114 - 108

Box Score: ESPN

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Golden 1 Center

Officials: Curtis Blair, Eric Lewis, and Rodney Mott

Team

Total

Miami Heat

114

Sacramento Kings

108

TEAM STATS

Team

PTS

FG%

3P%

FT%

OREB

TREB

AST

STL

BLK

Miami Heat

114

44-88

50.0%

18-43

41.9%

8-18

44.4%

Sacramento Kings

108

38-82

46.3%

11-37

29.7%

21-23

91.3%

PLAYER STATS

Miami Heat

MIN

PTS

FGM-A

3PM-A

FTM-A

ORB

DRB

REB

AST

STL

BLK

Giannis AntetokounmpoF

34:00

14-23

0-1

1-7

Bam AdebayoC

34:00

7-15

1-5

3-3

-5

Klay ThompsonG

32:00

8-15

7-13

0-0

Davion MitchellG

40:00

6-11

2-6

3-6

-5

Pelle LarssonG

22:00

4-7

3-4

0-0

Andrew WigginsF

32:00

2-6

2-4

0-0

-6

Bobby PortisF

20:00

1-4

1-2

Tim Hardaway Jr.G

07:00

0-2

0-1

0-0

-10

Ryan ConwellG

19:00

2-5

0-0

Simone FontecchioF

00:00

0-0

Myron GardnerF

00:00

0-0

Nikola JovicF

00:00

0-0

Nick RichardsC

00:00

0-0

Dru SmithG

00:00

0-0

Sacramento Kings

MIN

PTS

FGM-A

3PM-A

FTM-A

ORB

DRB

REB

AST

STL

BLK

De’Andre HunterF

31:00

4-11

2-7

4-4

-19

Precious AchiuwaF

36:00

3-5

0-0

1-2

-6

Dylan CardwellC

18:00

2-3

0-0

Zach LaVineG

25:00

6-10

1-5

2-2

-6

Darius Acuff Jr.G

39:00

11-21

3-7

7-7

-12

Leaky BlackF

20:00

2-4

0-0

Keegan MurrayF

23:00

3-10

0-3

4-4

-8

Jonathan MogboF

02:00

0-0

-3

Malik MonkG

21:00

3-9

0-3

3-4

Daeqwon PlowdenG

12:00

2-4

0-0

Emanuel SharpG

12:00

2-5

1-4

0-0

Alex KarabanF

00:00

0-0

Odd_Coach_9231

108 | 13 hours ago

Giannis midrange shooting this game ❤️

Giannis free throw shooting this game 💔

PrimaryTraditional57

39 | 13 hours ago

Its so weird too because he can hit a shot from the freethrow line just great, but when it comes to a freethrow it just falls apart?

Odd_Coach_9231

25 | 13 hours ago

Then there will be a game he makes a lot of free throws but the middy is off, then theres a game theyre both off but he’s ²⁄₂ from 3. Giannis shooting is up and down, but with 2 feet in the paint I have never seen someone who is such a guaranteed bucket, fascinating player to watch

RyouBestGirl

1 | 12 hours ago

I blame James Kidd for ruining Giannis shooting form

Will_122

9 | 13 hours ago

He’s got a hurt wrist which doesn’t help but it looks like he still has that hitch in his form at the point of release

In the first game vs Minnesota where he shot ⁹⁄₁₄ from the line, his form looked more fluid with a less pronounced hitch. I didn’t catch the Clippers game where he shot ¹¹⁄₁₃, but I’d guess the hitch was less pronounced in that one too

tsamo

9 | 13 hours ago

I swear I’ve noticed this pattern before.

Whenever his midrange game was great, his fts would take a hit. And whenever he focused on his fts, he would brick most of his mid range shots.

SomeSand1418

147 | 13 hours ago

Anyone who suggests Acuff’s style isn’t conducive to winning does not understand how absolutely ass this Kings team is. He is playing like a superhero and has virtually no help

TheLetterOh

33 | 13 hours ago

He honestly reminds me of rookie Dame but on a way worse team.

Stoked for ya’ll!

