On February 27, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Kings hosted the Heat. The Kings are playing Game 2 of their back-to-back games. Several Heat players, including Butler and Jovic, have been suspended. When the Heat trailed by 10 points, Trump led the team to fight back and successfully overcame a 20-point advantage in the first three quarters. In the final quarter, the Kings used a 27-9 offensive run to chase only 2 points, and the Heat scored consecutive points to consolidate a slight advantage. In the end, the Kings lost 110-121 to the Heat, ending a three-game winning streak and falling to seventh place in the West. The Suns moved up to fifth in the West, the Pelicans moved up to sixth in the West, and the Heat made it four straight wins and overtook the Pacers to move up to sixth in the East.
Kings: Murray scored 28 points, Sabonis Jr. scored 14 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, Fox scored 27 points, and all five players on the team scored in double figures. Heat: Trump 28 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, Martin 16 points, Harks 26 points, Highsmith 15 points, Love 19 points, the whole team of 6 scored double-doubles. First, Sabonis Jr. has 21 triple-doubles this season, continuing to set a new career record in a single season. Second, Sabonis Jr. scored three triple-doubles in a row, becoming only the second player this season besides Jokic. Sabonis Jr. leads the league three times this season with 21 triple-doubles, leading Jokic with 18 triple-doubles. Fourth, Sabonis Jr.'s 53rd career triple-double ranks 11th all-time, six times short of the legendary Bird. Fifth, Sabonis Jr. continued to set a new record in Kings history with 40 consecutive double-doubles, surpassing Oscar Robertson's 31 consecutive double-doubles. Sixth, Sabonis Jr. has topped the league 40 consecutive doubles this season. The longest of the other players is Gobert's eight-game winning streak. Seventh, Sabonis Jr.'s 40 consecutive double-doubles is the fourth-longest since the 1976-77 season, behind Love with 53, Moses Malone's 50 and 44 in a row. Eighth, Sabonis Jr. tops the league with 53 double-doubles this season.
The Kings lost 106-115 to the Heat on the road for the first time this season. In this game, Murray scored 33 points, and Sabonis Jr. scored 19 points, 17 rebounds and 13 assists. Fox scored just 13 points on 4-of-16 shooting. Butler had 31 points, seven rebounds and six assists, Richardson had 24 points and Herro had 14 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. The two sides met for the second time this season. Butler, the Heat's number one star, as well as Kobe Bryant and Jovic, are all suspended and absent. Richardson, Herro and others are out due to injury. The Heat have a total of eight players absent. The kings were not there. Only Vizhenkov is missing. The Heat started their 30th game of the season. With more than 4 minutes left in the first quarter, the Heat led 15-10, and the Heat stubbornly fought back to chase the score. The two sides then alternated leads. In the first quarter of the game, both teams scored 30+ points in a single quarter. At the end of the first quarter, the Heat trailed the Kings 32-33. Trump had 11 points, three rebounds and three assists on 5-of-7 shooting, and Murray had 12 points on 4-of-4 shooting.
Heading into the second quarter, the Kings led again with Murray and Sabonis Jr. leading the way. With 6:03 left in the second quarter, the Heat trailed the Kings by 10 points at 45-55, becoming the largest deficit of the game. Trump led the Heat to a 20-7 mini-surge and led the scoring. At the end of the first quarter, the Heat led the Kings by three points at 65-62. In the first two quarters, the Heat shot 25-of-48 and the Kings shot 24-of-41, both of whom scored five points ahead of the crosshairs, and the Heat had a narrow three-point advantage of 8-7. Three players from both teams scored in double figures. For the Heat, Trump had 17 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Martin made 2 of 12 3-pointers, Highsmith made 3 of 14 3-pointers, King Fox had 12 points and 7 rebounds, and Sabonis Jr. had 12 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. Murray scored 13 points on 5-of-5 shooting, including 3-of-3 from three-point range.
Coming back at halftime, the two sides gradually tied at 71-71, and the Heat gradually led by four points at 81-77. Then the Kings collapsed offensively and defensively, and the Heat then launched a 20-4 onslaught to crush the Kings. The Heat scored 17 points at 36-19 in the third quarter. At the end of the first three quarters, the Heat extended their lead to 101-8,120 points. In the first three quarters, the Heat had five players score in double figures. Judd Trump had 21 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Love and Harkes both scored 19 points. Highsmith scored 15 points and Martin had 14. The Kings scored in double figures, Sabonis Jr. had 14 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, Murray 17 points, Fox 16 points and Barnes 10 points.
Entering the final quarter of the game, the trident of Sabonis Jr., Fox, and Murray showed their strength and led the Kings to a 23-7 offensive lead. The Heat trailed 108-102 and led by just four points. The Heat called a timeout, Trump hit a shot, Fox scored four consecutive points to stretch the gap to within 2 points, and the Huskers responded with four consecutive points. Dunroe made a layup to chase points, Trump hit a shot, Martin dunked to extend the 8-point advantage, Lyles blocked, Harkes blocked both free throws, and the Heat had 29 leftMaintain a 119-110 advantage at 4 seconds. Overdose. The Kings couldn't complete the comeback, and in the end, the Heat defeated the Kings in thrilling fashion.