Miami Heat 106, Brooklyn Nets 95 — Recap

December 18, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 106, Brooklyn Nets 95. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 30-27 BKN; Q2 MIA 24-22 BKN; Q3 MIA 23-24 BKN; Q4 MIA 29-22 BKN.

Top performers (box score): Michael Porter Jr. (BKN) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-24 shooting; Norman Powell (MIA) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Kel'el Ware (MIA) 22 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; Jaime Jaquez Jr. (MIA) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Nicolas Claxton (BKN) 16 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists on 8-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BKN

Michael Porter Jr.

28 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 10-24 FG

Scoring · MIA

Norman Powell

24 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 8-14 FG

Scoring · MIA

Kel'el Ware

22 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 8-11 FG

Season highs

Bam Adebayo · Season-high 17 reboundsNicolas Claxton · Season-high 12 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIA	30	24	23	29		106
BKN	27	22	24	22		95

🧮 How They Scored

MIABKN

54Points in the paint50

17Fast-break points13

12Second-chance points23

18Points off turnovers9

32Bench points25

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.1%Effective FG%44.4%

12.6%Turnover %10.4%

20.9%Offensive rebound %26.3%

0.213Free-throw rate0.112

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Norman Powell F-G	33	24	6	2	3	0	3	8-14	3-5	5-6	+14
Andrew Wiggins F-G	33	10	4	2	2	0	2	3-11	2-5	2-2	+9
Bam Adebayo C-F	31	8	17	1	1	3	3	4-13	0-2	0-2	+12
Kel'el Ware C	30	22	12	1	0	4	0	8-11	1-2	5-6	+5
Davion Mitchell G	30	10	0	7	1	0	2	5-11	0-2	0-0	+11
Jaime Jaquez Jr. G	29	19	5	1	0	0	3	9-13	1-2	0-0	+4
Dru Smith G	24	3	3	6	2	1	0	1-8	0-6	1-1	+5
Simone Fontecchio F	22	7	4	2	0	0	0	2-7	1-3	2-2	-1
Kasparas Jakučionis G	8	3	0	1	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-4

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nicolas Claxton F-C	35	16	12	8	2	3	2	8-9	0-0	0-2	-12
Michael Porter Jr. F	34	28	6	3	0	0	1	10-24	5-14	3-3	-7
Terance Mann G	31	4	3	2	1	2	1	2-4	0-1	0-0	-8
Egor Demin G	28	14	2	1	0	0	1	5-18	3-12	1-2	-5
Noah Clowney F	26	8	6	3	1	1	2	2-13	0-9	4-4	-7
Danny Wolf F-C	20	9	5	2	2	0	3	4-11	1-4	0-0	-5
Tyrese Martin G	19	2	2	3	0	0	1	1-8	0-3	0-0	-2
Ziaire Williams G-F	19	2	2	0	1	1	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-10
Jalen Wilson F	13	8	2	0	0	0	0	3-5	2-3	0-0	+1
Day'Ron Sharpe C	13	4	6	2	0	0	1	2-4	0-2	0-0	+1
Drake Powell F	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Miami HeatTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Norman Powell	Starter	33	24	72.1	24.4	+18.6	17.4
Kel'el Ware	Starter	30	22	80.6	17.3	+10.9	22.2
Andrew Wiggins	Starter	33	10	42.1	16.7	+12.7	3.9
Davion Mitchell	Starter	30	10	45.5	18.1	+16.3	9.4
Bam Adebayo	Starter	31	8	28.8	22.7	+16.1	7.5
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Bench	29	19	73.1	23.5	+4.9	13.9
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	22	7	44.4	16.0	-4.2	9.0
Dru Smith	Bench	24	3	17.8	14.0	+6.1	8.1
Kasparas Jakučionis	Bench	8	3	150.0	10.5	-38.4	7.4
Tyler Herro	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keshad Johnson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
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

Brooklyn NetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Michael Porter Jr.	Starter	34	28	55.3	30.6	-9.7	13.9
Nicolas Claxton	Starter	35	16	81.0	13.8	-16.0	21.4
Egor Demin	Starter	28	14	37.1	28.2	-6.6	0.0
Noah Clowney	Starter	26	8	27.1	25.8	-10.3	1.8
Terance Mann	Starter	31	4	50.0	6.3	-10.3	2.3
Danny Wolf	Bench	20	9	40.9	29.8	-6.4	13.8
Jalen Wilson	Bench	13	8	80.0	16.1	+3.8	14.6
Day'Ron Sharpe	Bench	13	4	50.0	16.1	+7.7	13.5
Ziaire Williams	Bench	19	2	50.0	4.8	-19.2	5.2
Tyrese Martin	Bench	19	2	12.5	20.9	-0.4	-5.2
Cam Thomas	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Drake Powell	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	-23.2	20.7