ImARebelBitch

-9 | 12 hours ago

Ironic since Lillard’s style isn’t conducive to winning.

TheLetterOh

7 | 12 hours ago

I think it is. I just dont think Dame has had the right personnel around him.

DragoniteGang

4 | 12 hours ago

It is. His team has always been ass.

dawnoog

28 | 13 hours ago

He passed to a guy wide open under the basket who was fast asleep and fumbled it out of bounds

HBdrunkandstuff

13 | 11 hours ago

That’s Precious. Precious unfortunately is missing both of his hands.

cire1184

1 | 9 hours ago

How precious

naive-dragon

1 | 8 hours ago

It’s a common malady. Adem Bona also has this ailment.

whiterice_343

7 | 12 hours ago

He gets an entire year to practically play in a playground offense. If anything , his offensive game is going to get even better throughout the year. The kings drafted a damn good player.

kgrpoland

8 | 13 hours ago

was impressed with a bunch of yalls role players

Its_Hoggish_Greedly

10 | 13 hours ago

Once we clear the rest of the beam team guys out, there’s stuff to be excited about.

I thought Nique was going to be one of those pieces, but apparently not!

Busy-Big2109

9 | 12 hours ago

Christie has to go before anything has a chance to improve

cire1184

1 | 9 hours ago

Why did Lavine sit for 1 quarter and a half?

FrontContribution596

1 | 12 hours ago

Monk and Domas are the only ones left. With pulling leaky was what lost the game I think.

MandomSama

4 | 12 hours ago

The Cooper Flagg experience

carelesssportsfan89

68 | 13 hours ago

Acuff is a such an stud. him and Sharpe are the only reason why I am watching kings games lol

whatitbeitis

25 | 13 hours ago

Leaky Black earning minutes too. He’s a +defender and underrated shooter.

bebejayy

13 | 13 hours ago

Sharp and Leaky probably the reason to trade Nique

whatitbeitis

7 | 13 hours ago

Looking that way. I would rather watch them play and lose as they have heart and play hard.

Kings fans don’t ask for much.

bebejayy

3 | 13 hours ago

Time to move Domas

carelesssportsfan89

10 | 13 hours ago

leaky has been fantastic as well

mauro_membrere

12 | 13 hours ago

I salute you for watching this abomination of a team. But i’m with you with just watching acuff

carelesssportsfan89

4 | 13 hours ago

I am a basketball sicko haha

kgrpoland

31 | 13 hours ago

very uninspiring win. wiggins and thj gotta figure something out. defense has been so lazy.i love davion mitchell.

bebejayy

8 | 13 hours ago

Swap Wiggins and something for Lavine

CooolName1

3 | 12 hours ago

That’s honestly not bad right?

NickLidstrom

1 | 10 hours ago

Maybe not for the Heat but it’s awful for the Kings.

We all want Lavine gone but his contract ends this year. Wiggins is signed until 2028-29

nhthelegend

4 | 12 hours ago

From afar it seems like Wiggins has been straight ass this year

kgrpoland

5 | 12 hours ago

yeah he’s been awful

acogintime

4 | 11 hours ago

I’m happy for Davion, always felt like we undervalued him relative to his talent (unsurprisingly)

survivaltactics2

60 | 13 hours ago

I dont get this heat team, giannis, bam, davion, and klay have been playing great these past couple of games and they are still getting into dogfights with the worst teams in the league

TokyoUmbrella

88 | 13 hours ago

Aww you called us one of the worst teams and not the worst team. That was sweet.

survivaltactics2

15 | 13 hours ago

Yea i think if you guys drafted anyone other than acuff you wouldve been by far the worst team itl

TribeOnAQuest

2 | 10 hours ago

Bucks/Hornets will be worse in the long-run this season.

NickLidstrom

1 | 10 hours ago

I’m not sure that’s true. The Kings have 5, maybe 6 legitimate NBA players, and none of them really contribute to winning at this point. Lavine is one of them and he actively hurts their chances of winning. There’s really nothing to indicate they’ll get better in-season either, aside from possible improvement from the 3 relevant young players on the team.

