105 - 115

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Kaseya Center

Officials: Derrick Collins, Mark Lindsay, and Tyler Ford

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Houston Rockets	28	24	31	22	105
Miami Heat	32	19	34	30	115

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Houston Rockets	105	41-95	43.2%	9-36	25.0%	14-21	66.7%	15	59	26	18	6	11	2
Miami Heat	115	45-90	50.0%	11-31	35.5%	14-20	70.0%	14	54	22	18	3	13	4

PLAYER STATS


Houston Rockets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Tari Eason^SF	35:48	10	4-12	2-7	0-0	4	7	11	5	1	0	1	3	-15
Kevin Durant^PF	37:14	32	12-20	2-8	6-6	0	5	5	8	0	2	1	1	5
Alperen Sengun^C	34:49	13	6-14	0-1	1-2	4	2	6	3	2	0	4	4	-18
Amen Thompson^SG	39:01	20	7-16	0-1	6-12	4	7	11	4	1	0	4	3	-18
Reed Sheppard^PG	35:47	14	5-14	4-11	0-0	0	4	4	5	1	0	0	3	-3
Josh Okogie	07:40	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Clint Capela	13:03	7	3-7	0-0	1-1	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dorian Finney-Smith	15:30	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	-11
Aaron Holiday	08:30	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	-5
Jeff Green	11:59	4	2-5	0-2	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	12
Isaiah Crawford	00:37	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Jabari Smith Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steven Adams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JD Davison	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tristen Newton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jae’Sean Tate	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred VanVleet	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miami Heat	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Pelle Larsson^SF	34:33	20	6-12	1-5	7-8	1	3	4	4	0	0	3	4	4
Andrew Wiggins^PF	31:02	12	4-10	1-4	3-3	2	4	6	4	0	3	1	1	-5
Bam Adebayo^C	35:00	24	9-17	3-5	3-6	4	7	11	1	1	0	1	3	16
Tyler Herro^SG	33:04	18	8-12	2-4	0-0	1	1	2	3	1	0	4	3	0
Davion Mitchell^PG	25:01	10	4-10	2-4	0-0	1	2	3	5	0	0	1	3	-3
Kel’el Ware	28:35	13	6-10	1-3	0-0	5	10	15	1	0	1	1	1	15
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	24:53	14	7-12	0-1	0-1	0	3	3	3	0	0	2	2	6
Kasparas Jakučionis	11:45	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	7
Simone Fontecchio	08:48	0	0-5	0-3	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	9
Dru Smith	07:17	4	1-1	1-1	1-2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Myron Gardner	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vladislav Goldin	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keshad Johnson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nikola Jović	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jahmir Young	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trevor Keels	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norman Powell	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Rozier	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

dankq | Rockets

371 | 10 hours ago

Spo > Udoka and it’s not even remotely close.

MiaCannons | Heat

138 | 10 hours ago

Don’t tell people that on our sub. See them calling him and idiot and wanting him fired every other loss this year

cleo22270 | Heat

108 | 10 hours ago

I keep telling people that this season’s Heat roster wasn’t designed to be good:

They were designed to stay under the tax.

Once you understand that, it’s a lot easier to not get caught up in the up-and-down performances.

TheRealestGayle | Magic

12 | 8 hours ago

I was just thinking this. They have won a lot of games with a whole lot less talent.

iro3 | Spurs

-62 | 10 hours ago

i mean u did exactly that now enjoy ur play in tourney

cleo22270 | Heat

60 | 10 hours ago

Brother id rather they be competing for championships but it’s the reality of how the team is operating.

Why you gotta be snippy with me?

Basketball-Reasons

26 | 9 hours ago

Bro is still haunted by that ray allen three

iro3 | Spurs

-61 | 10 hours ago

i like shit talking in a basketball reddit lol

Kzgoated | Heat

29 | 10 hours ago

You guys haven’t won a playoff series in as long as the fucking wizards 😂 lotta trash talk for a team that ain’t done shit for an entire decade.

