Heat bounce back with 118-110 win in Sacramento, fueled by Butler, Adebayo triple-doubles

The Miami Heat weren’t going to allow it to happen again, couldn’t afford to let it happen again.

A night after blowing a 19-point lead in a crushing overtime loss to the Golden State Warriors, the Heat found themselves teetering again.

This time there was a 23-point lead midway through the third quarter, a lead whittled to 10 by the end of the period.

This time, the Heat pushed back, going back up by 20 midway through the fourth quarter on the way to a much-needed 118-110 victory at Golden 1 Center.

With LeBron James and the Los Angeles Laker looming Saturday night on the sixth stop of this seven-game trip, the Heat snapped a three-game losing streak.

Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo filled the box score to secure the victory, each recording triple-doubles.

Butler recorded his third consecutive triple-double, with 13 points, 10 rebounds and a season-high 13 assists.

Adebayo did it with 16 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.

For the Heat, there also were 27 points from Tyler Herro, 20 from Duncan Robinson and 16 from Kendrick Nunn.

Five Degrees of Heat from Thursday’s game:

1. Butler again: Before Wednesday night, the Heat never had a player with triple-doubles in consecutive games, when Butler did it, with his performances Monday against the Los Angeles Clippers and then at Golden State.

Now they have their first player to do it in three consecutive games.

Butler took a seat on the bench at the end of the third period, one rebound from his seventh Heat triple double, now two shy of LeBron James’ franchise record of nine.

Butler completed his triple-double with a rebound with 5:06 to play.

He became the second NBA player this season with at least three consecutive triple-doubles, with Washington Wizards guard Russell Westbrook with four in a row earlier this season.

2. Power play: While power forward hardly figured to be a focal point in the matchup, it turned into just that between Olynyk and Bjelica.

Olynyk was up to a season-high 22 points by the end of the third period, with Bjelica by then with a season-high 17 points. Those numbers came with each 1 of 7 on 3-pointers going into the fourth.

Olynyk closed with those 22 points, with Bjelica scoring 25.

Bjelica is among those who have been linked to a potential Heat upgrade at power forward, able to slot into the trade exception the Heat hold from last season’s James Johnson trade.

3. Attack mode: There was no settling for Herro in the first half, when he closed the opening to periods with 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting, with only one 3-point attempt, which he missed. He was 6 of 8 in the paint during his 15 first-half minutes.

The early contribution was needed, with a basket by Precious Achiuwa the Heat’s only other bench points in the first half.

Herro then converted his first 3-pointer in the third quarter. He now has converted at least one 3-pointer in 29 consecutive games. The only Heat players to do it in 30 or more in a row were Robinson (a team-record 57 last season), Rafer Alston, Tim Hardaway, Eddie Jones and Dan Majerle.

4. Board concern: After yielding five crucial offensive rebounds in overtime in Wednesday night’s loss to the Warriors, the Heat struggled mightily in that aspect in Thursday night’s first half.

The Kings stood with 11 offensive rebounds at halftime, compared to the Heat’s 22 defensive rebounds.

Fortunately for the Heat, the Kings shot only .333 from the field in the first half, with those offensive rebounds only leading to six second-chance points.

5. Ticket time: The Heat on Saturday at noon will put a limited number of individual-game tickets on sale at Heat.com for their four home games between Feb. 24 and March 2 (vs. Raptors, Jazz, Hawks, Hawks), with a limit of four per game. Availability will be determined by a pre-sale offering to season-ticket holders.