Miami Heat 118, Detroit Pistons 112 — Recap

January 1, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 118, Detroit Pistons 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 33-26 DET; Q2 MIA 30-28 DET; Q3 MIA 31-27 DET; Q4 MIA 24-31 DET.

Top performers (box score): Norman Powell (MIA) 36 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 7 threes on 12-of-23 shooting; Cade Cunningham (DET) 31 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-16 shooting; Jaime Jaquez Jr. (MIA) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists on 9-of-12 shooting; Marcus Sasser (DET) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Andrew Wiggins (MIA) 17 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-20 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIA

Norman Powell

36 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 7 3PM · 12-23 FG

Scoring · DET

Cade Cunningham

31 PTS, 8 REB, 11 AST, 2 3PM · 6-16 FG

Scoring · MIA

Jaime Jaquez Jr.

19 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST · 9-12 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

MIA 22 largest lead Q3 7:06 (MIA 78, DET 56) · 15-0 run, Q3 10:15–Q3 7:06

DET 5 largest lead Q1 5:18 (MIA 13, DET 18) · 9-0 run, Q2 8:07–Q2 4:51

Swings 6 lead changes Tied 5 times

Ahead for good: Bam Adebayo makes 11-foot step back jumpshot (Norman Powell assists) (Q2 4:26, MIA 45, DET 44).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIA	33	30	31	24		118
DET	26	28	27	31		112

🧮 How They Scored

MIADET

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

38Bench points42

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.5%Effective FG%53.1%

14.3%Turnover %17.6%

30.6%Offensive rebound %15.0%

0.202Free-throw rate0.388

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Norman Powell F-G	35	36	2	2	1	0	3	12-23	7-14	5-5	+4
Bam Adebayo C-F	33	15	14	0	2	1	1	5-14	1-2	4-4	+17
Davion Mitchell G	33	8	1	11	2	1	5	3-7	2-3	0-0	+3
Andrew Wiggins F-G	32	17	8	1	2	0	2	7-20	1-5	2-2	-9
Jaime Jaquez Jr. G	30	19	3	5	2	0	2	9-12	0-1	1-3	+2
Kel'el Ware C	27	4	13	0	2	2	1	1-6	0-4	2-2	0
Nikola Jovic F	24	5	5	5	0	1	2	1-10	1-7	2-2	-5
Dru Smith G	15	9	0	1	3	1	1	3-4	1-2	2-2	+3
Simone Fontecchio F	6	5	3	0	0	0	1	2-3	1-1	0-0	+4
Kasparas Jakučionis G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+11

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham G-F	40	31	8	11	3	2	7	6-16	2-6	17-18	+6
Ausar Thompson G-F	30	12	2	2	1	2	2	5-8	0-0	2-3	-13
Isaiah Stewart F-C	30	6	4	2	0	5	2	2-5	1-3	1-2	-1
Javonte Green G-F	26	11	2	1	1	0	1	4-7	1-2	2-2	-2
Marcus Sasser G	24	18	4	2	2	0	2	6-10	4-6	2-2	-1
Jaden Ivey G	22	2	1	3	0	0	1	1-4	0-2	0-0	-6
Duncan Robinson F	20	9	2	2	0	0	1	3-7	1-5	2-2	-10
Jalen Duren C	18	12	5	0	1	0	1	6-12	0-0	0-0	-17
Ronald Holland II F	18	2	5	1	1	0	2	1-7	0-2	0-0	+1
Paul Reed F	12	9	7	1	2	0	1	4-4	0-0	1-2	+13

🔬 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	35	36	71.4	28.6	+3.8	16.4
Andrew Wiggins	Starter	32	17	40.7	25.6	-14.1	5.1
Bam Adebayo	Starter	33	15	47.6	18.9	+23.0	11.9
Davion Mitchell	Starter	33	8	57.1	13.0	+1.2	7.9
Kel'el Ware	Starter	27	4	29.1	10.1	0.0	10.8
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Bench	30	19	71.3	19.2	-2.1	14.0
Dru Smith	Bench	15	9	92.2	14.3	+2.9	11.6
Nikola Jovic	Bench	24	5	23.0	21.0	-13.1	4.6
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	06	5	83.3	25.0	+26.7	12.5
Keshad Johnson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kasparas Jakučionis	Bench	06	0	0.0	0.0	+78.6	-3.7
Myron Gardner	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Detroit PistonsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cade Cunningham	Starter	40	31	64.8	32.7	+6.6	18.7
Jalen Duren	Starter	18	12	50.0	31.7	-39.3	11.9
Ausar Thompson	Starter	30	12	64.4	16.4	-16.7	8.6
Duncan Robinson	Starter	20	9	57.1	18.8	-23.8	7.0
Isaiah Stewart	Starter	30	6	51.0	10.5	-4.2	3.6
Marcus Sasser	Bench	24	18	82.7	22.4	+4.2	17.6
Javonte Green	Bench	26	11	69.8	13.0	-3.2	7.3
Paul Reed	Bench	12	9	92.2	18.2	+48.1	24.4
Jaden Ivey	Bench	22	2	25.0	9.6	-10.3	2.2
Ronald Holland II	Bench	18	2	14.3	19.1	+7.2	-2.9
Daniss Jenkins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tolu Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chaz Lanier	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0