Nor Cal Basketball

Miami Heat center Udonis Haslem (40) and Sacramento Kings forward Mikki Moore, right, fight for the ball in the first quarter during a basketball game in Miami Friday, Oct. 31, 2008.

MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade had 20 points and eight assists, Michael Beasley finished with 17 and the Miami Heat scored a whopping 41 points off turnovers to easily beat the Kings 103-77 in its home opener Friday night.

It was the biggest victory margin for Miami (1-1) since it beat Chicago by 33 points on March 7, 2007, and already, the Heat has gotten to a place last year's club never saw: the .500 mark. The 26-point win also matched the largest in a Miami home opener.

The Heat made it look easy.

A 39-13 run over the middle two quarters turned it into a rout for Miami, which gave up 60 points in each half at New York on Wednesday -- but looked nothing like the defensively challenged club that took the floor at Madison Square Garden.

Sacramento didn't hit the 60-point mark until 6:35 remained, and has lost 18 of its last 20 games in Miami.

John Salmons and Quincy Douby each scored 14 for the Kings (0-2). The Kings' offensive plan revolved around rotating the ball around the perimeter and waiting for a chance to go inside, where Sacramento -- like just about everyone else in the NBA -- has a major height advantage over Miami.

It didn't take the Heat long to figure out a way to stop that scheme.

With Wade and Mario Chalmers setting the tone up top, the Heat collected steals and deflections on nearly every Sacramento possession over the final six minutes of the half, holding the Kings to 1-of-8 shooting in that stretch and opening a 49-31 lead by intermission.