The Miami Heat wrapped up the first leg of its summer league schedule at the California Classic on Thursday afternoon by beating the hometown Sacramento Kings 86-76 at the Golden 1 Center.
Miami will play its next game Saturday at 5 p.m. against the New Orleans Pelicans in Las Vegas.
Here are a handful of takeaways from Thursday’s victory, which left Miami with a 2-1 record in the tournament:
u25aa Despite facing a Kings summer league roster featuring four first round picks (2017 first round pick De’Aaron Fox sat out Thursday’s game), the Heat more than held its own on the defensive end again forcing 21 turnover that led to 22 points.