Each playoff game is live broadcast and national, being the game broadcast later in the playoffs, there is plenty of spectators. On social media, with no disrespect for Spurs, everything goes according to plan.
Kings' fans on the scene are also in a good mood. While they may think the Spurs aren't a real threat, the Kings' seriousness is admirable. Hector did not play in the second quarter, and Monk led the bench on the court.
In the playoffs, apart from starters, eight players often play. The Kings' bench consists of Malik Monk, Jonathan Isaac, and Sasha Vezenkov. The rest can unlock a game, but depending on the circumstances.
While an undrafted Marshall and Harris scored for San Antonio, Monk and Isaac scored two free throws each. At that point, the Kings will accelerate. Sacha Vezenkov is an important player in the locker room for the Kings and the second unit.
Against Johnson, the Bulgarian took advantage of an advantageous position and stopped to make a pull-up rather than attempt the layup. Then, after Isaac's offensive rebound, he immediately threw the ball out of the three-point line.
Vezenkov, in catch-and-shoot, executes without thinking. The three-pointer went straight to the basket!
With a succession of well-executed passes from the Kings, Isaac Vezenkov for a layup. Then after a pick and roll, Vezenkov will eliminate Sochan with a devastating Euro-step. After Sacha's fury, the Kings lead by more than 20 points, 31:54!
It's not over. After a pick and roll with Monk, Isaac receives the ball and makes a layup. Monk will draw the crowd and get and then make his two free throws while Vezenkov will do the same, but he will miss the second free throw.
During this period, the Spurs managed only one free throw from Wembanyama. To get the head out of the water Johnson then Harris will make two three-pointers, and Harris will dunk on an alley-oop to give hope to the Spurs.
5:11 It's time for Hector and Keegan Murray to return to the court. The Mexican took a moment to regain rhythm, but he missed his shots. He goes to the free-throw line. It performs a 2 out of 2.
Keldon Johnson, on an assist from Longford, scored a three-pointer.
Following a fake handoff dribble with Murray, Hector goes to the free basket and makes a layup. Harris with a step back to avoid Hector's block score too. Wembanyama does what he can and struggles, but his presence on defense is a plague for the Kings.
After an offensive rebound by Fox, Victor blocked his layup in the crowd and then stole the ball by intercepting a poorly adjusted pass from Duarte.
Keegan Murray created his shot and made a difficult one that went into the basket.
Wembanyama, on the free throw line, scored two points. Following this, a three-point exchange will take place. First by Hector, with a pick and pop. The Spurs responded with veteran Tobias Harris before Keegan Murray reflected his value from deep.
The quarter ended with a three-point action by Harris, who at the buzzer scored the layup with the foul and the free throw that went with it.
The halftime ends 52:68.
The Kings entered the locker room with a 16-point lead in the first half!
The second half of the game.
After a pick and pop between Hector and Fox, Wembanyama tried to block Hector's shot. But it is a fake and performed a side step to have the quiet space to succeed in shooting while going to his preferential zone, shoulders.
With an assist from Longford, Sochan made a three-pointer from the corner, and Chris Duarte, after a pass from Keegan Murray, scored a driving layup.
The Spurs have their backs to the wall and will unleash an offensive shockwave orchestrated by Wembanyama, first after two points on the free-throw line. Then a jumper from Young and a dunk from Wembanyama will revive San Antonio, who are struggling as best they can.
Hector seeing the Spurs booster, will succeed, we do not know how, to draw a crowd behind the three-point line and get three free throws.
Wembanyama managed to beat Hector on the rebound, grabbed the offensive rebound, and then threw the ball into the basket. Johnson capped a superbly played Spurs possession with a layup, Young converting three free throws. San Antonio is getting dangerously close.
Duarte, with a driving layup, then Hector, with a three-pointer and two free throws, calm the Spurs' ardor. But San Antonio, to show that they are not here to make extras, two free throws from Young that cause much trouble for the Kings with his incessant drives.
After two points from Wembanyama, De'Aaron Fox is now discreetly out of his den. First, he uses a handoff dribble with Hector to stop at the high post, triggering a jump shot.
Then after a steal of Hector, the Mexican throws down an off-backboard alley-oop to Fox! Kings fans exulted with joy and raised the decibels.
The last minute of the quarter passed, and the Kings were still ahead at the end, 78:89!