Game Summary
Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 105, Miami Heat 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 28-32 MIA; Q2 HOU 24-19 MIA; Q3 HOU 31-34 MIA; Q4 HOU 22-30 MIA.
Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (HOU) 32 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; Bam Adebayo (MIA) 24 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 20 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists on 7-of-16 shooting; Pelle Larsson (MIA) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Tyler Herro (MIA) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-12 shooting.
Standouts
Top Scorer ยท HOU
32 PTS, 5 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM ยท 12-20 FG
Scoring ยท MIA
24 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM ยท 9-17 FG
Scoring ยท HOU
20 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST ยท 7-16 FG
Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.
๐ Game Flow
HOU
10 largest lead
Q1 8:02 (HOU 14, MIA 4) ยท 11-0 run, Q1 11:17โQ1 9:05
MIA
13 largest lead
Q2 8:33 (HOU 28, MIA 41) ยท 10-0 run, Q1 1:40โQ1 0:09
Swings
14 lead changes
Tied 9 times
Ahead for good: Kel'el Ware makes dunk (Pelle Larsson assists) (Q4 10:35, HOU 85, MIA 87).
Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
- Q4 4:01 Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2HOU ยท HOU 99, MIA 104
- Q4 3:40 Kevin Durant makes 10-foot turnaround jump shotHOU ยท HOU 101, MIA 104
- Q4 3:19 Kel'el Ware makes tip shotMIA ยท HOU 101, MIA 106
- Q4 2:58 Alperen Sengun makes 14-foot floating jump shot (Tari Eason assists)HOU ยท HOU 103, MIA 106
- Q4 2:41 Bam Adebayo makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Pelle Larsson assists)MIA ยท HOU 103, MIA 108
- Q4 2:24 Andrew Wiggins makes running dunkMIA ยท HOU 103, MIA 110
- Q4 2:24 Andrew Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 1MIA ยท HOU 103, MIA 111
- Q4 1:52 Pelle Larsson makes free throw 1 of 2MIA ยท HOU 103, MIA 112
- Q4 1:52 Pelle Larsson makes free throw 2 of 2MIA ยท HOU 103, MIA 113
- Q4 0:37 Pelle Larsson makes free throw 1 of 2MIA ยท HOU 103, MIA 114
- Q4 0:37 Pelle Larsson makes free throw 2 of 2MIA ยท HOU 103, MIA 115
- Q4 0:25 Aaron Holiday makes 8-foot floating jump shotHOU ยท HOU 105, MIA 115
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 28 | 24 | 31 | 22 | 105 | |
| MIA | 32 | 19 | 34 | 30 | 115 |
๐งฎ How They Scored
HOUMIA
50Points in the paint66
18Fast-break points16
16Second-chance points15
10Points off turnovers13
16Bench points31
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
47.9%Effective FG%56.1%
8.8%Turnover %11.6%
31.3%Offensive rebound %30.4%
0.221Free-throw rate0.222
Box Score
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amen Thompson G-F | 39 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7-16 | 0-1 | 6-12 | -18 |
| Kevin Durant F | 37 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12-20 | 2-8 | 6-6 | +5 |
| Reed Sheppard G | 36 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-14 | 4-11 | 0-0 | -3 |
| Tari Eason F | 36 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4-12 | 2-7 | 0-0 | -15 |
| Alperen Sengun F-C | 35 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6-14 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -18 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith F | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -11 |
| Clint Capela C | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Jeff Green F | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | +12 |
| Aaron Holiday G | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -5 |
| Josh Okogie G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Isaiah Crawford F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 |
Miami Heat
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bam Adebayo C-F | 35 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9-17 | 3-5 | 3-6 | +16 |
| Pelle Larsson G | 34 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6-12 | 1-5 | 7-8 | +4 |
| Tyler Herro G | 33 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8-12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Andrew Wiggins F-G | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 3-3 | -5 |
| Kel'el Ware C | 29 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +15 |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. G | 25 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7-12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | +6 |
| Davion Mitchell G | 25 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -3 |
| Kasparas Jakuฤionis G | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +7 |
| Simone Fontecchio F | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | +9 |
| Dru Smith G | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | +1 |
๐ฌ Advanced Stats
Houston RocketsTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Durant | Starter | 37 | 32 | 70.7 | 25.0 | +4.9 | 22.2 |
| Amen Thompson | Starter | 39 | 20 | 47.0 | 26.5 | -19.0 | 7.9 |
| Reed Sheppard | Starter | 36 | 14 | 50.0 | 15.2 | -5.6 | 7.3 |
| Alperen Sengun | Starter | 35 | 13 | 43.7 | 20.7 | -25.7 | 4.8 |
| Tari Eason | Starter | 36 | 10 | 41.7 | 14.3 | -22.6 | 10.2 |
| Clint Capela | Bench | 13 | 7 | 47.0 | 21.9 | -8.1 | 9.8 |
| Aaron Holiday | Bench | 08 | 5 | 62.5 | 25.0 | -25.7 | 9.1 |
| Jeff Green | Bench | 12 | 4 | 40.0 | 15.6 | +50.0 | 8.4 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | Bench | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | -31.1 | -2.3 |
| Josh Okogie | Bench | 08 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | +5.6 | -3.2 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Isaiah Crawford | Bench | 01 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +100.0 | 0.0 |
Miami HeatTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bam Adebayo | Starter | 35 | 24 | 61.1 | 24.1 | +21.6 | 14.0 |
| Pelle Larsson | Starter | 34 | 20 | 64.4 | 23.8 | +10.6 | 8.3 |
| Tyler Herro | Starter | 33 | 18 | 75.0 | 20.5 | 0.0 | 8.8 |
| Andrew Wiggins | Starter | 31 | 12 | 53.0 | 16.9 | -7.9 | 12.1 |
| Davion Mitchell | Starter | 25 | 10 | 50.0 | 19.3 | -5.8 | 6.0 |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | Bench | 25 | 14 | 56.3 | 23.3 | +15.3 | 12.3 |
| Kel'el Ware | Bench | 29 | 13 | 65.0 | 16.2 | +27.9 | 23.9 |
| Dru Smith | Bench | 07 | 4 | 106.4 | 9.1 | +6.3 | 31.3 |
| Nikola Jovic | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Simone Fontecchio | Bench | 09 | 0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | +46.7 | -28.6 |
| Keshad Johnson | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jahmir Young | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kasparas Jakuฤionis | Bench | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | +35.6 | 2.6 |
| Myron Gardner | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Vladislav Goldin | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
โ๏ธ Season Series & What's Next
2025-26 season series
HOU 0
โ
1 MIA
Last 11 meetings ยท since 2020-21
HOU 1
โ
10 MIA
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
- HOU 102@MIA 98 Recap
- MIA 104@HOU 100 Recap
- MIA 119@HOU 104 Recap
- HOU 113@MIA 120 Recap
- HOU 95@MIA 97 Recap
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