NBA Game Summary - Sacramento at Miami

Miami, FL (Basketball News) - Shaquille O’Neal had 27 points and six rebounds to lead the Miami Heat over the Sacramento Kings, 119-99, at AmericanAirlines Arena.

Dwyane Wade added 22 points, six rebounds and seven assists for the Heat, who ended a two-game slide. Jason Williams, who sparked a key second-half run, added 19 points and 11 assists for Miami, which scored a season-high 70 points in the paint while also shooting a season-best 59.5 percent from the field.

Udonis Haslem finished with 16 points and Antoine Walker recorded 12 for Miami, which held the Kings to just 15 fourth-quarter points to pull away with the victory.

Peja Stojakovic had 19 points and Mike Bibby recorded 17 pints and eight assists for the Kings, who have dropped two in a row after winning three straight.

Down 84-82 late in the third, the Heat bridged the final two quarters with a 19-5 burst to grab control. Williams had 10 points during the surge, which was capped by an O’Neal bucket nearly four minutes into the fourth for a 101-89 cushion.

Later the Heat extended their cushion to as many as 20 points for the first time, when Walker connected on a bucket with three minutes left for a 115-95 advantage.

Francisco Garcia had 14 points for Sacramento, which has lost five straight to the Heat.

Miami ran out to a 37-24 lead after one quarter, but the Kings rallied to get back into the game in the second. Sacramento outscored the Heat 34-23 in the period to go into the break down 60-58.

In the third, the Kings went ahead 63-62 on a Stojakovic three-pointer in the early stages, and the contest remained close the entire stanza.

"We got off to a fast start, but there was a little dead spot there," said O’Neal. "We let them get back too close, but the third and fourth quarter guys played well and buckled down on defense and got it done."