How to watch Heat vs. Kings: NBA live stream info, TV channel, time, game odds

Through 1 Quarter

The Miami Heat are flexing their muscles against the Sacramento Kings, showing why they were favored to win all along. Miami is way out in front after one quarter with a 34-22 lead over Sacramento.

The Heat haven’t had any offensive standouts so far with all players held to eight points or fewer. The Kings are in a similar position to Miami as their squad has been held to no more than five points.

Who’s Playing

Sacramento @ Miami

Current Records: Sacramento 27-48; Miami 47-28

What to Know

The Miami Heat will square off against the Sacramento Kings at 7:30 p.m. ET Monday at FTX Arena. Sacramento will be strutting in after a win while the Heat will be stumbling in from a loss.

This past Saturday, Miami lost to the Brooklyn Nets at home by a decisive 110-95 margin. Miami was down 96-68 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from. The top scorers for Miami were center Bam Adebayo (14 points), point guard Tyler Herro (13 points), shooting guard Max Strus (13 points), and point guard Kyle Lowry (12 points).

Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Sacramento ultimately got the result they were hoping for this past Saturday with a 114-110 victory over the Orlando Magic. The team ran away with 66 points in the first half and mostly just sat on those in the second to pick up the victory. Among those leading the charge for the Kings was point guard Davion Mitchell, who had 22 points and nine assists along with seven boards.

The Heat are the favorite in this one, with an expected 13.5-point margin of victory. Now might not be the best time to take Miami against the spread since they’ve let down bettors for the past seven consecutive games.

Miami’s defeat took them down to 47-28 while Sacramento’s win pulled them up to 27-48. Allowing an average of 115.69 points per game, Sacramento hasn’t exactly asserted themselves on the defensive end. We’ll see if they can patch up the holes in their defense before their upcoming matchup.