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Miami Heat beat Sacramento Kings 114-108 as Giannis Antetokounmpo posts 29 and 14
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 29 with 14 rebounds and hit three late pull-ups after the Kings erased a 16-point deficit, and Klay Thompson made seven threes.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo had 29 points and 14 rebounds, and the Miami Heat held off the Sacramento Kings 114-108 at Golden 1 Center on Sunday, November 8, after watching a 16-point lead disappear. Miami improved to 4-6. Sacramento fell to 1-9 and is still winless at home at 0-5.
Antetokounmpo shot 14-of-23 from the field with 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks in 34 minutes. He made only 1 of 7 free throws but scored 6 of Miami’s final 14 points on jumpers.
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How it turned
The game was tied 55-55 late in the second quarter before Miami closed the half on a 13-4 run and led 68-59 at the break. Pelle Larsson’s three early in the third made it 75-59, the Heat’s largest lead.
Klay Thompson scored 12 points in the third quarter, and his pull-up three with 3:01 left made it 91-76. Sacramento answered with a 19-4 run. Malik Monk scored 6 points in less than two minutes early in the fourth, Darius Acuff Jr. hit a three, and De’Andre Hunter’s two free throws tied the game 95-95 with 6:12 to play.
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Larsson answered with a three off a Thompson pass, and Davion Mitchell added a driving layup and, after an Acuff layup, a floater. Acuff kept attacking, but Antetokounmpo hit pull-up jumpers to make it 104-99 with 4:08 left and 110-103 with 1:35 left, then a step-back that made it 112-105 with 59.1 seconds remaining. Mitchell’s two free throws with 24.2 seconds left sealed it.
The supporting cast
Thompson scored 23 points and made 7 of 13 threes, matching his season high for threes. Bam Adebayo had 18 points and 8 rebounds, and Mitchell had 17 points and 11 assists in 40 minutes. Larsson scored 11 and went 3-of-4 from three.
Miami made 18 threes on 43 attempts and had 29 assists. The Heat scored 23 points off 20 Sacramento turnovers but went 8-of-18 at the line.
Sacramento’s side
Acuff scored 32 points with 10 assists and 5 rebounds. He shot 11-of-21 from the field and 7-of-7 at the line and scored 11 of his points in the fourth quarter. Zach LaVine added 15 points, Hunter had 14, and Keegan Murray scored 10 off the bench. Precious Achiuwa grabbed 14 rebounds but had 6 of the Kings’ turnovers.
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The Kings outrebounded Miami 44-36 and made 21 of 23 free throws, but shot 11-of-37 from three. They played without Domantas Sabonis (knee), Maxime Raynaud (knee) and Ben Simmons (Achilles). Sacramento also traded Nique Clifford to the Oklahoma City Thunder for two second-round picks on Sunday. Attendance was 13,016.
What’s next
The Heat visit the Utah Jazz on Tuesday, November 10, at 9 p.m. ET (4 a.m. Wednesday Cairo time). The Kings host the Orlando Magic the same night at 10 p.m. ET (5 a.m. Wednesday Cairo time).
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