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SPORTS Monday 31 october 2022

Kings outlast Heat 119-113, win first game of Mike Brown era

By Cameran Salerno the first half on a 29-13 run
Associated Press to stretch the lead to 22 at
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) the break.
— Kevin Huerter scored “That’s been a little bit of
27 points, hitting seven a trend, our starts defen-
3-pointers, to help the Sac- sively,” Miami Heat coach
ramento Kings win for the Erik Spoelstra said. “They
first time this season with a came in with desperation.
119-113 victory over the Mi- They wanted to get that
ami Heat on Saturday. first win.”
It’s the first victory for Kings The Heat outscored Sac-
coach Mike Brown, who ramento 33-19 in the third,
was hired this past offsea- which cut the Sacramento
son. The Los Angles Lakers lead to six. Miami cut the
are the last winless team lead to as close as one af-
in the NBA.“It was (about) ter a Herro And-1.
trying to get a win,” Brown “It’s not rocket science to
said. “Doesn’t matter when us,” Spoelstra said. “... we
it comes. ... hopefully we are going to improve. We
can have some carryover are not that far away.”
going on this road trip.” For the first time in an NBA
Kings rookie Keegan Mur- regular season game, Ma-
ray scored a career-best lik Monk, Fox and Ade- Sacramento Kings guard Kevin Huerter (9) guards Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro (14) during the
22 points. bayo shared the court first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022.
“I think we played well,” together.q (AP Photo/Randall Benton)
Murray said. “We expect to
win games.”
With the Kings up four
points, Huerter was fouled
with 14.2 seconds left. He
made both free throws to
extend Sacramento’s lead
to six and seal the win.
De’Aaron Fox had scored
27 points or more during
the Kings’ first four games
of the season. He finished
with 17 points and added
13 rebounds, a career-
high.
Domantas Sabonis picked
up two early fouls in the
third quarter and sat with
five fouls until the early
fourth. Sabonis finished
with 18 points and seven
rebounds in 22 minutes. He
fouled out with 5:52 left.
Harrison Barnes scored 11
points. All five Sacramento
starters scored in double-
figures.
“Nobody knows how hard
those guys work,” Brown
said. “Watching these guys
work every day and seeing
their togetherness, you feel
that we’re going to have a
real shot at this thing.”
Tyler Herro led the Heat
(2-5) with 34 points and
knocked down five 3-point-
ers. Bam Adebayo added
23 points and Kyle Lowry
had 15.
Jimmy Butler scored 13
points, his lowest scoring
output of the season.
After Sacramento went up
42-33 with 7:28 in the sec-
ond quarter, they ended