Miami Heat 116, Chicago Bulls 113 — Recap

January 29, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 116, Chicago Bulls 113. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 34-31 CHI; Q2 MIA 28-20 CHI; Q3 MIA 29-34 CHI; Q4 MIA 25-28 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Ayo Dosunmu (CHI) 23 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Norman Powell (MIA) 21 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Bam Adebayo (MIA) 20 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-19 shooting; Jaime Jaquez Jr. (MIA) 19 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Matas Buzelis (CHI) 16 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHI

Ayo Dosunmu

23 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · MIA

Norman Powell

21 PTS, 0 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 7-16 FG

Scoring · MIA

Bam Adebayo

20 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 7-19 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

MIA 14 largest lead Q2 1:24 (MIA 62, CHI 48)

CHI 2 largest lead Q1 4:15 (MIA 24, CHI 26) · 7-0 run, Q4 3:14–Q4 2:05

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Kel'el Ware makes 28-foot three point jumper (Dru Smith assists) (Q1 3:03, MIA 32, CHI 29).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIA	34	28	29	25		116
CHI	31	20	34	28		113

🧮 How They Scored

MIACHI

60Points in the paint38

19Fast-break points7

11Second-chance points9

23Points off turnovers15

65Bench points60

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.6%Effective FG%47.3%

11.2%Turnover %12.3%

21.7%Offensive rebound %29.1%

0.258Free-throw rate0.309

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bam Adebayo C-F	34	20	12	2	0	0	1	7-19	2-8	4-4	+6
Andrew Wiggins F-G	33	10	3	2	1	0	4	4-9	1-3	1-2	-8
Jaime Jaquez Jr. G	32	19	10	6	3	0	0	8-13	1-3	2-2	+4
Norman Powell F-G	30	21	0	1	2	0	4	7-16	2-4	5-6	-8
Pelle Larsson G	29	15	6	3	2	0	1	4-8	1-2	6-7	-5
Dru Smith G	22	11	5	5	3	0	1	4-8	2-4	1-1	+4
Simone Fontecchio F	18	0	2	3	0	0	1	0-4	0-4	0-0	+13
Nikola Jovic F	17	8	4	1	0	0	0	4-9	0-3	0-0	+12
Kasparas Jakučionis G	13	0	3	4	1	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1
Kel'el Ware C	12	12	4	2	0	2	0	4-6	3-4	1-2	-4

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Vucevic C	37	15	10	3	0	0	2	6-18	1-5	2-2	+9
Matas Buzelis F	34	16	9	4	1	1	1	6-15	2-5	2-3	+2
Kevin Huerter G	33	15	10	3	1	2	0	5-12	4-9	1-2	+3
Coby White G	32	14	4	8	2	0	3	2-11	2-8	8-10	+5
Ayo Dosunmu G	31	23	7	5	0	0	4	8-16	1-4	6-6	-5
Isaac Okoro F-G	26	8	2	0	0	1	0	3-7	2-3	0-0	-7
Jalen Smith F-C	15	11	5	0	0	0	1	4-7	1-1	2-2	-11
Dalen Terry F	15	8	4	2	1	0	2	2-3	2-2	2-2	-4
Patrick Williams F	12	0	1	0	0	0	2	0-4	0-1	0-0	-10
Julian Phillips F	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	1-2	+3

🔬 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	30	21	56.3	31.1	-11.6	6.0
Bam Adebayo	Starter	34	20	48.2	26.8	+10.6	15.8
Andrew Wiggins	Starter	33	10	50.6	16.9	-11.7	2.9
Tyler Herro	Starter	00	0	—	—	—	—
Davion Mitchell	Starter	00	0	—	—	—	—
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Bench	32	19	68.4	17.3	+5.6	25.2
Pelle Larsson	Bench	29	15	67.7	17.4	-4.4	14.3
Kel'el Ware	Bench	12	12	87.2	21.2	-22.4	19.1
Dru Smith	Bench	22	11	65.2	15.3	+12.1	16.7
Nikola Jovic	Bench	17	8	44.4	20.5	+33.3	9.7
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	18	0	0.0	11.1	+34.2	-6.4
Keshad Johnson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kasparas Jakučionis	Bench	13	0	0.0	6.5	+3.4	2.5
Myron Gardner	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Chicago BullsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Matas Buzelis	Starter	34	16	49.0	18.5	+2.6	10.4
Nikola Vucevic	Starter	37	15	39.7	21.4	+9.6	5.9
Coby White	Starter	32	14	45.5	22.6	+4.1	6.6
Isaac Okoro	Starter	26	8	57.1	10.0	-7.9	1.2
Tre Jones	Starter	00	0	—	—	—	—
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	31	23	61.7	26.4	-5.5	17.1
Kevin Huerter	Bench	33	15	58.2	14.4	+3.9	17.6
Jalen Smith	Bench	15	11	69.8	20.5	-34.4	11.7
Dalen Terry	Bench	15	8	103.1	17.1	-13.3	16.4
Julian Phillips	Bench	05	3	79.8	20.0	+30.0	6.6
Jevon Carter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Patrick Williams	Bench	12	0	0.0	19.4	-43.4	-12.8
Emanuel Miller	Bench	00	0	—	—	—	—
Yuki Kawamura	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lachlan Olbrich	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0