Oklahoma City Thunder 120, Miami Heat 122 — Recap

January 17, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 120, Miami Heat 122. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 37-30 MIA; Q2 OKC 28-30 MIA; Q3 OKC 30-35 MIA; Q4 OKC 25-27 MIA.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 39 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-19 shooting; Bam Adebayo (MIA) 30 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; Norman Powell (MIA) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 5-of-15 shooting; Aaron Wiggins (OKC) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Pelle Larsson (MIA) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

39 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 12-19 FG

Scoring · MIA

Bam Adebayo

30 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 9-22 FG

Scoring · MIA

Norman Powell

19 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 5-15 FG

Season highs

Bam Adebayo · Season-high 6 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

OKC 12 largest lead Q2 6:24 (OKC 52, MIA 40) · 7-0 run, Q1 10:16–Q1 8:50

MIA 6 largest lead Q3 4:40 (OKC 81, MIA 87) · 9-0 run, Q2 6:05–Q2 5:01

Swings 12 lead changes Tied 18 times

Ahead for good: Andrew Wiggins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Norman Powell assists) (Q4 0:31, OKC 120, MIA 122).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes

Q4 4:20 Pelle Larsson makes free throw 1 of 1OKC · OKC 111, MIA 111
Q4 3:58 Chet Holmgren makes 1-foot dunk (Alex Caruso assists)MIA · OKC 113, MIA 111
Q4 3:27 Bam Adebayo makes 23-foot three point jumper (Norman Powell assists)OKC · OKC 113, MIA 114
Q4 3:27 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 25-foot three pointerOKC · OKC 116, MIA 114
Q4 3:05 Bam Adebayo makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Andrew Wiggins assists)MIA · OKC 116, MIA 116
Q4 2:49 Ajay Mitchell makes 14-foot fade away jump shotOKC · OKC 118, MIA 116
Q4 2:02 Pelle Larsson makes free throw 2 of 2MIA · OKC 118, MIA 117
Q4 1:50 Ajay Mitchell makes free throw 1 of 2OKC · OKC 119, MIA 117
Q4 1:50 Ajay Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 2OKC · OKC 120, MIA 117
Q4 0:57 Bam Adebayo makes free throw 1 of 2MIA · OKC 120, MIA 118
Q4 0:57 Bam Adebayo makes free throw 2 of 2MIA · OKC 120, MIA 119
Q4 0:31 Andrew Wiggins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Norman Powell assists)MIA · OKC 120, MIA 122

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
OKC	37	28	30	25		120
MIA	30	30	35	27		122

🧮 How They Scored

OKCMIA

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

48Bench points39

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

63.0%Effective FG%45.9%

13.6%Turnover %3.1%

14.3%Offensive rebound %33.9%

0.364Free-throw rate0.252

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	36	39	4	3	1	0	2	12-19	2-3	13-13	-1
Chet Holmgren C-F	30	14	11	2	0	5	2	6-12	0-2	2-3	-8
Ajay Mitchell G	28	15	4	2	1	0	5	6-13	1-6	2-2	-4
Aaron Wiggins G	27	18	6	1	0	0	0	7-10	4-7	0-0	+6
Cason Wallace G	22	9	6	3	0	0	1	3-5	1-2	2-2	-8
Luguentz Dort G	22	2	4	0	0	1	1	1-5	0-2	0-0	-11
Alex Caruso G	21	5	4	2	1	0	1	1-3	1-2	2-4	+7
Isaiah Joe G	19	8	3	2	0	0	1	2-3	2-3	2-4	0
Jaylin Williams F	18	2	1	4	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+6
Jalen Williams G-F	14	8	3	3	0	0	1	3-5	2-2	0-0	+4
Kenrich Williams G-F	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Norman Powell F-G	35	19	4	4	2	1	1	5-15	5-12	4-7	+7
Bam Adebayo C-F	32	30	12	4	1	0	1	9-22	6-10	6-6	+11
Andrew Wiggins F-G	32	15	5	5	1	0	0	6-15	2-5	1-2	+4
Pelle Larsson G	29	16	3	2	1	0	1	7-15	0-3	2-4	+4
Kasparas Jakučionis G	27	3	5	7	0	0	0	1-7	1-4	0-0	+4
Dru Smith G	21	5	2	2	0	1	0	1-8	0-2	3-4	-5
Simone Fontecchio F	18	13	5	3	0	0	1	4-7	2-4	3-3	-5
Kel'el Ware C	16	7	9	0	1	1	0	3-11	1-3	0-0	-9
Myron Gardner F	15	11	5	1	0	1	0	4-4	3-3	0-0	+6
Nikola Jovic F	15	3	1	2	1	0	0	1-7	0-4	1-2	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Starter	36	39	78.9	32.5	-2.9	19.0
Chet Holmgren	Starter	30	14	52.6	21.7	-18.3	12.3
Cason Wallace	Starter	22	9	76.5	14.6	-7.3	13.8
Jalen Williams	Starter	14	8	80.0	20.0	+9.2	14.2
Luguentz Dort	Starter	22	2	20.0	12.5	-25.0	-0.5
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	27	18	90.0	16.1	+10.3	19.9
Ajay Mitchell	Bench	28	15	54.0	30.2	-10.2	6.5
Isaiah Joe	Bench	19	8	84.0	14.3	-3.4	6.2
Alex Caruso	Bench	21	5	52.5	12.2	+17.2	5.8
Jaylin Williams	Bench	18	2	50.0	5.0	+18.6	5.3
Kenrich Williams	Bench	03	0	0.0	0.0	-16.7	6.7
Ousmane Dieng	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chris Youngblood	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Bam Adebayo	Starter	32	30	60.9	29.5	+12.3	16.9
Norman Powell	Starter	35	19	52.5	19.6	+7.6	8.3
Pelle Larsson	Starter	29	16	47.7	20.7	+6.3	5.3
Andrew Wiggins	Starter	32	15	47.2	18.0	+5.9	9.2
Kasparas Jakučionis	Starter	27	3	21.4	9.6	+4.6	2.0
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	18	13	78.1	19.6	-14.3	11.9
Myron Gardner	Bench	15	11	137.5	9.8	+8.5	28.6
Kel'el Ware	Bench	16	7	31.8	25.0	-28.7	13.6
Dru Smith	Bench	21	5	25.6	16.9	-14.8	0.0
Nikola Jovic	Bench	15	3	19.0	20.5	-21.2	0.0
Tyler Herro	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Davion Mitchell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keshad Johnson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0