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Heat take down Mavs in OT thriller, 123-118, as Jimmy Butler leads the way again

13 Comments / Articles, Game Recaps / Naveen Ganglani

The Miami Heat defeated the Dallas Mavericks 123-118 in a thrilling overtime game on Sunday night, led by Jimmy Butler’s season-high 33 points and a game-tying dunk in regulation. Alec Burks continued his impressive run, adding 15 points on 4-of-8 shooting from deep, including clutch buckets late in the fourth quarter and overtime. Pelle Larsson […]

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Second half surge powers Heat past 76ers 106-89

50 Comments / Game Recaps / Matt Hanifan

The Miami Heat got off to a slow start Monday evening, but a second-half surge powered them past the Philadelphia 76ers 106-89 inside Kaseya Center. Miami outscored Philadelphia by 20 in the second half, including posting its best third quarter of the season, amassing 35 points to Philadelphia’s 16. It was, by far, the Heat’s

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Bam Adebayo puts up his best performance of the season in the Heat’s 124-111 win over Pacers

2 Comments / Articles, Game Recaps / Dan Riccio

Bam Adebayo has struggled to open the 2024-25 season, but has now shown some life in the last two games for the Miami Heat. After registering a 20/12 double-double on 8/13 shooting in the Detroit Pistons loss earlier this week, Adebayo showed out in the Heat’s 124-111 win Friday night against the Indiana Pacers. He

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Heat fall to Pistons in heartbreaker 123-121

20 Comments / Game Recaps / Brandon Di Perno

Miami struggled to score early with Kevin Love and Terry Rozier bricking the first four looks. The Heat actually didn’t score until the 7:39 mark when Jaime and the reserves broke the drought. Really an embarrassing start for the Heat while the Pistons rattled off 10 straight. The Heat were thoroughly outclassed by Detroit until

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Five Stars: Heat 95, Timberwolves 94

1 Comment / Five Stars, Game Recaps / Kevin Kraczkowski

The Five Stars series allows us to put a spotlight on the players who most impacted the game in a positive manner (for their respective team). Using the GameScore metric, We’re able to track our top performers throughout the entire season. See the bottom for the current “standings.” First Star Nickeil Alexander-Walker (12.7) Nickeil spent

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Heat outlast Timberwolves 95-94, snap three-game losing streak

32 Comments / Game Recaps / Matt Hanifan

Nikola Jovic drained a game-winning layup with 7.8 seconds left, as the Miami Heat outlasted the Minnesota Timberwolves 95-94 inside Target Center Sunday evening. Jovic, who was publicly criticized after Friday’s game against the Denver Nuggets, came off the bench for the first time Sunday evening in favor of Kevin Love, his first game back.

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Nuggets blast Miami 135-122, hand Heat third straight loss

44 Comments / Game Recaps / Matt Hanifan

Behind another dominant triple-double from three-time MVP Nikola Jokic, the Denver Nuggets blasted the Miami Heat 135-122 Friday evening inside Ball Arena in Denver, Colo. Jokic finished with a 30-point, 11-rebound, 14-assist triple-double on 11-of-13 shooting and 7-of-7 from the charity stripe across 40 minutes. He was, by far, the best player on the floor–which

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Five Stars: Suns 115, Heat 112

1 Comment / Five Stars / Kevin Kraczkowski

This season, we’ve got more than just the conventional recap of each game. We’re also including a deeper dive, mining out the top five players in each contest (regardless of team). Miami was trading score-for-score with the Phoenix Suns all game long. In it until the very end, the Heat simply ran out of time.

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Suns complete 15-point comeback, down Heat 115-112

19 Comments / Game Recaps / Naveen Ganglani

The Phoenix Suns clawed back from a 15-point deficit to edge the Miami Heat 115-112 on Wednesday night in a thrilling showdown in Phoenix. Kevin Durant led the Suns with 32 points, while Jusuf Nurkic turned in a commanding performance with 20 points and 18 rebounds, playing a crucial role in the Suns’ late rally.

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Heat suffer 111-110 loss to Kings

7 Comments / Game Recaps / Matt Hanifan

Domantas Sabonis’ game-winning putback with 0.7 seconds rewarded the Sacramento Kings a 111-110 comeback win over the Miami Heat Monday evening inside Kaseya Center. Sabonis’ putback was Sacramento’s 11th offensive rebound of the game and seventh second-chance bucket, an issue that has plagued the Heat through the early portion of the season. They have surrendered

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