By: Eric He

The Sacramento Kings could’ve used DeMarcus Cousins in overtime. But in a remarkable turn of events in Tuesday night’s 108-96 loss to the Heat, Cousins committed six fouls in the fourth quarter alone to foul out and the Kings were outscored 17-5 in the extra session to fall to Miami on Tuesday.

Cousins had 30 points before fouling out with 30.6 seconds remaining on an offensive foul in which the would-be game-winning basket was waved off.

“Good, hard, competitive game,” he told the Sacramento Bee after the game, keeping his words terse in an effort to avoid a fine from the league.

The game was tied at 94-94 in overtime after a 3-point play from Rudy Gay, who also finished with 30 points in the game. But the Heat scored the next 11 points, capped off by a Hassan Whiteside dunk to put Miami up by double-digits.

Gay had a chance to win the game at the end of regulation, but airballed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

The Kings’ turnover problems continued, as Miami scored 21 points off 15 Sacramento giveaways. Sacramento trailed by seven points entering the fourth quarter, but Cousins and Gay led the Kings back; Cousins put the Kings ahead briefly with a layup with under a minute left in regulation. But Dion Waiters responded to even the score at 91-91.

Sacramento trailed 54-50 at halftime.

Goran Dragic led the Heat with 25 points, including five 3-pointers. Tyler Johnson came off the bench for 22 points.

The Kings will head next to Orlando to take on the Magic on Thursday as their five-game road trip continues.