Sacramento looked like champions today, beating Miami 97-77. "That's the best we've seen them for a while," said an overwhelmed Miami coach Bob. "None of the tapes we had of them showed the fluid execution that we saw out there today, and frankly we just weren't prepared as well as they were. I take full responsibility for that; with better preparation we could have won. Instead they just took over the game and never let us back in."

Sacramento was led by Braziel (12 points, 17 boards, 2 assists, a steal, 2 blocks), Smith (15 points, 9 boards, 0 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks), Gould (16 points, 0 assists, a steal). Miami was led by Hargrove (15 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals), Durham (22 points, 2 steals), Johnson (10 points, 1 assists, 2 blocks).

Sacramento stand at 24-9 with this victory. They hold at #1 in the Pacific and stay at #1 overall in the Western Conference. With the loss, Miami fall to 13-22 and 10-7 at home. They hold at #5 in the Southeast and drop to #14 overall in the Eastern Conference.

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