PressureMiserable | Spurs

-26 | 10 hours ago

Yeah that’s usually what happens when ur conference is full of good teams. Sadly we can’t beat up on dog franchises like the heat to make the 8th seed year after year

Kzgoated | Heat

22 | 10 hours ago

The dog franchises include the number one seeded bucks with the best record in basketball. Who went on to win a Championship. And the Celtics who went on to win the championship. How is the west loosing to these dog ass teams in the finals?

PressureMiserable | Spurs

-23 | 10 hours ago

I’m talking about to get into the playoffs. We were close a few times and just got unlucky with injuries or just facing equally good teams in the play in. Sucks we can’t beat up on the hawks and bulls every year but oh well

iro3 | Spurs

-34 | 10 hours ago

lol damn shit talking isnt allowed lol idc what my team did as of now

FlawlessLikeUs | NBA

26 | 10 hours ago

he’s shit talking you back, don’t roll over now. Call Herro sum names or something man fight back

National-Result2414

3 | 6 hours ago

he too soft. as soon as he gets his own medicine he rolls over.

iro3 | Spurs

-1 | 9 hours ago

never that idc about down votes

Zeeron1 | Thunder

37 | 10 hours ago

Wait, is thinking Spo is the best coach in the league a hot take?

clear831 | Heat

10 | 8 hours ago

For some people it is, they are not smart but its a hot take to them.

Devilsbullet | Heat

2 | 2 hours ago

In our sub? Kinda, yeah lmao. I know everyone complains about their team sub being the worst but we genuinely might take the cake there. Bunch of people that think spo is ass and needs to go. Pats asleep and the worst exec ever and needs to step down. Bam and herro stans doing everything they can to keep a sub civil war going for roughly 5 years now. Half the sub thinks we’re the worst team in the league because we haven’t been in the finals or ecf the last 3 years. It’s wild tbh

DuckDucks | Knicks

17 | 10 hours ago

Every year you can count the number of coaches fans aren’t calling for their heads after a loss on one hand

MarmotWorldOrder | Thunder

2 | 6 hours ago

I hate our sub after losses. Bunch of reactionary dipshits asking for a defending championship coach to be fired.

Erosun

6 | 9 hours ago

Heat fans maybe one of the most spoiled fans rn. It’s crazy how we are seeing the Steelers/Tomlin thing with the Heat fans rn. Hope to god Spo doesn’t leave or step away.

cl353 | Heat

4 | 10 hours ago

he shouldnt be fired, hes the best coach we can have

he has had some really bad lineups and decisions this season, both things can be true

LurkerFlash | Spurs

4 | 9 hours ago

Whack. He’s probably the best coach out there, with Carlisle also up there, them there’s everyone else.

Edit: honestly it feels like we actually have a lot of good coaches now, but these two are the top for me with Spo taking the title the moment Pop stepped down

Thorlolita | Rockets

3 | 7 hours ago

Spo is the reason you guys are never going to be in a prime lottery position

I_Set_3_Alarms | Celtics

3 | 7 hours ago

Heats issue of late has always been roster construction, not coaching

anonymoususer6407 | Rockets

3 | 6 hours ago

Spoiled franchises are the worst. Spo pushed Miami to 6 finals and because they’re under-achieving now, they blame him? Pathetic

OkDonut4987 | Magic

3 | 6 hours ago

Oh your sub hates your coach? Our sub hates our coach too

How about a little Florida coaching trade?

Please?

not_lorne_malvo | Timberwolves

2 | 9 hours ago

Yes please fire him (so my team can steal him)

paradoxofchoice | MIA

1 | 7 hours ago

those are called teenagers. aka untrained eyes.

AvengingHero2012 | Rockets

16 | 10 hours ago

What a huge disappointment this team has been relative to the pre-season expectations.

Painfully inconsistent offense. These games hurt to watch.

