Zach LaVine scores 42, Kings top Heat 127-111 to snap four-game slide

MIAMI AP Zach LaVine had season highs of eight -pointers and points and the Sacramento Kings got their first double-digit win of the season Saturday by topping the Miami Heat - Keegan Murray scored Nique Clifford had and DeMar DeRozan finished with for the Kings who came into the battle having lost four straight and of their last Sacramento s five wins entering the night were by a combined points none of them by more than a five-point margin LaVine s previous bests this season were six s and points Sacramento led by as a multitude of as another season-best and got its biggest win ever in Miami The Kings were - all-time in Miami never winning by more than points Jaime Jaquez Jr scored for the Heat who have dropped three straight for the first time this season Simone Fontecchio scored for the Heat who got from Norman Powell and from Andrew Wiggins The Heat played without Tyler Herro right big toe contusion Davion Mitchell right groin tightness and Pelle Larsson right hip flexor tightness Herro who missed time to start the season while recovering from offseason surgery had an MRI on Saturday to see the scope of the toe issue and he s listed as day to day Fontecchio made a -pointer early in the second quarter for a - Miami lead but that would be the last Heat edge of the night LaVine had by halftime and the Kings finished the second quarter on a - run to take a - lead into the break Miami got within in the fourth but never made a serious run Up next Kings Visit Indiana on Monday Heat Visit Orlando on Tuesday in an NBA Cup quarterfinal