Heat hold off Kings 114-108 behind Giannis in the fourth

The Heat beat the Kings 114-108 at Golden 1 Center and pushed their record to 4-6. Sacramento fell to 1-9 despite 32 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists from Darius Acuff Jr., the player of the game.

The fourth quarter decided it. Acuff's driving layup with 4:56 left cut the Heat lead to 100-97, but Miami answered. Davion Mitchell hit a floater for 102-97, and after Acuff pulled the Kings within 102-99, Giannis Antetokounmpo hit a pullup jumper for 104-99. Klay Thompson made it 106-101, and Bam Adebayo's tip shot with 2:00 left stretched it to 108-101.

Giannis then hit two more jumpers, one at 1:35 and one at 59.1 seconds, for a 112-105 edge. He finished with 29 points and 14 rebounds, and Mitchell had 11 assists. De'Andre Hunter hit a three with 17.1 seconds left to make it 114-108, but the Kings ran out of time. Precious Achiuwa grabbed 14 rebounds for Sacramento.

Chirp's Sim had the Heat winning 60% of the time.