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Spurs, 92.5-cent favorites on Kalshi, beat Kings 130-103

What's new San Antonio Spurs beat Sacramento Kings 130-103 on Oct. 28 at Frost Bank Center, according to ESPN game data.

Why it matters Before the start, Kalshi traders priced a San Antonio Spurs win at 92.5¢ a share and a Sacramento Kings win at 7.5¢; a price in cents reads as the market's implied chance in percent, so the favorite won.

San Antonio Spurs 130, Sacramento Kings 103: Kalshi had San Antonio Spurs at 92.5¢ before the startFinal score (ESPN) and Kalshi pre-game price, mid of bid and ask; Oct. 28 (UTC)finalKalshi price before the start (0-100¢)San Antonio Spurs13092.5¢ pre-gameSacramento Kings1037.5¢ pre-game
Final score Sacramento Kings 103, San Antonio Spurs 130 (sports_games #117, ESPN JSON fetched 2026-10-30 14:16 UTC); Kalshi pre-game mids 92.5¢ (KXNBAGAME-26OCT27SACSAS-SAS, market_snapshots #154932) and 7.5¢ (KXNBAGAME-26OCT27SACSAS-SAC, market_snapshots #154933), the last snapshots before the 2026-10-28 00:00 UTC start (spreads 10¢ or less); settlement: KXNBAGAME-26OCT27SACSAS-SAC no, KXNBAGAME-26OCT27SACSAS-SAS yes (market_results); standings: sports_standings #30405 (2026-11-04), #30397 (2026-11-04).

Final score: Sacramento Kings 103, San Antonio Spurs 130. The game started at Oct. 28, 12:00 a.m. UTC, ESPN's data shows.

Kalshi's market on a San Antonio Spurs win showed a bid of 92¢ and an ask of 93¢ (mid 92.5¢) at Oct. 27, 11:45 p.m. UTC, the last PostNewz snapshot before the start; the Sacramento Kings market's mid was 7.5¢ at Oct. 27, 11:45 p.m. UTC. Kalshi settled the San Antonio Spurs market yes on Oct. 28.

ESPN's standings as of Nov. 4 list San Antonio Spurs at 5-2 in Western Conference (playoff seed 6) and Sacramento Kings at 1-6 in Western Conference (playoff seed 15).

The 27-point margin compares with 10 other finals of the two teams in PostNewz's game table since Oct. 22, the largest of which was decided by 31.

Records: sports_games #117 (ESPN), market_snapshots #154932 and #154933 (Kalshi, before the start), market_results KXNBAGAME-26OCT27SACSAS-SAC and KXNBAGAME-26OCT27SACSAS-SAS, sports_standings #30405 and #30397.

Room for disagreement

A pre-game price is the market's reading of the chances, not a forecast by PostNewz, and one game is a single outcome.

About the data

Every figure in this story is read from PostNewz's sports_games, market_snapshots, market_results and sports_standings tables (17 rows read Nov 4, 9:35 PM UTC): Final score Sacramento Kings 103, San Antonio Spurs 130 (sports_games #117, ESPN JSON fetched 2026-10-30 14:16 UTC); Kalshi pre-game mids 92.5¢ (KXNBAGAME-26OCT27SACSAS-SAS, market_snapshots #154932) and 7.5¢ (KXNBAGAME-26OCT27SACSAS-SAC, market_snapshots #154933), the last snapshots before the 2026-10-28 00:00 UTC start (spreads 10¢ or less); settlement: KXNBAGAME-26OCT27SACSAS-SAC no, KXNBAGAME-26OCT27SACSAS-SAS yes (market_results); standings: sports_standings #30405 (2026-11-04), #30397 (2026-11-04). Written by code from those rows (pncover2-pnj-v19, game result story; no model prose); neutrality check passed. All dates and times are UTC.

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