Domantas Sabonis made a 9-foot floater with 0.7 seconds left, and the Sacramento Kings rallied from 15 points down in the third quarter to beat the Miami Heat 111-110.
The Kings trailed 61-48 at halftime and 63-48 with 11:23 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Heat 63-47 the rest of the way.
The Heat had the ball down 1 after a timeout, but Terry Rozier missed a 30-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Kings outscored the Heat 17-15. Sabonis (No. 10 in clutch wins added, 2024-25) scored 7 of the Kings’ 17 on 3 for 3 shooting.
De'Aaron Fox scored 28 points (16 in the third quarter). DeMar DeRozan added 26 points (11 in the second quarter) and 6 assists, and Sabonis had 16 points, 16 rebounds and 7 assists.
For the Heat, Jimmy Butler III had 27 points and 6 assists, and Tyler Herro added 27 points with 5 3-pointers. Bam Adebayo had 16 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals and 4 blocks. Butler scored 15 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter.
The Heat outscored the Kings 38-24 in 10 minutes with Butler, Rozier, Adebayo, Herro and Larsson on the floor together.