SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Earlier this season, Spurs guard Derrick White missed four weeks with a torn plantar fascia in his left foot.

Now he will get a chance to try it with the other foot.

White did not travel with the team to Sacramento for the start of the Spurs’ rodeo road trip Monday, remaining in San Antonio to nurse what coach Gregg Popovich called “plantar fasciitis of some sort” in his right heel.

“He’ll be out for a while,” Popovich said. “The MRI wasn’t great. So we’ll see.”

For now, the Spurs are not expecting White to play during the five games that comprise the first leg of the rodeo trip.

After that, the Spurs will have nine days off for the All-Star break before resuming play Feb. 22 in Toronto.

The Spurs will no doubt miss White, who emerged as the team’s starting point guard after missing the first nine games of the regular season with trouble in his left foot.

In 15 games in January, the 24-year-old White averaged 15.3 points and shot almost 60 percent from the field. The team’s top perimeter defender, White’s absence will be felt most acutely in the first three games of the rodeo trip, which come against the talented backcourts of Sacramento, Golden State and Portland.

“He’s worked hard and paid his dues,” All-Star center LaMarcus Aldridge said. “He’s been a difference-maker for us this season.”

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With White out, Davis Bertans slid into the starting lineup Monday, with other players moving up a spot. Bryn Forbes moved into the starting point guard spot he occupied while White was sidelined to begin the season, with DeMar DeRozan moving to shooting guard and Rudy Gay shifting to small forward.

The Spurs also have recalled rookie Lonnie Walker IV from the G-League in order to help with backcourt depth.

The point guard position has been something of a cursed spot for the Spurs, who lost would-be starter Dejounte Murray to a torn anterior cruciate ligament during the preseason.

“We had to make a major adjustment when we lost Dejounte Murray, who was going to be our leader on the court,” Popovich said. “It took a little bit of time. And now we’ll change it up again.”

Fast-break Kings: Before Monday’s game, Popovich praised the Kings and particularly coach Dave Joerger, who has the team over .500 entering February and within striking distance of the club’s first playoff berth since 2005-06.

Having coached Memphis to two 50-win finishes in three seasons using a grit-and-grind approach, Joerger has installed in Sacramento one of the fastest-paced teams in the NBA.

Heading into Monday’s game, the Kings were leading the league in fast-break points at 21.2 per game.

“(Joerger) looks and sees what’s on the court and has adjusted masterfully in putting a plan out on the court that fits those guys,” Popovich said. “That’s why you see them buying in the way they are.”

Kudos to the commish: Popovich applauded NBA commissioner Adam Silver for adding Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki and Miami’s Dwyane Wade to the All-Star player pool as special participants.

Each All-Star roster will now have 13 players instead of 12.

“Whenever you can honor someone who is such a professional at such a high level so consistently, it’s wonderful for the league to acknowledge that,” Popovich said. “It’s a great thing.”

Pats on the back: The New England Patriots’ Super Bowl victory over the Los Angeles Rams knocked the Spurs from a spot in the sports record books.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady now boast a 17-year gap between their first championship (2001) and most recent (2018).

The previous mark of 15 belonged to Popovich and Tim Duncan, who won titles in 1999 and 2014.