Miami Heat 120, Houston Rockets 110 — Recap

December 31, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 120, Houston Rockets 110. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 41-30 HOU; Q2 MIA 33-30 HOU; Q3 MIA 26-27 HOU; Q4 MIA 20-23 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Jimmy Butler (MIA) 37 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Jae'Sean Tate (HOU) 22 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Christian Wood (HOU) 18 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Kyle Guy (MIA) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-8 shooting; Tyler Herro (MIA) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIA

Jimmy Butler

37 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jae'Sean Tate

22 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 9-15 FG

Scoring · HOU

Christian Wood

18 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 8-14 FG

Season highs

Jimmy Butler · Season-high 37 pointsDavid Nwaba · Season-high 10 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	41	33	26	20		120
HOU	30	30	27	23		110

🧮 How They Scored

MIAHOU

48Points in the paint50

15Fast-break points6

5Second-chance points21

23Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.7%Effective FG%51.6%

12.3%Turnover %15.2%

26.2%Offensive rebound %31.9%

0.360Free-throw rate0.183

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tyler Herro G	38	16	6	9	0	0	4	5-17	1-9	5-7	+4
Caleb Martin F	38	11	6	0	1	0	3	4-9	1-3	2-2	+5
Kyle Lowry G	37	12	3	3	0	2	4	3-11	2-7	4-5	+10
Jimmy Butler G-F	35	37	1	2	1	2	0	12-21	2-3	11-11	+6
Omer Yurtseven C	29	10	13	2	2	2	1	5-11	0-0	0-0	+8
Kyle Guy G	24	17	4	4	3	0	2	6-8	4-6	1-2	+6
Haywood Highsmith F	15	9	1	0	0	0	0	3-4	3-3	0-0	+6
Chris Silva F	15	2	7	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+1
Nik Stauskas G	11	6	2	1	0	0	0	1-3	1-2	3-4	+4

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Christian Wood F	34	18	8	4	1	1	3	8-14	1-4	1-3	-5
Kevin Porter Jr. G	31	7	3	4	2	1	5	3-11	1-5	0-0	-15
Jalen Green G	28	16	3	2	0	0	2	5-11	2-7	4-4	+4
Eric Gordon G	27	15	1	4	0	0	0	5-11	3-8	2-2	+12
Jae'Sean Tate F	25	22	7	2	2	1	0	9-15	2-3	2-2	-1
Josh Christopher G	25	7	5	3	2	0	1	3-10	1-4	0-0	-9
Armoni Brooks G	22	6	4	1	0	0	1	2-6	2-6	0-0	-17
David Nwaba G	20	7	10	0	2	0	1	3-7	1-2	0-0	+9
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	14	6	4	0	0	0	2	2-7	0-2	2-2	-3
Alperen Sengun F-C	7	6	1	1	0	1	1	1-1	1-1	3-4	-11
Daishen Nix F	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-14
Trevelin Queen G	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jimmy Butler	Bench	35	37	71.6	29.8	+6.5	21.2
Kyle Guy	Bench	24	17	95.7	19.0	+9.7	26.1
Tyler Herro	Bench	38	16	39.8	27.0	+3.5	7.9
Kyle Lowry	Bench	37	12	45.5	18.7	+8.4	1.1
Caleb Martin	Bench	38	11	55.7	14.4	+4.9	4.9
Omer Yurtseven	Bench	29	10	45.5	17.9	+12.9	14.1
Haywood Highsmith	Bench	15	9	112.5	10.8	+14.8	9.8
Nik Stauskas	Bench	11	6	63.0	18.5	+19.7	20.0
Chris Silva	Bench	15	2	50.0	5.3	-0.4	7.3

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	25	22	69.3	26.3	+4.2	26.1
Christian Wood	Bench	34	18	58.7	21.4	-8.4	11.5
Jalen Green	Bench	28	16	62.7	21.1	+8.5	6.3
Eric Gordon	Bench	27	15	63.1	17.9	+19.5	12.1
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	31	7	31.8	20.5	-19.1	-2.8
David Nwaba	Bench	20	7	50.0	15.1	+24.1	10.9
Josh Christopher	Bench	25	7	35.0	18.3	-13.1	8.0
Alperen Sengun	Bench	7	6	108.7	22.2	-73.3	22.0
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	14	6	38.1	27.0	-6.6	1.3
Armoni Brooks	Bench	22	6	50.0	13.0	-30.7	5.5
Daishen Nix	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	-169.6	-6.7
Trevelin Queen	Bench	4	0	0.0	20.0	+11.1	-16.2