Miami Heat 104, Houston Rockets 100 — Recap

December 29, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 104, Houston Rockets 100. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 31-27 HOU; Q2 MIA 22-23 HOU; Q3 MIA 28-32 HOU; Q4 MIA 23-18 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Tyler Herro (MIA) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Dillon Brooks (HOU) 22 points, 4 rebounds, null assists, 5 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-20 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 18 points, 18 rebounds, 6 assists on 8-of-14 shooting; Nikola Jovic (MIA) 18 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIA

Tyler Herro

27 PTS, 6 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · HOU

Dillon Brooks

22 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 5 3PM · 8-20 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jalen Green

19 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 6-20 FG

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	31	22	28	23		104
HOU	27	23	32	18		100

🧮 How They Scored

MIAHOU

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.3%Effective FG%45.9%

11.7%Turnover %10.5%

31.3%Offensive rebound %33.9%

0.342Free-throw rate0.134

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Haywood Highsmith F	38	15	8	2	2	1	3	6-9	3-6	—	+10
Terry Rozier G	38	14	5	—	1	1	2	6-19	0-8	2-2	-3
Tyler Herro G	37	27	6	9	—	—	3	10-17	3-7	4-7	+13
Bam Adebayo C-F	34	12	10	1	3	—	2	4-12	0-1	4-6	-1
Nikola Jovic F	31	18	7	6	—	—	—	5-9	3-5	5-5	+18
Jaime Jaquez Jr. G	16	2	3	—	—	—	—	1-3	—	—	-7
Kel'el Ware C	14	7	7	2	—	1	1	3-3	—	1-3	+5
Kevin Love F-C	14	5	6	1	—	—	1	1-7	0-1	3-4	-13

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dillon Brooks G-F	40	22	4	—	—	1	1	8-20	5-12	1-1	+8
Fred VanVleet G	38	16	7	6	3	2	3	6-17	4-10	—	+4
Alperen Sengun F-C	35	18	18	6	1	1	5	8-14	0-1	2-2	+4
Jalen Green G	34	19	3	2	—	—	1	6-20	1-8	6-7	-10
Amen Thompson G-F	32	5	5	5	1	—	—	2-4	0-1	1-2	-17
Jabari Smith Jr. F	26	7	3	—	—	—	2	2-8	2-5	1-1	-4
Cam Whitmore F	12	7	3	—	—	—	—	3-7	1-2	—	+6
Steven Adams C	12	4	9	3	—	—	—	2-3	—	—	-6
Aaron Holiday G	11	2	—	2	—	—	—	1-4	0-1	—	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Tyler Herro	Bench	37	27	67.2	27.4	+18.1	20.5
Nikola Jovic	Bench	31	18	80.4	14.3	+28.0	23.6
Haywood Highsmith	Bench	38	15	83.3	13.8	+13.3	13.3
Terry Rozier	Bench	38	14	35.2	23.9	-5.3	3.4
Bam Adebayo	Bench	34	12	41.0	20.7	-2.8	7.8
Kel'el Ware	Bench	14	7	81.0	15.2	+13.1	15.8
Kevin Love	Bench	14	5	28.5	27.0	-38.0	2.5
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Bench	16	2	33.3	7.7	-23.9	3.7
Jimmy Butler	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Duncan Robinson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pelle Larsson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keshad Johnson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Stevens	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Dillon Brooks	Bench	40	22	53.8	22.3	+10.0	7.5
Jalen Green	Bench	34	19	41.2	28.9	-14.7	4.0
Alperen Sengun	Bench	35	18	60.5	23.3	+4.1	21.3
Fred VanVleet	Bench	38	16	47.1	22.2	+6.7	11.9
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	26	7	41.5	14.5	-3.2	-0.5
Cam Whitmore	Bench	12	7	50.0	23.3	+24.0	14.0
Amen Thompson	Bench	32	5	51.2	6.7	-28.3	8.1
Steven Adams	Bench	12	4	66.7	9.7	-19.4	24.2
Aaron Holiday	Bench	11	2	25.0	13.8	-20.0	-4.0
Jeff Green	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jock Landale	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tari Eason	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Reed Sheppard	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0