The Kings will hit the road looking to continue their winning streak. They play the Boston Celtics Friday and Chicago Bulls Sunday.

DeMar DeRozan scored nine of Sacramento's 11 points in the second overtime, and the Kings beat the Miami Heat 123-118 on Monday night to extend their winning streak to a season-high five games under interim coach Doug Christie.

The Sacramento Kings have won four consecutive games for the first time this season, breaking their six-game losing streak in style. Their four-game win streak has propelled them up to 11th place in the West,

Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Monday night game against the Sacramento Kings.

The Heat (17-16) and Milwaukee Bucks are tied for fifth in the Eastern Conference. Miami is coming off back-to-back home losses to the Indiana Pacers and Utah Jazz as the team sets out on a six-game, 11-day road trip.

DeMar DeRozan scored nine of Sacramento’s 11 points in the second overtime, powering the Kings to a 123-118 victory over the Miami Heat on Monday night and extending their winning streak to a season-high five games under interim coach Doug Christie.

The HEAT and Kings often play close games, but they’re typically more aesthetically pleasing than this one which began with two challenges in the first two minutes – Sacramento coach Doug Christie used ... else was missing, Miami getting by with ...

Now it’s up to Doug Christie, the former Kings energizer defender to pull a season of promise out of the ditch and back into the fast lane. He won three of his first four games after taking over for the abruptly terminated Mike Brown, making Christie the Kings’ 13th coach in 19 seasons and the eighth under club owner Vivek Ranadive.

The Miami Heat will try to avenge an earlier defeat to the Sacramento Kings on Monday night but will have to do so without the suspended Jimmy Butler when they tip off a six-game road trip.

DeMar DeRozan led everyone with 30 points, but the six-time All-Star had special praise for teammate Keon Ellis after the Sacramento Kings' double-overtime win Monday over the Miami Heat."The young kid is amazing,

DeMar DeRozan poured in nine of his game-high 30 points in the second overtime on Monday night, helping the Sacramento Kings outlast the visiting Miami Heat 123-118 for a fifth straight win under interim coach Doug Christie.