Philadelphia 76ers at Miami Heat
· National Basketball AssociationHeat shake off early deficit, roll past reeling 76ers 106-89
Duncan Robinson scored 13 and Dru Smith added 10 for Miami, which played its first home game in two weeks. The Heat — who were outscored 137-71 in third quarters in their first four home games — outscored Philadelphia 35-16 in that period.
Jared McCain scored 20 points, Paul George added 18 and former Heat forward Caleb Martin finished with 12 for Philadelphia, which has lost 11 of 13 games to open the season.
Joel Embiid played for the third time this season; the Olympic gold medalist from this past summer scored 11 points in 31 minutes for the 76ers.
Heat: Jaime Jaquez Jr. (ankle) was out and point guard Terry Rozier revealed after Sunday's loss in Indiana that he's been dealing with a right foot issue for much of the season. Rozier didn't play Monday.
Regular Season Series
MIA leads series 1-0
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 89 - 106 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 89 - 106 | |
4th 14.1 | shot clock turnover | 89 - 106 | |
4th 36.1 | Dru Smith defensive rebound | 89 - 106 | |
4th 39.1 | Jeff Dowtin Jr. misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot | 89 - 106 |
Statistics
PHI | MIA | |
---|---|---|
35-84 | FG | 36-87 |
41.7 | Field Goal % | 41.4 |
10-41 | 3PT | 13-44 |
24.4 | Three Point % | 29.5 |
9-12 | FT | 21-23 |
75.0 | Free Throw % | 91.3 |
42 | Rebounds | 53 |
2 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
40 | Defensive Rebounds | 44 |
25 | Assists | 26 |
10 | Steals | 10 |
3 | Blocks | 2 |
14 | Turnovers | 13 |
1 | Team Turnovers | 2 |
15 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
14 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 17 |
20 | Fast Break Points | 23 |
48 | Points in Paint | 44 |
17 | Fouls | 13 |
19 | Largest Lead | 20 |
Game Information
Location: Miami, FL
Attendance: 19,608 · Capacity:
2024-25 Atlantic Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boston | 22 | 7 | .759 | - | L1 |
New York | 19 | 10 | .655 | 3 | W4 |
Brooklyn | 11 | 18 | .379 | 11 | L2 |
Philadelphia | 10 | 17 | .370 | 11 | W1 |
Toronto | 7 | 23 | .233 | 15.5 | L8 |
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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