Thompson Hits Seven Threes and Giannis Scores 29 as Heat Beat Kings 114-108

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 29 points with 14 rebounds and Klay Thompson hit seven three-pointers for 23 points as the Miami Heat beat the Sacramento Kings 114-108 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Sunday, November 8, 2026. Miami led 68-59 at halftime and by as many as 16 points, then held off Sacramento in the fourth quarter.

Miami builds the lead in the first half

Miami scored 34 points in each of the first two quarters. Sacramento scored 30 in the first and 29 in the second, so the Heat took a nine-point lead into halftime. Miami also took the third quarter by one point. The quarter lines read 34, 34, 23 and 23 for the Heat against 30, 29, 22 and 27 for the Kings, and Sacramento won the fourth quarter 27-23. The late push cut the margin to six points at the final buzzer but never erased the halftime gap.

Giannis and Thompson lead the scoring

Antetokounmpo shot 14 of 23 and filled the line: 29 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Thompson scored his 23 points on 8 of 15 shooting, with 7 of his makes from three-point range on 13 attempts, plus 4 assists and 2 blocks. The two combined for 52 of Miami's 114 points.

Bam Adebayo added 18 points and 8 rebounds. Davion Mitchell scored 17 points and handed out 11 assists, giving Miami a second double-double line next to Antetokounmpo's points and rebounds.

Acuff leads Sacramento back, but turnovers cost the Kings

Darius Acuff Jr. led Sacramento with 32 points and 10 assists on 11 of 21 shooting. Zach LaVine scored 15 points and De'Andre Hunter scored 14. Sacramento outrebounded Miami 53 to 47, but the Kings committed 20 turnovers against 13 for Miami, and those empty trips kept the comeback short.

The outside shooting gap decided the rest. Miami made 18 of 43 three-pointers, 41.9 percent, against 11 of 37 for Sacramento. Seven of the Miami threes came from Thompson alone.

Murray returns and stays in after a hard fall

Keegan Murray returned for Sacramento after missing seven games with a left ankle injury. He scored 10 points in 22 minutes. In the first quarter Murray took a hard fall when Bobby Portis went underneath him, a play that quieted the home crowd, and he stayed in the game. Domantas Sabonis was inactive for Sacramento with injury or illness.

Miami moved to 4-6 with the win and Sacramento fell to 1-9. The Heat leave Sacramento with the split they needed from their stars: 29 and 14 from Antetokounmpo, seven threes from Thompson, and a 114-108 win built in the first half.