You can't keep Zach LaVine down for long.

The Sacramento shooting guard responded to one of the worst nights of his career with his best of the season, pouring in 42 points in the Kings' 127-111 win over the Heat in Miami on Saturday.

LaVine's emphatic return to form augurs well ahead of Sacramento's interconference clash with the Indiana Pacers on Monday in Indianapolis.

LaVine, who is averaging a team-best 20.9 points per game, was held to just two in a blowout road loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, before stepping up in Florida to snap the Kings' four-game skid.

He set a sizzling tone against the Heat, pouring in 29 first-half points, and finished with an 8-of-13 clip from 3-point range.

"More than anything we wanted Zach to just be aggressive," Sacramento coach Doug Christ

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