Great name btw

RansomGoddard

27 | 13 hours ago

There’s a lot of issues but Wiggins looking like one of the worst players in the league is a huge contributor. Almost all the worst lineups feature him in it and then the lineups without him are actually passable or even very good.

JaradSage

24 | 13 hours ago

Wiggins & THJ have been unplayable and I’m barely even exaggerating lol

BigT707

14 | 12 hours ago

A big party of it is THJ, Wiggins and Portis. Even if they all regressed slightly from last year we’d still be a good 10-11 deep roster with shooters at most positions and average or above average defence. Instead all of them have regressed significantly (Portis not as much as the other two) and it means we need guys like Conwell to come in and contribute way more than expected.

I have faith that at least Wiggins will turn it around and be even just 80% of what he was last year because his regression is baffling and doesn’t make much sense but THJ might just be like this now and Portis I’m completely unsure of.

henke121

1 | 9 hours ago

Portis is just very inconsistent, a microwave scorer who can pop off or shit the bed, going 0/10 or ¹⁰⁄₁₀, bad defender too so you gotta gamble on him being hot.

DSTREET45

7 | 13 hours ago

Long story short, those four, in addition to Pelle and Conwell, are the only rotation players that are actually playing well. Everyone else has been a massive negative when they step on the court.

Then there’s the amount of offensive rebounds we give up and some defensive lapses.

santana722

5 | 13 hours ago

Wiggins forgot how to play basketball, Giannis isn’t playing much defense, and the bench players aren’t consistent at all.

sharkflood

4 | 12 hours ago

heat been on the road the last few games including a b2b against the warriors

wiggins is playing like ass too

Shot_Scientist_7974

2 | 13 hours ago

This was the Bucks for the last couple seasons. They’re not contenders. Not even close.

eternali17

1 | 12 hours ago

We should’ve had em! Bum ass refs.

TheCollegeIntern

1 | 10 hours ago

Its the defense. Spo has been consistent. The offense is okay, its the defense

RxJax

1 | 8 hours ago

It’s all just defence. It’s the way Spo teams are built, we run on defence first and let that flow into the offence, which is why the offence being pretty good already is so surprising.

Defensively the scheme just seems to suit no-one. Bam finds himself stuck in the corner guarding shooters a lot, Wiggins has just been really bad, Giannis never really knows where to be and Davion would rather die on a screen than call for a switch. Klay has honestly been really solid, some communication-based mistakes which are expected but aside from that he’s above expectations defensively. And our bench, which is normally a massive strength for us, has been a really big weakness. Portis/THJ have been awful offensively which sucks cause their defence isnt good, Pelle has been a surprisingly good shooter so far but everything else has taken a step back, Dru can’t shoot anymore and teams just ignore him. Conwell has looked good with extended minutes so that’s helping and Jovic’s defence has actually been good but he just hasn’t been able to shoot ever since he broke his hand which makes it hard to fit him in.

atransformerr

80 | 13 hours ago

Acuff is legit.

PrimaryTraditional57

16 | 13 hours ago

Hopefully he doesn’t fox ya’ll

2106au

32 | 13 hours ago

Hopefully they don’t Haliburton him.

abesach

0 | 12 hours ago

Hopefully they don’t Mike Brown him

vNocturnus

0 | 9 hours ago

Honestly I think at this point there wouldn’t be any Kings fans left if they did. He is literally the only thing worth being hopeful about the team for in the next decade, and already probably the best Kings draft pick since Oscar Robertson.

I’ve stayed through all of the playoff drought and never so much as considered following any other team after the Hali trade, Fox trade, anything. But if they shipped Acuff I’d be out in a heartbeat

AlarmingReference557

-4 | 13 hours ago

Hey Ja team relax…. You low-key did the same thing. Your team isn’t gojng anywhere anytime soon as well

2106au

2 | 12 hours ago

I am unsure how this is remotely similar.

We took a very long time to trade Ja and it hasn’t backfired on us yet.

