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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Heat | 31 | 22 | 28 | 23 | 104 |
 Rockets | 27 | 23 | 32 | 18 | 100 |
MIATeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | 37-8444.0% | 10-3330.3% | 20-2871.4% | 52 | 21 | 14 |
| HOU | 38-9739.2% | 13-4032.5% | 11-1384.6% | 52 | 24 | 12 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Miami Heat104| 38 | 14 | 6-19 | 0-8 | 0 | 2-2 | −3 | −10.1 | |||||||
| 38 | 15 | 6-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | +10 | +3.7 | ||||||||
| 37 | 27 | 10-17 | 3-7 | 4-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +5.6 | |||||
| 34 | 12 | 4-12 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 0 | −1 | −4.2 | |||||||
| 14 | 5 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −2.9 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 18 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +8.4 | |||||
| 18 | 4 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −7.5 | |||
| 16 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.4 | |||
| 14 | 7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | +5 | +2.9 | |||||||
| Team | 104 | 37-8444.0% | 10-3330.3% | 52 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 20-2871.4% | 15 | 6 | 3 | |||
Bench 31 points on 10 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Pelle Larsson, Isaiah Stevens, Josh Christopher and Keshad Johnson (coach’s decision); Jimmy Butler III (return to competition reconditioning); Duncan Robinson (injury/illness).
Houston Rockets100| 40 | 22 | 8-20 | 5-12 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +8 | −4.0 | ||||||
| 38 | 16 | 6-17 | 4-10 | 0-0 | +4 | −0.2 | ||||||||
| 35 | 18 | 8-14 | 0-1 | 2-2 | +4 | +4.0 | ||||||||
| 34 | 19 | 6-20 | 1-8 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −6.9 | ||||||
| 26 | 7 | 2-8 | 2-5 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −8.0 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 5 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −17 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 12 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +5.6 | |||||
| 12 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.7 | ||
| 11 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −3.8 | |||
| Team | 100 | 38-9739.2% | 13-4032.5% | 52 | 24 | 12 | 21 | 11-1384.6% | 19 | 5 | 4 | |||
Bench 18 points on 8 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Jae'Sean Tate and Tari Eason (injury/illness); Reed Sheppard, Jock Landale and Jeff Green (coach’s decision).
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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.
Tyler Herro scored 27 points (11 in the third quarter), and the Miami Heat went on a 9-0 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Houston Rockets 104-100.
The Rockets led 94-93 when Herro’s 10-foot fadeaway put the Heat ahead for good with 1:56 left. They took a 102-94 lead with 33 seconds left.
Nikola Jović’s 3-pointer with 47.4 seconds left made it 98-94, and his 2 free throws with 35.7 seconds left put it away at 101-94.
During clutch time, the Heat outscored the Rockets 12-2. Herro scored 4 of the Heat’s 12 on 1 for 3 shooting and 2 for 3 at the line.
Jović had 18 points and 6 assists off the bench.
For the Rockets, Dillon Brooks scored 22 points (9 in the third quarter) with 5 3-pointers, and Jalen Green went 1 for 8 from 3.
The Heat shot 44.0% from the field to the Rockets’ 39.2%. The Rockets gave up 15 offensive rebounds, about 4 more than usual for the shots the Heat missed. The Heat outscored the Rockets 21-7 in 9 minutes with Rozier, Adebayo, Highsmith, Herro and Jović on the floor together.
Miami HeatHouston RocketsPS, 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 Heat’s chance bottomed out at 12% (3rd quarter, 5:03 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
84 points from the field on 84 shots: 5.4 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 13-19 | 68.4% | 66% |
| In the paint | 11-22 | 50.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 3-10 | 30.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-13 | 38.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-20 | 25.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred VanVleet | 21 | 4 | 2-3 | −3 |
| Amen Thompson | 18 | 6 | 2-6 | 0 |
| Dillon Brooks | 13 | 10 | 4-6 | +5 |
| Jalen Green | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 12 | 5-6 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillon Brooks | 15 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 10 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Jalen Green | 9 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Fred VanVleet | 9 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 7 | 2-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alperen Sengun | 23 | 3 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Jalen Green | 14 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Fred VanVleet | 11 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Dillon Brooks | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 10 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
Jović 27' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Highsmith 2 AST)
Q4 0:47
27.3%
37→10
Herro 10' Fadeaway Jumper (26 PTS)
Q4 1:56
24.9%
62→37
VanVleet 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Sengun 3 AST)
Q4 10:26
14.4%
53→67
Highsmith 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Herro 9 AST)
Q4 4:47
14.3%
68→54
Ware 3' Layup (7 PTS) (Jović 6 AST)
Q4 11:46
14.2%
58→44
