After the San Antonio Spurs announced that De'Aaron Fox will undergo season ending surgery to repair ligament damage in his left fifth finger — set for Tuesday in Los Angeles — they found themselves in need of a starter.

The offense had its best spurt of the game, but they finished the period permitting the Hornets to shoot 72 percent from the field. Then some of the positives on offense carried over into the fourth,

SAN ANTONIO - De’Aaron Fox and the San Antonio Spurs host Miles Bridges and the Charlotte Hornets in out-of-conference action.The Spurs have gone 16-16 at home.

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The Sacramento Kings will battle the Phoenix Suns on Friday at the Footprint Center. It will be a Pacific Division showdown as we continue our NBA odds series and make a Kings-Suns prediction and pick.