So Monday?

clear831 | Heat

-6 | 8 hours ago

Same can be said for the Heat lol

Ice_Dragon3444 | Heat

13 | 8 hours ago

Actually no because no one had expectations for us

Ice_Dragon3444 | Heat

241 | 10 hours ago

10-1 against the Rockets in our last 11 games. We are to them what Denver is to us.

Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n | Rockets

70 | 10 hours ago

Clear coaching gap

LurkerFlash | Spurs

9 | 9 hours ago

Was going to say that even Spo isn’t going to do much better, bit I think your lineups are a little too tilted towards defense, and even that ain’t working without the rebounding

Penguinho

5 | 5 hours ago

Spo can create offensive sets that maximize talent. The knock on Ime since Boston has always been that he’s not a good offensive coach. This season’s Rockets have had four offensive weapons: jumbo lineup offensive rebounding, “please God KD save us”, “dear lord I hope Reed gets hot from 28 feet”, and Sengun in the high post. The jumbo lineup won’t play again, Ime won’t make Reed the starting point guard, and Sengun’s not great when there aren’t shooters around him. Even Bickerstaff, who’s a good coach but not, like, an elite offensive mind, has been better at using Asaur creatively on offense than Ime has Amen.

ProfCoconutSugar | Rockets

52 | 10 hours ago

Spo humbles Ime in each time they meet

dracostark12 | Celtics

-52 | 10 hours ago

Didn’t humble him during the Celtics finals run so what you on?

whitehottakes | Heat

22 | 8 hours ago

I mean the fact that the Heat even came close to winning that series was largely because of Spo

EveryPreference | Celtics

8 | 7 hours ago

Spo and JB gave everything that year. Much respect

Kzgoated | Heat

196 | 10 hours ago

Kd was his usual unstoppable self luckily Sengun played like Rudy Gobert on offense and Nikola Vucevic on defense.

Acrobatic_Payment517 | Timberwolves

59 | 10 hours ago

Don’t talk like that, Gobert is way better on offense then Sengun

pieman2005 | HOU

-11 | 9 hours ago

lol ok man

Odoaiden | Timberwolves

33 | 10 hours ago

Hey hey hey atleast Gobert is effecient

Andy_Wiggins | Timberwolves

21 | 10 hours ago

Man, I cannot get over KD forcing his way to the Rockets of all teams (or at least having them in the top group).

Like, I know FVV and Steven Adams got hurt, but they otherwise have largely had their core guys this year, KD has been phenomenal in terms of play and health, and they’re still probably the 5th best team in the West. KD’s played all but like 3-4 games, is averaging 37 minutes a game, and is still giving 26 a game on 51/40/89. After the all star break he’s up around 30 a game.

Like, as a Wolves fan, imagine how nasty the Wolves would be if they had traded Randle+DDV+Dillingham for this version KD this offseason. They’d be thin, but Ant+KD+Gobert+McDaniels +Naz would be nasty.

Slurpool

11 | 9 hours ago

The lack of a real PG (Amen does okay but he’s much worse at it) hurts us a lot though, despite having most of our core :(

Healthy-Cartoonist29

7 | 9 hours ago

Those were our two biggest offensive “strategies”, FVV running point or Adams and the rest of our length creating ridiculous second chance opportunities from offensive rebounding. Ime definitely doesnt seem to have a direction or even control of the team on the offensive end. Even if the pieces are flawed, they seem continually out of position and with no clear strategy that they are trying to capitalize on. Just ugly stuff.

