Jaime Jaquez Jr., returned to the high school gym where he spent countless hours diving for loose balls and dunking.

Second-year Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. looks like a new man since joining the starting lineup. Jaquez averages 18 points, eight rebounds, and six assis

Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Monday night game against the Sacramento Kings.

Playing on the second night of a back-to-back, the Kings pulled off an improbable victory to extend their winning streak to five games.

Tie game with just over three minutes left in the third, then Utah did a full line shift back to the unit that struggled to score in the second. This time they did a little better, led by former HEAT guard Patty Mills, and took a two-point lead into the fourth. Offensive Ratings on both sides still sat below 100.

DeMar DeRozan scored nine of Sacramento’s 11 points in the second overtime, powering the Kings to a 123-118 victory over the Miami Heat on Monday night and extending their winning streak to a season-high five games under interim coach Doug Christie.

DeMar DeRozan scored nine of Sacramento's 11 points in the second overtime, and the Kings beat the Miami Heat 123-118 on Monday night to extend their winning streak to a season-high five games under interim coach Doug ... Jaime Jaquez Jr. had a triple ...

From a fantasy standpoint, both teams boasted low-rostered players who stepped up when their respective teams needed them most. SG/SF Keon Ellis (15%), making his fourth straight start (the last two for De’Aaron Fox),

Jaime Jaquez Jr. had a triple-double with 16 points ... Kings: Sacramento is playing with a lot more heart and effort under Christie than it did the final two weeks under former coach Mike ...

Bam Adebayo and Terry Rozier contributed 18 points apiece, Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 16, Haywood Highsmith posted 14 and Nikola Jovic totaled 12 for the Heat, who were playing the front end of a back ...

The hometown boy from Camarillo, Jaime Jaquez Jr., returned to the high school gym where he spent countless hours sweating, diving for loose balls and dunking. It was a much-beloved homecoming ...

CAMARILLO, Calif. - There was never a doubt that this day would come. Jaime Jaquez Jr. is the most prolific high school basketball player in Camarillo High School history and now is #24 jersey ...