How To Watch Miami Heat At Sacramento Kings; Lineups, Injury Report, Betting Lines

Game Time: Sun. November 8; 9:00 pm EST, Golden 1 Center, Sacramento

TV: WPLG Local 10, NBA League Pass

Betting Line: Heat -10.5

The Miami Heat and Sacramento Kings meet for the first of two matchups this regular season. Last season, the teams split the series, 1-1, with each squad winning on the road. The Heat are 48-27 all-time versus Sacramento during the regular season, including 31-7 at home and 17-20 on the road.

The Heat have had a busy week on the road as they are in the midst of a five-game west coast road trip. They lost to the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday, had a thrilling 20-point comeback overtime victory against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday and were blown out by the Golden State Warriors on Thursday on the second leg of a back-to-back.

Miami is entering this matchup with a 3-6 record. Despite entering the season with lofty expectations, the team has had early struggles with chemistry, especially between new acquisition Giannis Antetokounmpo and franchise center Bam Adebayo in the frontcourt. However, the team is slowly starting to put it together as Adebayo is showing signs of returning to All-Star form while offseason acquisition Klay Thompson has been putting up solid three-point performances as well.

The Kings are entering this matchup as one of the worst teams in the NBA with a 1-8 record. The team was not expected to be one of the better teams in the Western Conference as they are in the midst of a rebuild. Rookie guard Darius Acuff Jr. has been one of the higher-usage players to start the season but has not been particularly efficient. The Heat are heavy favorites on the road in this matchup and could get back on the right track with a win on Sunday night.

PROJECTED LINEUPS

Miami Heat

G Davion Mitchell

G Klay Thompson

F Andrew Wiggins

F Giannis Antetokounmpo

C Bam Adebayo

Sacramento Kings

G Darius Acuff Jr.

G Zach LaVine

F DeAndre Hunter

F Keegan Murray

C Domantas Sabonis

INJURY REPORT

Miami Heat

G Tre Donaldson (G League / Two Way) - OUT

C Vladislav Goldin (G League / Two Way) - OUT

Sacramento Kings

F Jonathan Mogbo (G League / Two Way) - OUT

F Keegan Murray (Left Ankle Capsulitis) - QUESTIONABLE

G Sean Pedulla (G League / Two Way) - OUT

C Maxime Reynaud (Right Patella Subluxation) - OUT

G Ben Simmons (Right Achilles Tendon Repair / Surgery) - OUT

QUOTABLE

Heat veteran Klay Thompson on how this season has started for the Miami Heat: "We still have an opportunity to get a winning road trip, I keep telling the guys that we’re barely 10 percent through the regular season. And it’s OK to go through adversity in the beginning because we want to hit our stride 60 games from now."