San Antonio Spurs Player Grades in Win Over Sacramento Kings

By Jay Desai
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The San Antonio Spurs improved to 3-5 on their rodeo road trip on Friday night, defeating the Sacramento Kings 107-95.

The Spurs, who led by as many as 15 in this one, used strong ball control, only five turnovers, and a steady diet of free throws, getting to the line 32 times, to pick up the victory.

Tony Parker made a recovery following his awful game against Portland, recording 19 points, five rebounds, and four assists against the Kings. Kawhi Leonard also played well, scoring 17 while picking up seven rebounds and five assists.

Sacramento was led by Ray McCallum and Ben McLemore, their starting guards who combined for 41 points, four rebounds, and five assists.

Now that the game is over, we have post-game grades for key Spurs players in the San Antonio Sacramento game!

Check out our San Antonio Spurs player grades below!

San Antonio Spurs. TONY PARKER. B+. Tony Parker had a full 360 on Friday night compared to his pitiful performance against the Trail Blazers. The French guard stuffed the box score against the Kings, finishing with 19 points, five rebounds, and four assists. Another big stat from Friday night was that Parker had zero turnovers. Defensively, Parker could have played better and tried to slow down Sacramento guard Ray McCallum who scored 20. Still, you can’t really knock Parker too much for that especially considering that San Antonio came away with the win.. PG

San Antonio Spurs. DANNY GREEN. C+. <strong><a href=. SG

Kawhi Leonard seems to be slowly heating up in the stretch run as he followed up Wednesday’s performance against Portland with another solid outing against Sacramento. The 2014 Finals MVP was at it again, registering 17 points, seven rebounds, and five assists. He also came up with a steal and two blocked shots, adding to his impressive numbers. Leonard’s defense on the Kings forwards was also solid as he helped force <strong><a href=. SF. San Antonio Spurs. KAWHI LEONARD. A

B-. <strong><a href=. PF. San Antonio Spurs. TIM DUNCAN

C. Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich decided to insert <strong><a href=. C. San Antonio Spurs. TIAGO SPLITTER

B+. The San Antonio Spurs bench was solid on Friday night, providing that extra punch necessary to push the Spurs to victory with their combined 45 points. <strong><a href=. . . SAN ANTONIO SPURS BENCH

Next: Game Recap: Spurs at Kings

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