Associated Press — MIAMI Jimmy Butler scored 31 points, and the Miami Heat defeated the Sacramento Kings by a score of 115-106 on Wednesday night. This victory brought an end to a seven-game losing streak for the Heat.

The Heat broke their longest losing run since dropping 15 consecutive games during the 2007-2008 season with to Butler’s performance, which included a field goal percentage of 10 out of 14 and seven the Heat’s own.

At the end of the game, Josh Richardson finished with a season-high 24 points and made six of ten shots from close range. In addition, Bam Adebayo contributed 16 points and 11 rebounds. Tyler Herro scored 14 points, making him Miami’s fourth player to score in the double digits.”Just remember that we are very fortunate to have a job that we get to hoop, that we get to play before so many great fans,” Butler stated in reference to the manner in which the Heat responded to the performance that ended their two-game losing streak. The realization that this isn’t as challenging caused us to lose some control of it for a short period of time. It may be a great deal more bad.”

The Heat ended the regular season with a season-high 38 assists, which contributed to their 1,500th victory overall.

According to Erik Spoelstra, the coach of the Miami Dolphins, “the group poured a lot into the last 24 hours.” “Pouring into this process, pouring into each other, and pouring into the solutions,” the speaker said. Because it is difficult to accomplish that in this day and age particularly in professional sports, I applaud the organization for their efforts.In his fifth game since Miami acquired him in a trade with Charlotte, Terry Rozier went one of eight from the field but had ten assists. This was his fifth game overall.

Domantas Sabonis of Sacramento achieved his thirteenth triple-double of the season by scoring 19 points, grabbing 17 boards, and dishing out 13 assists. Additionally, it was Sabonis’ 29th straight game with at least a double-double, which placed him two games behind Oscar Robertson’s franchise record, which was established in 1961 on the same day.

Keegan Murray scored 33 points, Kevin Huerter scored 14, and De’Aaron added 13 points for the Kings, who have not been victorious in Miami since October of 2018.

Mike Brown, the coach of the Sacramento Kings, stated that the Heat should be given a great deal of credit. I was under the impression that they worked harder than we did tonight. They were just tireless in their pursuit of the 50-50 balls, and the fact that they did so reveals a great deal about the events that transpired throughout the course of the game.Due to an injury, referee Brandon Adair was unable to be present for the second half of the game, which resulted in the game being completed with only two officials.

Both Herro and Butler made consecutive three-point shots at the middle of the third period, which put the Heat in a position to win the game for good, 73-70. The lead was stretched to 106-93 after Richardson made his fifth three-pointer with 4 minutes and 28 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

Although Murray made seven of eleven three-point shots, the Kings only made twelve of forty shots from beyond the arc.

Murray described the situation as follows: “We are getting open looks, and sometimes they just don’t go down.” “When it happens, it’s just human nature.”The Sacramento Kings came back from a deficit of 18 points in the middle of the second quarter by completing the first half with a 24-10 run, bringing their score to 59-55 at the break. During the outburst, Sabonis scored seven consecutive points, while Murray sank two three-point shots.

On the first possession of the second period, the Heat took a 49-31 lead thanks in large part to Richardson’s 11 points, which included three three-pointers.

Duncan Robinson, a forward for Miami, underwent concussion protocol and did not participate in the game. Robinson was unable to return to the game against Phoenix on Monday because he became ill early in the game.

The absence of Robinson allowed Richardson to spend more time off the bench than he would have otherwise.On the other hand, once I got rolling in the game, it felt like I could let it fly,” Richardson said. “My shots felt extremely good as I was warming up.”