Miami Heat at Charlotte Hornets
· National Basketball AssociationJimmy Butler's scores 13 of 26 points in fourth quarter as Heat hold off pesky Hornets 114-106
Terry Rozier had 19 points and Bam Adebayo finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds for Miami (1-1). Butler added eight assists and eight rebounds.
LaMelo Ball had 27 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Hornets on an emotional night when they honored their late longtime public address announcer Pat Doughty, and showed livestream feeds on the arena scoreboard of a star-studded benefit concert for victims of Hurricane Helene taking place less than a mile away at Bank of America Stadium. One of the performers at the concert was musician Eric Church, a Hornets minority owner.
The Hornets (1-2) looked out of sync with 20 turnovers, and twice were whistled for 5-second calls after failing to get the ball in on side inbound plays.
Hornets: Three games into the season and Charlotte's depth is already being tested with three starters — Brandon Miller, Mark Williams and Josh Green — all sidelined with injuries.
Regular Season Series
MIA leads series 1-0
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 114 - 106 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 114 - 106 | |
4th 11.0 | Heat defensive team rebound | 114 - 106 | |
4th 11.0 | LaMelo Ball misses driving dunk | 114 - 106 | |
4th 16.2 | Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2 | 114 - 106 |
Statistics
MIA | CHA | |
---|---|---|
40-86 | FG | 39-89 |
46.5 | Field Goal % | 43.8 |
14-34 | 3PT | 13-41 |
41.2 | Three Point % | 31.7 |
20-28 | FT | 15-21 |
71.4 | Free Throw % | 71.4 |
43 | Rebounds | 46 |
13 | Offensive Rebounds | 15 |
30 | Defensive Rebounds | 31 |
33 | Assists | 20 |
8 | Steals | 6 |
6 | Blocks | 5 |
13 | Turnovers | 17 |
1 | Team Turnovers | 3 |
14 | Total Turnovers | 20 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
11 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 24 |
18 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
46 | Points in Paint | 46 |
19 | Fouls | 24 |
14 | Largest Lead | 7 |
Game Information
Location: Charlotte, NC
Attendance: 19,102 · Capacity:
2024-25 Southeast Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Orlando | 19 | 12 | .613 | - | W2 |
Miami | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3 | W1 |
Atlanta | 15 | 15 | .500 | 3.5 | W1 |
Charlotte | 7 | 22 | .241 | 11 | L5 |
Washington | 4 | 23 | .148 | 13 | L2 |
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