Heat survive Kings to move 7-0 in overtime

Not in this house.

And never in overtime. Basically, the Sacramento Kings found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time Monday at AmericanAirlines Arena.

So make it 19-1 at home and 7-0 in overtime for the Miami Heat after a game salvaged at the end of regulation turned into 118-113 victory.

With a Bam Adebayo dunk off a perfect Goran Dragic inbounds lob with 1.9 seconds left in regulation allowing the Heat to force the extra period, the Heat then closed it out from there.

Guard Kendrick Nunn led the Heat with 25 points, with forward James Johnson adding 22, Dragic 18 and Adebayo a 16-point, 11-rebound double-double.

Playing in the absence of Jimmy Butler, who was held out with a sore right hip, the Heat were pushed to the limit, just as they were in recent losses to the Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks and, Sunday, San Antonio Spurs.

This time, they flipped the script, as they seemingly always do at home, and always have done in overtime this season.

Overtime proved to be as much of a scramble as the close of regulation, with a Kendrick Nunn 3-pointer with 1:55 left putting the Heat ahead 114-113.

The Heat got a pair of stops from there, with Nunn then sent to the line with 9.3 seconds left, converting both free throws for a 116-113 lead.

A King turnover followed, as did a scramble, with Nunn closing the scoring with a pair of free throws.

Down eight with 7:30 to play in regulation the Heat got a pair of 3-pointers by James Johnson to move within 103-100 with 1:12 to play in the fourth. Then, unlike Sunday in San Antonio, Duncan Robinson this time converted a tying 3-pointer with 29 seconds left in the fourth for a 103-103 tie.

But that’s when after a scramble, the Kings came up with a layup from forward Nemanja Bjelica with 1.9 seconds to play in regulation for a two-point Sacramento lead.

And then, near inbound perfection, with the Heat closing out the scoring at 105-105 in regulation with eight-tenths of a second on a perfectly executed lob from an inbounding Goran Dragic to Bam Adebayo at the rim.