_theghost_ | Lakers

-6 | 9 hours ago

The problem is the KD Files and the burners that might poison or kill the locker room. Yall saw firsthand with the Suns and Nets how that turns out….

zmartins222 | Heat

64 | 10 hours ago

Miami Heat 🤝 3 games over .500 forever

44-38 incoming 🥹

StefonDiggsHS | Mavericks

70 | 9 hours ago

Just really surprised rockets didn’t go get a startable PG for this season. Like KD is 37 this is the time to overpay a little at the trade deadline

not_lorne_malvo | Timberwolves

15 | 9 hours ago

We haven’t had a startable PG for most of the season and it totally hasn’t hindered our offense at all /s

pretzeldoggo | Kings

7 | 9 hours ago

Tyus Jones is available

papichino88 | NYK

5 | 5 hours ago

The Suns improved while getting rid of KD, the Rockets have seemingly taken a half step back. I’d argue that KD is overrated at this point, not due to his talent on the court but due to his clear as day constant alienation with teammates and coaches. You get a great player who is toxic and I think the Rockets would have been better off making a different move (Jrue Holiday for example) or no move at all instead of risking team chemistry implosion for KD.

tripleyothreat

3 | 3 hours ago

I thought cp3 would have been excellent

heat_fan_ | Raptors

54 | 10 hours ago

Way to ruin a good KD game Sengun was garbage

dreamweaver7x | Spurs

-53 | 10 hours ago

¹²⁄₂₀, ²⁄₈ from 3 was good? Subpar game for Durant. All the Rockets were inefficient tonight.

Solaris123-com | Timberwolves

50 | 10 hours ago

32/5/8 on ~71% TS is pretty good yeah

National-Size-7205 | Heat

26 | 10 hours ago

What? 32 on 65% EFG with 5 boards, 8 assists and 1 turnover is more than good.

Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n | Rockets

44 | 10 hours ago

Reed Sheppard development might be the only thing to look forward to for the Rockets this season.

And Bari please come back ASAP if the Tari 3PT regression continues.

cl353 | Heat

36 | 10 hours ago

the one game we use a double big lineup post all star break and the one game we beat a team over .500

it was great while it lasted but probably wont see it again for awhile

ITSSSS | LAL

53 | 10 hours ago

Lots of teams run double bigs against Houston cause they got two guys who can’t shoot

cl353 | Heat

-15 | 10 hours ago

yea well we didnt use it until we were forced to lol. spo did not want to use it at all

AsPeHeat | Heat

17 | 10 hours ago

Imagine crying about this after a victory. As if you knew what was going through Spo’s mind. Social media users really think they can coach better. Just be happy with a win and stop complaining

Penguinho

23 | 10 hours ago

Pretty bad shooting game for Sheppard. Still one of only two Houston starters to not be -10 or worse.

TheRealBrownPudding | Clippers

12 | 10 hours ago

Like clockwork in the clutch

Seref15 | Heat

8 | 9 hours ago

Fontecchio +9 0/0/1 lol

pretzeldoggo | Kings

3 | 9 hours ago

Better go grab Jones

pieman2005 | HOU

4 | 9 hours ago

Some of my fellow rockets fans still convince themselves Sengun is better than Wemby 😭

fab_frog_disco

9 | 8 hours ago

I’m not sure you should legally be allowed to live on your own, for safety reasons, if you believe that

kyleyle | Raptors

2 | 9 hours ago

Who tf are these guys the Heat keep finding

clear831 | Heat

3 | 8 hours ago

Which one?

Mindless-Finance-896

3 | 6 hours ago

My only guess would be Pelle. Considering he barely saw any minutes last year as a rookie, people who don’t watch Heat games this season aren’t going to know about the Swedish Beast very much. Kid is having a great sophomore season, even if he gets hit in the face every game.

silaber | Timberwolves

2 | 9 hours ago

What does Alperen Sengun do?

He can’t score, shoot, defend, rebound, or playmake?

Tari and Amen deserve the minutes more at C

Opulescence | Thunder

1 | 6 hours ago

Rockets really couldn’t beat what the Sixers got from us for McCain?

How out of draft picks are the Rockets? lol.

Kerambbba | Supersonics

1 | 6 hours ago

OKC traded the Rockets’ pick for Mccain, ironically

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Nate13341cub | Spurs

5 | 10 hours ago

Pretty insane to see the difference with and without Steven Adams

The Miami Heat (32-29) defeat the Houston Rockets (37-22), 115-105.