Late Scoring Surge Pushes Kings Past Heat 115-113

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SACRAMENTO (AP) — De’Aaron Fox scored 11 of his 24 points implicit the last six minutes, including 2 escaped throws with 6.2 seconds left, and the Sacramento Kings ended the Miami Heat’s five-game winning streak with a 115-113 triumph connected Sunday.

Buddy Hield added 26 points for Sacramento. Damian Jones had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Davion Mitchell scored 12 points.

“Made immoderate plays and the squad trusts me,” Fox said. “It wasn’t truly the crippled plan. Just benignant of however the crippled went. We were capable to decorativeness this 1 out.”

Tyler Herro and Omer Yurtseven had 22 points apiece for the Heat. Kyle Lowry added 14 points and 12 assists.

After Hield made a 3-pointer to necktie it astatine 99, Miami concisely regained the pb earlier Fox helped the Kings adjacent retired strong.

The Kings constituent defender connected connected back-to-back floaters, past made 7 consecutive escaped throws down the stretch. His past 2 came aft Jimmy Butler’s jumper had tied it astatine 113.

Fox finished 14 of 15 connected escaped throws.

“He did a large occupation of attacking, of going to the enactment and shooting them with confidence,” Kings interim manager Alvin Gentry said. “Obviously helium was successful onslaught mode tonight. You’re successful their overgarment and you’re doing immoderate bully things.”

Miami missed a accidental to unit overtime erstwhile Butler missed a abbreviated effort adjacent the rim astatine the buzzer.

“From our vantage point, everybody thought that his floater had a existent accidental to go,” Heat manager Erik Spoelstra said. “The games don’t travel to those plays. There’s a clump of plays we could person made to astir apt enactment ourselves successful a amended position.”

Butler, who scored 21 points, said helium made a mistake successful driving toward the basket.

“Probably should person changeable a 3 anyhow if I’m being brutally honest,” Butler said. “I got to my spot. Just smoked the layup.”

The Kings closed the 3rd 4th connected a 10-3 tally to necktie the crippled heading into the fourth.

FAMILIAR FACES

The Heat’s ever-changing roster included a brace of erstwhile Kings draught picks connected 10-day contracts, Nik Stauskas and Kyle Guy. Stauskas, the eighth subordinate taken wide successful 2014, had 5 points successful 13 minutes He spent 1 play with Sacramento earlier being traded to Philadelphia and besides had stints successful Brooklyn, Portland and Cleveland. Guy, a Kings second-round prime successful 2019, had 7 points and 4 assists.

TIP-INS

Heat: Butler was 1 of 6 connected 3s. … Yurtseven acceptable a play precocious for scoring and has had 10 oregon much rebounds successful 8 consecutive games. .. Spoelstra was fixed a method foul successful the 2nd quarter. … Miami’s database of missing players remains long. It includes Bam Adebayo (right thumb) on with Marcus Garrett, Udonis Haslem, Duncan Robinson and Max Strus, each 4 of whom are successful the NBA’s wellness and information protocols.

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