SAN ANTONIO _ With time waning, the Kings had plenty of chances to pull out an ugly win Friday night. Instead, it was the San Antonio Spurs who found just enough offense to pull out a 105-104 win.
After Dejounte Murray gave the Spurs a one-point margin with 29 seconds left, the Kings fired off four straight shots, thanks to a trio of offensive rebounds by Buddy Hield. All of them clanked off the rim.
It was a fitting end to a game where the Kings' shooting would go ice-cold for minutes at a time.
The Kings led by as much as nine in the middle of the fourth quarter but it wasn't enough as their tepid offense couldn't keep pace with a furious push from the Spurs.
In the fourth, the Spurs closed within a point in the closing 30 seconds but Hield blocked a Spurs layup attempt and Harrison Barnes hit a pair of free throws. But Marco Belinelli hit an open 3-pointer to send the game to overtime.
Hield led the way after starting a frigid 0-for-7 from the field. Hield finished with 23 points and Harrison Barnes had 21 to lead Sacramento.
The Kings made a nine-point run to seemingly put the game out of reach in the closing minutes. Barnes had a tough inside basket with 3:25 to go, a Richaun Holmes dunk gave the Kings a four-point lead with 2:50 to play and another bucket from Barnes with 2:25 to go lifted the Kings to a six-point lead. A three-pointer by Cory Joseph with 1:50 left gave the Kings a nine-point margin.
The Spurs had eight players with nine points or more as they rallied for the win.
The game wasn't exactly a clash of titans, as San Antonio fell to 8-15 with the loss while the Kings improved to 9-12. The Kings continue their Texas swing with games in Dallas on Sunday night and in Houston on Monday.
