Champagnie Scores 24 First-Half Points, All on Threes, as Spurs Beat Kings

The San Antonio Spurs beat the Sacramento Kings 130-103 on Tuesday night (Oct. 27) for their first home win of the season, according to ESPN and the Associated Press, behind a first half in which Julian Champagnie scored all 24 of his points on threes.

A first half built on threes

Champagnie scored all 24 of his first-half points from beyond the arc, per ClutchPoints via Yahoo Sports, and did it in 13 minutes, according to Spurs On SI. Yahoo Sports reports that six of the threes came in the second quarter, when he scored 18 points. It also reports he made eight of his first nine attempts, including seven in a row, before missing a final heat-check try. Those sequence details come from the Spurs On SI network and do not appear in the ESPN/AP recap.

San Antonio had season highs for points in a quarter and a half, with 39 in the first period and 80 at the break, per ESPN/AP. ClutchPoints put the halftime score at 80-54.

The final line

The NBA.com box score lists Champagnie at 26 points on 9-of-14 shooting, 8-of-13 from three, with three rebounds and three assists in 25 minutes. Spurs On SI reports he added a fast-break layup midway through the fourth quarter and missed all three of his threes after halftime.

The NBA record for threes in a game is 14, held by Klay Thompson since a 2018 game against the Bulls, according to NBA.com. Champagnie finished well short of that, and the outlets reviewed did not frame his night as a run at it. ClutchPoints instead noted that at halftime he needed three more makes to tie his own franchise record.

Where he stands in Spurs history

That franchise mark is 11 threes, set Dec. 31, 2025, when Champagnie went 11 for 17 and scored a career-high 36 against the Knicks, per ESPN/AP. He broke Chuck Person's record of nine, set Dec. 30, 1997.

Yahoo Sports reports the NBA noted that his 24 first-half points and eight threes each tied his career highs for any half. That claim could not be traced to a primary source.

Game context

The Spurs entered at 1-2, having lost to the Thunder and Rockets and beaten the Mavericks, per ClutchPoints via Yahoo Sports. Sacramento was winless, according to ESPN/AP. Victor Wembanyama finished with 29 points and 10 rebounds after scoring 23 by halftime. San Antonio shot 17 for 37 from three as a team.