NewtEmpire

15 | 13 hours ago

Why Sharpe wasn’t in at the end is beyond me, made so many good plays in the 4th

AlarmingReference557

4 | 13 hours ago

The refs don’t enjoy good defense unless you stomp on peoples chests. They reffed the dude like he is supposed to be in the G league… the bias against some of the hard working guards is stupid. I remember cheering for Davion who got the same bs against him in the kings. They need league needs to fix the bs, but remember to bet on poly market or kalshi

HBdrunkandstuff

0 | 11 hours ago

I knew as soon as Davion left he’d get called for like 2 less fouls a game.

TruWarierRecords

1 | 10 hours ago

It’s also when these guys are seen as vets, then the refs relax a little.

WCJ on the Bulls was the most annoying example. He got so many bs fouls during this early years it turned him into the worst starting defensive big in the league by year 3

Zekiol

22 | 13 hours ago

loud as hell 4 points for cardwell tonight

mauro_membrere

19 | 13 hours ago

I get if he gets annoying toOppsing fans, but he’s funny for me lol

PTERANODON7

20 | 13 hours ago

Acuff is special man. I love Mikel but am amazed we passed on him.

theREALMVP

5 | 12 hours ago

Every day I thank the Nets and Clippers for taking Wagler and Brown. Which isnt to knock on them as players at all I think both can still be very good. I just love having Acuff

Kzgoated

31 | 13 hours ago

Ok half time notes…

Somehow it still feels like Bam is needed for us to be a positive team

Klay and Davion have been better than I could even imagine in my dreams.

If Precious is this good at defense he needs to start somewhere( maybe it’s just a really good game for him tho)

Every superstar gets away with walking but Giannis gets away with the ugliest walks tbh

Tim Hardaway Jr is doing his best Terry Rozier impersonation but at least he isn’t playing as much.

Full game notes have changed much

If away announcers were as good as kings tonight my basketball entertainment level would be so much higher

Great game from Acuff

He hit them tonight but if my center forced Giannis into the shots he hit today I’d be proud

Wiggins is ass and Pelle is gonna take his spot. If no one’s got me I know Pelle Larsons got me.

That Sharpe dude is really fucking good and will probably be an X factor on a contender soon.

cl353

22 | 13 hours ago

bam hasnt been the problem since the first 3 games. dudes shooting the highest percentage from the field in years

its our fking 40% shooters not defending and shooting 20%

Kzgoated

1 | 12 hours ago

Yah I know, I watch pretty much every single game, I didn’t mean it in a way that Bam has been bad this season. What I meant was even with Giannis it feels like we’re such a negative team as soon as Bam leaves the floor.

cl353

1 | 12 hours ago

Yea giannis’ plus minus is concerning. Not that its a reliable stat but it does back up that the other team tends to go on runs against giannis only lineups

sloshspice25

3 | 10 hours ago

If you watched the game, GIannis came off the floor with the heat up 15 and the lead got cut down to 1 with 8 minutes left in the 4th.

The Kings went on a 14-0 run in about 7 minutes of play against a Bam only line up.

RLL1977

5 | 13 hours ago

There has to be some explanation to why Wiggins has fallen off the face of the earth, like, an undisclosed injury or something? I just can’t understand how he could be so inexplicably bad

Will_122

11 | 13 hours ago

Him and Tim Hardaway have been night and day from last season. THJ was a 6MOY candidate averaging 13 on 45/41/81 splits, now he’s averaging 5 on 28/24/69 - on mostly open looks

And Pat Riley challenged him to shoot 50/40/90 at the start of the year lmao

cl353

9 | 12 hours ago

There’s a stat where hes getting more wide open looks this year per game than with jokic and hes hitting like 15% worse. Its actually insane

sharkflood

5 | 12 hours ago

might just be early season variance and playing himself into form

ill be worried if it continues into december

Zekiol

2 | 13 hours ago

if no one got me i know pelle larson’s got me

1psithur3

8 | 13 hours ago

Another day in paradise

whatitbeitis

7 | 13 hours ago

Worst 10 game start in franchise history. I’ve seen some bad Kings teams in my 40 years as a fan, but this team might end up taking the cake as the putrid worst.

