magic, get First Road Win
Orlando hosts San Antonio looking for its sixth straight victory.
San Antonio Spurs, perfect at home, still in search of a road win, travel to Orlando to play the 10-3 Magic. Pounding the Rock previews the match-up for the Spurs.
The Miami Heat took the Spurs best shot and came back to blow them out. What does this mean for a team who's playing more youngsters than veterans?
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 13 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 85 |
| Orlando | 19 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 83 |
| San Antonio | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Jefferson | 37 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 2-5 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Tim Duncan | 35 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 10-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4-0 | 17 |
| DeJuan Blair | 16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 24 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Tony Parker | 43 | 12-23 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 7-0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1-0 | 25 |
| Gary Neal | 22 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Cory Joseph | 9 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Tiago Splitter | 17 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 10 |
| Danny Green | 37 | 0-6 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 6-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5-0 | 2 |
| Matt Bonner | 19 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Manu Ginobili | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| T.J. Ford | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| James Anderson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Malcolm Thomas | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-84 | 2-17 | 11-18 | 41-4 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 22-0 | 85 | |
| .429 | .118 | .611 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 0 (12 pts) | |||||||
| Orlando | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quentin Richardson | 21 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Ryan Anderson | 39 | 3-13 | 1-6 | 10-10 | 11-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 17 |
| Dwight Howard | 40 | 9-15 | 0-1 | 6-10 | 25-9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4-0 | 24 |
| J.J. Redick | 31 | 4-11 | 0-2 | 5-6 | 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 13 |
| Jameer Nelson | 38 | 2-16 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Glen Davis | 17 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-1 | 4 |
| Von Wafer | 22 | 6-11 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 15 |
| Chris Duhon | 14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Larry Hughes | 29 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Earl Clark | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Jason Richardson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Hedo Turkoglu | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Daniel Orton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| DeAndre Liggins | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Justin Harper | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 29-87 | 4-21 | 21-27 | 60-18 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 18-1 | 83 | |
| .333 | .190 | .778 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 2 (6 pts) | |||||||