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Sacbee:
PLAYERS:
Spencer Hawes,
Sean May,
Jason Thompson,
Tim Duncan,
Beno Udrih,
Andres Nocioni
TEAMS: Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs
TEAMS: Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs
SAN ANTONIO Even Spencer Hawes knew the numbers were deceiving.
The Kings' third-year center had 22 points and 10 rebounds in a 113-94 loss to San Antonio on Saturday, but much of it came after the game was out of hand. Still, Hawes could use any kind of momentum at the moment. And this served as momentum.
"Given the outcome, it's hard to look at my performance and be too excited about it," Hawes said. "I guess individually it's a step in the right direction. But we've still got a lot of things to work on."
His spirit, for one.
Hawes expected to be a starter this season, so the adjustment to coming off the bench continues to be a major one. Kings coach Paul Westphal has decided to use Sean May at power forward and Jason Thompson at center, his way of avoiding an extremely undersized second unit and the always-present problem of Thompson and his foul trouble.
Hawes was the fourth player off the bench against the Spurs, entering with 3:54 left in the first quarte...
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