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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 23 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 102 |
 Heat | 27 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 98 |
HOUTeam statsMIA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 39-8446.4% | 14-2850.0% | 10-2147.6% | 46 | 14 | 15 |
| MIA | 38-7352.1% | 10-2441.7% | 12-1485.7% | 34 | 25 | 20 |
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Houston Rockets102| 36 | 37 | 13-17 | 9-11, Season high (his best before, 7) | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +15.9 | |||||
| 35 | 18 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 2-3 | +20 | +10.8 | ||||||||
| 34 | 11 | 4-11 | 1-7 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −8.4 | |||||
| 34 | 8 | 4-15 | 0-0 | 0-4 | −9 | −5.9 | ||||||||
| 32 | 6 | 3-13 | 0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | −9.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 7 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −4.9 | ||||||
| 22 | 11 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −1.7 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | +7 | +1.1 | |||||||
| Team | 102 | 39-8446.4% | 14-2850.0% | 46 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 10-2147.6% | 15 | 17 | 4 | |||
Bench 22 points on 7 for 14 shooting
Did not play: Nate Williams, Cam Whitmore, Jae'Sean Tate, Jock Landale, Aaron Holiday and Jeff Green (coach’s decision); Reed Sheppard (injury/illness).
Miami Heat98| 39 | 8 | 3-11 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −14.2 | ||||
| 38 | 16 | 6-13 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.3 | ||||||
| 35 | 16 | 7-10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | +7 | +6.6 | ||||||||
| 30 | 30 | 10-13 | 2-4 | 8-9 | 0 | +4 | +7.9 | |||||||
| 15 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | −2.7 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 12 | 5-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −4.6 | ||||||
| 24 | 8 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | +5.0 | |||||||
| 18 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −4.1 | |||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.8 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.7 | |
| Team | 98 | 38-7352.1% | 10-2441.7% | 34 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 12-1485.7% | 5 | 8 | 5 | |||
Bench 24 points on 10 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Kyle Anderson, Terry Rozier and Pelle Larsson (coach’s decision); Nikola Jović (injury/illness).
Rockets102Heat98ClickTap 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.
Fred VanVleet scored 37 points with 9 3-pointers, and the Houston Rockets beat the Miami Heat 102-98 for their ninth straight win.
VanVleet’s driving layup put the Rockets ahead for good with 10:39 left in the fourth quarter.
The Heat got within 87-86 on Tyler Herro’s driving layup with 8:27 to play, but Jabari Smith Jr. answered with a 3-pointer, and the Heat got no closer.
In the fourth quarter, Amen Thompson had 2 of his 7 steals, one of them leading to VanVleet’s driving layup that put the Rockets ahead 83-82, and the Rockets scored 4 points off them.
Thompson had 18 points, 9 rebounds and a career-high 7 steals.
For the Heat, Andrew Wiggins scored 30 points (20 in the second quarter) on 10 for 13 shooting, and Kel'el Ware added 16 points (8 in the paint) and 14 rebounds on 7 for 10 shooting.
The Rockets grabbed 15 offensive rebounds to the Heat’s 5. The Heat turned it over 21 times, about 8 more than usual for this many possessions.
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 12% (3rd quarter, 9:42 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
92 points from the field on 84 shots: 3.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-22 | 63.6% | 66% |
| In the paint | 6-21 | 28.6% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 5-13 | 38.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-6 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-22 | 54.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Herro | 29 | 17 | 6-7 | +11 |
| Davion Mitchell | 14 | 6 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Kel'el Ware | 5 | 5 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Haywood Highsmith | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 9 | 3-4 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 37 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kel'el Ware | 17 | 3 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Tyler Herro | 10 | 6 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Bam Adebayo | 8 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 5 | 2-5 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bam Adebayo | 13 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Tyler Herro | 13 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 11 | 2 | 0-5 | 0 |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 5 | 2-2 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 11 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 14 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.
MIA win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
HOU
50/50
MIA
Highest Leverage Moments
VanVleet 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (32 PTS)
Q4 9:58
14.8%
49→34
Ware 27' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Jaquez Jr. 1 AST)
Q3 7:27
10.9%
66→77
Smith Jr. Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
Q3 2:14
10.9%
77→66
Herro 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (8 PTS) (Adebayo 5 AST)
Q4 8:27
10.0%
35→45
Wiggins 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Highsmith 2 AST)
Q2 5:30
9.8%
39→49
