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WATCH: Tyler Herro hits game winning 3-pointer to lift Heat over Kings

Tyler Herro scored 13 points in the 4th quarter including a game winning three-pointer as the Heat gets the win over the Kings

With Jimmy Butler out because of a hip issue, the  put the ball in 's hands down the stretch Wednesday.

The results were undeniably impressive, as Herro scored 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field in the fourth quarter of Wednesday night's 110-107 win over the  at FTX Arena.

“He's a gutsy kid and he wants those moments and he really delivered tonight,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of Herro, who finished Wednesday's victory with a team-high 26 points and 12 rebounds. “In the fourth quarter, he made some big plays going down the stretch.”

One of Herro's fourth-quarter makes was a game-winning three-pointer. With the score tied at 107 and the Heat starting the possession with 12.5 seconds on the clock following a timeout, Herro took a screen from Heat guard Gabe Vincent to get Kings guard Terence Davis switched onto him. That's when Vincent and the other three Heat players on the court spread out to give Herro the space needed to operate in an isolation situation.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXkiUIrTqrQ

On This Day In UK Basketball History

On March 19, 1966, Pat Riley joined the 1,000-point club.  He did it in 54 games.

 

On March 19, 1966, in one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, top-ranked UK, featuring “Rupp’s Runts,” loses in the NCAA Championship game, 72-65, to Texas Western.

 

On March 19, 1989, in the wake of an NCAA investigation, Eddie Sutton resigns as UK basketball coach.

 

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