The 1,500th victory in Heat history has been (too) long awaited. It had been two weeks since Miami had won and this series of seven defeats was starting to weigh on the group, lacking in effort and points.
This is why this success against the Kings does a lot of good. Very much. “We feel much better than we did. For one evening, we feel good. I'm glad everyone was able to take a breather.”, welcomes notably Erik Spoelstra.
Jimmy Butler confirms. “We have a smile. We had fun again »comments the Miami star, who insists on the 38 assists and the 106 points conceded only against a big attack like Sacramento. “This is how we want to play”continues the All-Star.
How did the Heat find the resources to stem their bad streak? By finding pleasure in the game. “We remembered how lucky we are to have this job, playing basketball, in front of so many fans”replies the former Bulls and Wolves player. “We had lost that a bit, that all this was not so difficult, that it could be worse. »
Erik Spoeltra adds that his group made a big mental investment to approach this meeting. “He invested in each other, to find solutions. I congratulate him because in our time and in professional sport it is difficult to do that,” explains the Florida coach.
The Miami players wanted to get it over with and the Kings, who had four wins in a row, faltered. “You have to give credit to the Heat,” said Mike Brown, the Sacramento coach. “They dominated us. They were sharper on the balls to snatch and that counted in the scenario of this match. »
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| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Tyler Herro | 28 | 34.0 | 43.2 | 40.3 | 85.3 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 21.5 |
| Jimmy Butler | 32 | 33.7 | 49.1 | 42.6 | 88.5 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 21.1 |
| Bam Adebayo | 37 | 34.9 | 49.9 | 9.1 | 78.1 | 2.2 | 8.3 | 10.5 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 20.7 |
| Jaime Jaquez, Jr. | 41 | 30.0 | 50.5 | 34.4 | 83.7 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 13.5 |
| Duncan Robinson | 45 | 27.5 | 45.2 | 40.4 | 87.9 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 13.2 |
| Terry Rozier | 4 | 29.5 | 38.3 | 35.3 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 11.8 |
| Caleb Martin | 30 | 26.2 | 44.5 | 38.9 | 75.9 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 10.5 |
| Josh Richardson | 37 | 25.9 | 43.4 | 33.8 | 94.0 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 9.6 |
| Kevin Love | 36 | 18.1 | 43.1 | 32.9 | 78.4 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 9.1 |
| Kyle Lowry | 37 | 28.0 | 42.6 | 38.5 | 83.3 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 8.2 |
| Haywood Highsmith | 33 | 21.3 | 43.4 | 39.4 | 79.2 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 6.1 |
| Jamal Cain | 14 | 14.9 | 43.9 | 32.0 | 73.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 5.7 |
| Nikola Jovic | 19 | 16.7 | 40.2 | 42.2 | 55.0 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 5.5 |
| Thomas Bryant | 24 | 10.7 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 81.8 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 4.4 |
| Dru Smith | 9 | 14.5 | 45.5 | 41.2 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| Orlando Robinson | 20 | 11.5 | 51.7 | 58.3 | 70.0 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 4.2 |
| Cole Swider | 9 | 4.9 | 42.9 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.6 |
| Rj Hampton | 8 | 9.5 | 28.6 | 12.5 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
