Miami Heat 85, Memphis Grizzlies 89 — Recap

March 17, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 85, Memphis Grizzlies 89. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 22-25 MEM; Q2 MIA 25-21 MEM; Q3 MIA 16-26 MEM; Q4 MIA 22-17 MEM.

Top performers (box score): Jimmy Butler (MIA) 24 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Bam Adebayo (MIA) 15 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists on 5-of-11 shooting; De'Anthony Melton (MEM) 13 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 4-of-9 shooting; Duncan Robinson (MIA) 13 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 4-of-13 shooting; Kyle Anderson (MEM) 13 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 4-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIA

Jimmy Butler

24 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · MIA

Bam Adebayo

15 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST · 5-11 FG

Scoring · MEM

De'Anthony Melton

13 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 4-9 FG

Season highs

De'Anthony Melton · 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	22	25	16	22		85
MEM	25	21	26	17		89

🧮 How They Scored

MIAMEM

46Points in the paint36

10Fast-break points12

14Second-chance points11

18Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

40.4%Effective FG%41.2%

9.4%Turnover %8.6%

16.0%Offensive rebound %15.7%

0.202Free-throw rate0.294

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jimmy Butler G-F	36	24	7	2	1	0	1	10-20	2-6	2-3	+3
Bam Adebayo C-F	35	15	12	6	1	0	3	5-11	0-0	5-6	+14
Duncan Robinson F	32	13	6	0	1	0	1	4-13	3-11	2-3	+3
Goran Dragic G	28	6	3	1	0	0	1	2-11	0-4	2-2	-19
Tyler Herro G	26	11	5	2	0	1	2	4-11	1-3	2-2	-5
Kendrick Nunn G	25	5	6	3	0	0	0	2-10	1-5	0-0	+11
KZ Okpala F	21	0	0	1	0	1	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	-14
Kelly Olynyk F	18	2	6	2	1	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	+1
Precious Achiuwa F	10	2	5	0	0	0	0	1-5	0-0	0-2	-17
Max Strus G	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	3-4	1-2	0-0	+3

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ja Morant G	36	13	4	6	0	0	2	5-15	0-5	3-5	+2
Kyle Anderson F	31	13	5	0	1	1	0	4-9	2-5	3-4	-5
Dillon Brooks G-F	29	10	2	2	1	0	2	3-13	2-10	2-2	-11
Grayson Allen G	25	9	6	1	0	0	2	3-13	2-7	1-1	-17
Jonas Valanciunas C	24	7	12	0	0	0	1	3-5	0-0	1-2	-8
Brandon Clarke F	24	6	3	3	1	3	0	1-5	0-2	4-5	+12
De'Anthony Melton G	23	13	10	6	2	0	1	4-9	1-4	4-4	+20
Justise Winslow F	19	5	3	0	0	0	1	2-8	0-4	1-2	+14
Desmond Bane G	18	8	5	2	0	0	0	3-5	2-3	0-0	+11
Tyus Jones G	12	5	0	2	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	+2

🔬 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	36	24	56.3	26.5	+1.6	18.9
Bam Adebayo	Bench	35	15	55.0	19.8	+20.9	17.3
Duncan Robinson	Bench	32	13	45.4	20.8	+3.2	8.7
Tyler Herro	Bench	26	11	46.3	23.7	-15.4	14.6
Max Strus	Bench	8	7	87.5	18.2	+18.8	21.8
Goran Dragic	Bench	28	6	25.3	20.0	-33.3	-1.9
Kendrick Nunn	Bench	25	5	25.0	16.9	+19.9	2.5
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	18	2	50.0	7.7	+5.0	8.1
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	10	2	17.0	25.0	-87.4	0.0
KZ Okpala	Bench	21	0	0.0	7.3	-30.0	-7.8

Memphis GrizzliesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kyle Anderson	Bench	31	13	60.4	15.5	-8.1	15.3
De'Anthony Melton	Bench	23	13	60.4	22.2	+44.0	39.1
Ja Morant	Bench	36	13	37.8	23.2	+4.0	7.3
Dillon Brooks	Bench	29	10	36.0	23.9	-16.9	0.0
Grayson Allen	Bench	25	9	33.5	27.8	-31.1	2.0
Desmond Bane	Bench	18	8	80.0	12.8	+32.4	24.2
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	24	7	59.5	13.5	-11.9	16.5
Brandon Clarke	Bench	24	6	41.7	12.5	+28.9	9.8
Tyus Jones	Bench	12	5	83.3	12.0	+8.7	12.7
Justise Winslow	Bench	19	5	28.2	25.6	+42.1	-4.0