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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Heat | 32 | 37 | 29 | 20 | 118 |
 Rockets | 33 | 22 | 31 | 35 | 121 |
MIATeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | 42-8151.9% | 15-2853.6% | 19-2479.2% | 34 | 28 | 14 |
| HOU | 38-7749.4% | 19-4641.3% | 26-2892.9% | 36 | 22 | 15 |
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Houston Rockets121| 44 | 58 | 16-32 | 8-18 | 18-18 | +10 | +27.2 | ||||||||
| 36 | 6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | +8 | −0.8 | ||||||||
| 34 | 14 | 4-12 | 1-6 | 5-5 | 0 | −6 | −2.7 | |||||||
| 32 | 14 | 5-9 | 3-7 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +1.3 | |||||
| 22 | 6 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 6 | 2-9 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10.1 | |||||
| 31 | 17 | 7-8 | 3-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +4.1 | ||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −4.9 | |||||
| Team | 121 | 38-7749.4% | 19-4641.3% | 36 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 26-2892.9% | 8 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 23 points on 9 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Vincent Edwards and Terrence Jones (coach’s decision); Kenneth Faried, Eric Gordon and Iman Shumpert (injury/illness).
Miami Heat118| 37 | 18 | 6-11 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +1.9 | ||||||
| 33 | 21 | 9-14 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | +0.6 | |||||||
| 32 | 11 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −2.1 | ||||||
| 31 | 19 | 7-13 | 3-3 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | −13 | +4.6 | ||||||
| 29 | 10 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 4-4 | −13 | +2.3 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 12 | 6-15 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −5.6 | |||||
| 25 | 21 | 5-12 | 3-6 | 0 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +8.3 | |||||
| 20 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +2 | −1.1 | |||||
| 6 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +0.7 | |||
| Team | 118 | 42-8151.9% | 15-2853.6% | 34 | 28 | 14 | 22 | 19-2479.2% | 8 | 9 | 2 | |||
Bench 39 points on 13 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Duncan Robinson, Ryan Anderson and Udonis Haslem (coach’s decision); Hassan Whiteside (injury/illness).
Rockets121Heat118ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
James Harden had 58 points (10 during a 14-0 run in the fourth quarter) and 10 assists, making all 18 of his free throws, and the Houston Rockets rallied from 21 points down in the third quarter to beat the Miami Heat 121-118 for their fourth straight win.
The Rockets trailed 69-55 at halftime and 82-61 with 8:44 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Heat 60-36 the rest of the way.
Chris Paul’s 15-foot pull-up jumper with 46.2 seconds left made it 121-118. The Heat had the ball down 3, but Dion Waiters missed a 3-pointer with 8.2 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Rockets outscored the Heat 10-5. Paul scored 6 of the Rockets’ 10 on 1 for 2 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line. Early in the fourth quarter, Harden had 2 of his 4 steals, and the Rockets scored 2 points off them.
Harden scored 17 of his 58 points in the fourth quarter. Harden assisted on 5 of Austin Rivers’ 7 baskets.
For the Heat, Goran Dragic scored 21 points (12 in the fourth quarter) off the bench, and Kelly Olynyk added 21 points on 9 for 14 shooting. The Heat had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Rockets went 26 for 28 at the line to the Heat’s 19 for 24. The Heat outscored the Rockets 33-19 in 13 minutes with Wade, Dragic, Olynyk, Richardson and Jones on the floor together.
Houston RocketsMiami HeatPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Rockets’ chance bottomed out at 8.4% (3rd quarter, 7:59 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
95 points from the field on 77 shots: 13.5 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-16 | 75.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 4-10 | 40.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 3-5 | 60.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-11 | 36.4% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 15-35 | 42.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justise Winslow | 29 | 16 | 5-10 | +2 |
| Josh Richardson | 14 | 9 | 3-7 | +2 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 12 | 4 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Dion Waiters | 7 | 9 | 3-5 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 26 | 20 | 4-10 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 58 points on 88 possessions. He usually scores about 42 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Richardson | 15 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Dwyane Wade | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Goran Dragic | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Dion Waiters | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 12 | 5-5 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 57 possessions. He usually scores about 9 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dion Waiters | 23 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Goran Dragic | 11 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Dwyane Wade | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Kelly Olynyk | 6 | 5 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 5 | 2-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 6 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
HOU win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIA
50/50
HOU
Highest Leverage Moments
Paul 15' Pullup Jump Shot (14 PTS)
Q4 0:46
24.0%
62→86
Wade 15' Fadeaway Jumper (12 PTS)
Q4 2:03
16.4%
79→62
Harden 26' 3PT Jump Shot (44 PTS)
Q4 9:13
15.7%
14→29
Harden 2' Driving Layup (58 PTS)
Q4 2:46
15.5%
66→82
Dragic 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Richardson 2 AST)
Q4 7:57
13.2%
34→21
