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Sacramento Kings (0-2) At San Antonio Spurs (1-1), 8:30 P.M.

(Sports Network) - The San Antonio Spurs will try to rebound from a tough loss when they welcome the Sacramento Kings to the AT&T Center tonight.

San Antonio last played on Thursday and suffered a 92-85 loss at Chicago, as Tim Duncan's 28-point, 16-rebound effort was wasted. Manu Ginobili was the only other player in double figures with 12 points off the bench for the Spurs, who opened the new season with a win Wednesday versus New Orleans.

"Obviously we didn't shoot the ball well, and that contributes to the loss. But I don't really care about that, 'cause that can happen. You can have nights when you make shots, you don't make shots," Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said after the Chicago loss. "But your hustle, your defense, your boards, your attention to detail is what sustains you, especially on the road. And we didn't have any of that as a group."

Richard Jefferson finished with nine points in defeat.

The Kings, meanwhile, hope to close out a three-game road trip on a winning note after losing the first two tests of the trek. After losing their season opener in Oklahoma City, the Kings dropped a 97-92 decision in New Orleans on Friday night, when rookie Tyreke Evans led the way with 22 points.

Kevin Martin had 20 points and Andres Nocioni ended with 16 for Sacramento, which is still searching for head coach Paul Westphal's first win.

"We shot 37 percent on the road and we had a chance to win it. I'm ecstatic about the things that we did to put us in that position," said Westphal. "You shoot that terribly and have a chance to win on the road, you're doing a lot of good things. We'll have to tell them to make more layups."

San Antonio won all three matchups with Sacramento last season and has won five in a row and 20 of the past 25 contests in this series. The Kings are winless in the last five games at San Antonio.

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