Miami Heat vs Sacramento Kings Final — November 8, 2026
MIAOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)SAC
MIADefenseSACMIATeamSACMIARecent formSACMIAHome and roadseason to dateSACMIALast 10 gamesSACInjuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel
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Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before tip-off. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
Last five results this season, oldest to newest. Records are season to date, with home and road splits. Against-the-spread (ATS) and over–under records use the consensus closing line.
Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.
Distance is a straight-line estimate from each team's home arena, not the team's actual itinerary; time-zone change is at game time. Days of rest are full days off since each team's previous game this season (0 = back-to-back); preseason games do not count. Schedule facts only: no fatigue adjustment is applied.
No key players listed.
Key players only. Injury report as of November 8, 10:10 a.m. ET.
The pre-game matchup
The Heat (3-6) visited the Kings (1-8) on Sunday, November 8 at 9:10 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Heat scored 120.9 points per game (2nd of 30) and allowed 118.5 (22nd). The Kings scored 111.3 points per game (28th of 30) and allowed 120.8 (26th).
Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Heat 115.8 (12th), Kings 110.4 (26th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Heat 113.6 (13th), Kings 120.4 (28th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Heat +2.2 (13th), Kings −9.9 (28th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The Heat are 3-6 and 2-7 against the spread; their last game was a 120-100 loss to the Warriors. The Kings are 1-8 and 3-6 against the spread; their last game was a 124-109 loss to the Spurs.
The Heat closed as 11.5-point road favorites, with the Kings getting the points at home. The spread opened at Heat -8.5. The total closed at 235.5, down from 240.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Heat -574, Kings +422) prices the Heat at 82% and the Kings at 18%.
Written from the numbers available before tip-off.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Miami Heat 114, Sacramento Kings 108
Miami Heat won by 6.
- Against the closing spread (Sacramento Kings +11.5): Sacramento Kings covered.
- Combined score 222 vs the closing total of 235.5: Under.
- Miami Heat closed at -574 on the moneyline (a 82% no-vig market-implied chance).
Market
Closing line and line movement
Heat -8.5 (-112)
Heat -11.5 (-115)
Kings +260 27%
Kings +422 18%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at tip-off. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
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G&W Line
G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics
Matchup
Players to watch
- Points per game27.69th
- Rebounds per game9.812th
- Assists per game5.435th
- Minutes per game28.9
- Points per game20.142nd
- Rebounds per game10.011th
- Assists per game3.2109th
- Minutes per game32.4
- Points per game19.251st
- Rebounds per game2.8272nd
- Assists per game2.3173rd
- Minutes per game31.4
- Points per game15.8
- Rebounds per game11.4
- Assists per game4.1
- Minutes per game29.7
Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 394 players with at least 20 games.
Head-to-head
The teams have met 8 times since 2022: the Heat won 4 and the Kings 4.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2026 | Heat 130, Kings 117 Heat won | ||
| Dec 6, 2025 | Kings 127, Heat 111 Kings won | ||
| Jan 6, 2025 | Heat 118, Kings 123 Kings won | ||
| Nov 4, 2024 | Kings 111, Heat 110 Kings won | ||
| Feb 26, 2024 | Heat 121, Kings 110 Heat won |
Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.
Teams
Miami Heat
- Miami Heat team stats
- Miami Heat 115, Utah Jazz 109 (Nov 10)
- Miami Heat 100, Golden State Warriors 120 (Nov 5)
- Miami Heat 117, Los Angeles Clippers 116 (Nov 4)
Sacramento Kings
- Sacramento Kings team stats
- Orlando Magic 107, Sacramento Kings 100 (Nov 10)
- San Antonio Spurs 124, Sacramento Kings 109 (Nov 6)
- Los Angeles Lakers 116, Sacramento Kings 103 (Nov 4)
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