Negative_Candle_4199

2 | 11 hours ago

Acuff reminds me of early MJ. Trying his best to carry a sorry ass team.

SM0AKIMN0AH

7 | 12 hours ago

It’s easy to get lost in all of Sacramento’s bad decisions so people might not realize that Doug Christie may be the worst coach in the league

I feel like sometimes coaches get a bad rep for not having enough talent but Christie’s lineups make no sense.

For example every game I’ve watched, Kings run this one lineup as the first rotation and it clearly doesn’t work. Gets them in a hole every 1st quarter. Then if a guy is playing well he’ll just leave them out the game.

I’ve seen zero improvement from Cristie but being the Kings manager is such a low stakes job

km912

18 | 13 hours ago

Nothing else matters this season except us having our franchise cornerstone. Get a real coach in here next year and start drafting complimentary pieces. Acuff is our winning Lotto ticket.

CooolName1

5 | 12 hours ago

Kings literally hit the lottery like you said. Players like Acuff are so rare. He’s gonna be a top 10 player in the league for 10 years. You can already tell he’s the best player on the court.

bubbles2255

12 | 13 hours ago

I love Acuff. That’s all I got.

Shizum20

12 | 13 hours ago

Acuff is so good, damn.

Zekiol

21 | 13 hours ago

genuinely where does davion mitchell sit among point guards in the league right now? already his 5th double double this season, he’s clearly been the 3rd most impactful player for the heat consistently

HBdrunkandstuff

6 | 11 hours ago

He looked great. Happy for him man. Never got a fair shot here with Fox.

Ok_cabbage_5695

11 | 13 hours ago

Somewhere behind Acuff

Zekiol

-7 | 13 hours ago

lmk when acuff can defend a plastic bag in the wind

Extension-Low3167

8 | 13 hours ago

Lmk when Davion is putting up 30 on 50 40 90

bebejayy

7 | 13 hours ago

Davion got Giannis in his team and they under .500

sharkflood

4 | 12 hours ago

started 0-4 and 4-2 since. probably not gonna be under .500 for long

that said you aint wrong

s-a-t

4 | 13 hours ago

Probably top half I mean the guard position is stacked I would say probably between 10-15 the way he’s playing now

clear831

2 | 11 hours ago

2nd most impactful is a toss up between Davion and Klay, depending on the game.

HungryPercentage1667

0 | 12 hours ago

Hes like the 25th best starting pg lol

MainAd2728

6 | 13 hours ago

Klay is on a crazy heater right now

RylanKura

11 | 13 hours ago

giannis really went 1-7 on FTs

Undevelop

8 | 12 hours ago

And 7-9 on midrange jumpers. An enigma

Ghazi_Bey

6 | 13 hours ago

His wrist was hurt

chris-dempsey

12 | 13 hours ago

Acuff is trying to carry the Kings but the Kings are acting like a toddler having a tantrum and going limp.

Grappler_BP

4 | 13 hours ago

So Wiggins on the trade block when

heat_fan_

13 | 13 hours ago

Acuff gonna be a beast

pkeller001

10 | 13 hours ago

Is already

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0 | a year ago

Witty-Membership

7 | 13 hours ago

Acuff can’t win with the Sacramento Viveks.

whyte_ryce

5 | 13 hours ago

Acuff and Cardwell are the only things worth watching

Also Sharp

itzchocotime9

5 | 13 hours ago

keegan murray about to be shipped to lithuania

Standard_Landscape_6

6 | 13 hours ago

He hasn’t made a 3 all season and it looks like he’s still learning to dribble

Omnomnomnivor3

2 | 13 hours ago

they almost threw this whole thing

Jaxz23

3 | 12 hours ago

Heat have to rely on washed klay to beat the Kings lol

clear831

2 | 11 hours ago

And Davion turning it up in the 4th

[Post Game Thread] The Miami Heat (3-6) defeat the Sacramento Kings (1-8), 114-108.