San Antonio (20-58) claimed a gutty road win 142-134 over the presumptive Pacific Division Champion Kings with a staggering 78 bench points. In the loss, Sacramento (47-31) had its overtime record for the season fall to 4-1, while the Spurs edged up to 1-5. The teams traded baskets for the first couple of minutes in the extra frame until the duo of Doug McDermott and Malaki Branham spearheaded a game-ending 15-7 run fueled by six consecutive makes propelling the Spurs to the stunning victory over the 3-seed Kings.
In a frenetic first quarter that foreshadowed a great pace for the remainder of this great matchup, Malaki Branham scored at all three levels rather easily, while De’Aaron Fox led a balanced attack from the favored Kings.