Exhaustion assuredly could have stood as an excuse, considering going double-overtime the previous night in a loss to the Sacramento Kings. Opposing excellence could have created a sense of doom, as Stephen Curry drained eight 3-pointers in a 31-point performance.

Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 123-118 double-overtime loss to the Sacramento Kings (18-19) on Monday night at Golden 1 Center to begin a back-to-back set and open a long six-game West Coast trip The Heat (17-17),

The Miami Heat flew Delta to Sacramento on Sunday. Flying on Southwest would have been more apropos. Because Wanna Get Away assuredly had to be the theme for this six-game western swing, with Erik Spoelstra’s team coming off consecutive lopsided losses and dealing with the seven-game team suspension of Jimmy Butler for conduct detrimental to the team.