Spurs beat Kings 126–97 with Harper and Fox at the front
Dylan Harper scored 19 points and De’Aaron Fox added 16 in San Antonio’s October 16 preseason win. Zach LaVine led Sacramento with 20.
Archive recap · Listed by game date. First published Oct 17, 2026.
Zach LaVine finished with the highest individual scoring total, but the San Antonio Spurs finished well ahead of the Sacramento Kings, 126–97, in NBA preseason play on October 16, 2026. Dylan Harper led San Antonio with 19 points, one fewer than LaVine.
Harper made seven of 12 field-goal attempts, including three three-pointers, and recorded four assists. De’Aaron Fox added 16 points, six rebounds and three assists for the Spurs. Fox converted all four of his free throws, while Harper’s three made three-pointers supplied a different feature of his scoring line.
LaVine scored 20 points for Sacramento and made all seven of his free throws. Ben Simmons added 14 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. Simmons’s rebounds and assists gave his contribution a different emphasis from LaVine’s larger scoring total.
San Antonio’s 29-point winning margin was much wider than the gap between the leading individual scorers. Harper and LaVine finished only one point apart, with San Antonio producing the larger team total.
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