The Miami Heat blew a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter as they lost to the Sacramento Kings and fall to 9th in the Eastern Conference.

Recap: the Miami Heat faced the Sacramento Kings on Monday. The Kings staged a thrilling comeback to clinch a surprising victory to possibly help end a skid.

DeRozan took over the game in the second overtime, scoring the Kings final nine points of the second extra period. It was vintage DeRozan, as he hit contested shot after contested shot. He finished with a game-high 30 points to lead the Kings to victory.

The Miami Heat head to Golden 1 Center to face the Sacramento Kings in a non-conference matchup. The Heat are 17-16, which puts them in sixth place in the Eastern Conference. The Kings are 16-19, which puts them in 12th place in the Western Conference.

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With Heat star Jimmy Butler serving the second game of his seven-game suspension, the Heat’s defense was suffocating through three quarters. The Heat entered the fourth quarter with a 10-point advantage, limiting the Kings to just 68 points on 38 percent shooting from the field and 6-of-23 (26.1 percent) shooting from three-point range.

The Heat (18-17) hopes Tuesday night’s 114-98 bounce-back road win over the Warriors represents a breakthrough after blowing a 17-point fourth-quarter lead just 24 hours before in a painful double-overtime loss to the Kings in Sacramento on Monday.

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The Sacramento Kings are among the favored teams to land the Brooklyn Nets' sharpshooting forward before the Feb. 6 trade deadline.

Bam Adebayo and the Miami Heat (17-16) will visit the Sacramento Kings (17-19) at Golden 1 Center on Monday, January 6. The game starts at 10:00 PM ET.The Kings won their last outing 129-99

The Heat could snag the Milwaukee Bucks’ second-leading scorer in a three-team trade. “When the Milwaukee Bucks decided to trade for star point guard Damian Lillard, many expected them to ascend to the front of the Eastern Conference,” Sports Illustrated’s Matt Levine wrote Monday.