NBA Final Intelligence

MIA 2-5
123 โ€“ 111
FINAL
NOP 3-4

Miami Heat 123, New Orleans Pelicans 111 โ€” Recap

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๐Ÿ“ฐGame Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 123, New Orleans Pelicans 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 31-25 NOP; Q2 MIA 27-30 NOP; Q3 MIA 38-30 NOP; Q4 MIA 27-26 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Bam Adebayo (MIA) 27 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-19 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists on 12-of-19 shooting; Jaime Jaquez Jr. (MIA) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists on 10-of-22 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Kel'el Ware (MIA) 16 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer ยท MIA
27 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM ยท 6-19 FG
Scoring ยท NOP
25 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST ยท 12-19 FG
Scoring ยท MIA
23 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST ยท 10-22 FG
Season highs
Jeremiah Fears ยท Season-high 10 rebounds

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

๐Ÿ“Š Game Flow

MIA 17 largest lead Q4 6:18 (MIA 112, NOP 95) ยท 9-0 run, Q3 4:58โ€“Q3 3:59
NOP 4 largest lead Q2 4:19 (MIA 42, NOP 46) ยท 12-0 run, Q4 6:18โ€“Q4 4:47
Swings 2 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Jaime Jaquez Jr. makes 10-foot two point shot (Q2 2:36, MIA 50, NOP 48).

Linescore

1234 T
MIA 31273827 123
NOP 25303026 111

๐Ÿงฎ How They Scored

MIANOP
56Points in the paint56
9Fast-break points25
24Second-chance points13
24Points off turnovers14
48Bench points34
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
48.0%Effective FG%51.6%
6.4%Turnover %11.5%
32.1%Offensive rebound %17.4%
0.324Free-throw rate0.207

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Bam Adebayo C-F 37271440436-192-913-17+15
Jaime Jaquez Jr. G 35238432210-220-53-40
Davion Mitchell G 289150003-102-61-2+18
Kel'el Ware C 27161201207-152-30-0+18
Simone Fontecchio F 2715412015-144-121-1+23
Kasparas Jakuฤionis G 2511340013-71-54-4-3
Myron Gardner F 2381031103-72-50-0+11
Dru Smith G 206340002-40-02-3-12
Nikola Jovic F 188101013-41-21-2-10

New Orleans Pelicans

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Saddiq Bey F 3614940024-154-92-2-21
Zion Williamson F 33254300412-190-01-2-18
Herbert Jones F 337422143-61-30-0-14
Jeremiah Fears G 31131082016-181-50-0+8
Derik Queen C 3112500114-81-23-4-17
Trey Murphy III F 2719460017-152-83-3-13
Bryce McGowens G 2112131002-51-37-8+1
Kevon Looney F 146900103-50-00-0+4
Karlo Matkovic F-C 143010001-11-10-0+10

๐Ÿ”ฌ Advanced Stats

Miami HeatTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Bam Adebayo Starter 372751.030.0+19.515.4
Kel'el Ware Starter 271653.319.7+29.212.5
Simone Fontecchio Starter 271551.919.7+39.77.3
Davion Mitchell Starter 28941.414.1+28.04.6
Myron Gardner Starter 23857.111.3+22.913.3
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Bench 352348.428.4-1.513.7
Kasparas Jakuฤionis Bench 251162.812.7-5.49.8
Nikola Jovic Bench 18882.014.6-22.67.8
Dru Smith Bench 20656.410.4-27.38.9
Andrew Wiggins Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Keshad Johnson Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jahmir Young Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Vladislav Goldin Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Zion Williamson Starter 332562.927.7-24.011.5
Trey Murphy III Starter 271958.227.4-18.412.2
Saddiq Bey Starter 361444.120.7-23.67.8
Derik Queen Starter 311261.514.7-24.65.8
Herbert Jones Starter 33758.312.8-19.43.3
Jeremiah Fears Bench 311336.125.3+11.911.8
Bryce McGowens Bench 211270.418.0+7.311.0
Kevon Looney Bench 14660.014.3+9.113.3
Karlo Matkovic Bench 143150.03.3+40.96.2
DeAndre Jordan Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jordan Poole Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Jordan Hawkins Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Yves Missi Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

โš”๏ธ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series MIA 2 โ€“ 0 NOP
Last 12 meetings ยท since 2020-21 MIA 11 โ€“ 1 NOP
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After this game
Miami Heat 29-27 W1 L10 5-5 Next game recap: @ ATL ยท Fri, Feb 20
New Orleans Pelicans 15-41 L1 L10 5-5 Next game recap: vs MIL ยท Fri, Feb 20

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