Golden State Warriors @ Miami Heat
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET
Kaseya Center, Miami, FL | Game ID: 22301044
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MIA 26 29 20 17 92GSW 24 29 32 28 113
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Thompson scores 28, Golden State runs away in 2nd half to top Miami 113-92
MIAMI -- — Jonathan Kuminga controlled an offensive rebound midway through the third quarter and slapped the ball out to Stephen Curry , who connected on a 3-pointer from the “C” in the Heat Culture logo painted across midcourt.
The Golden State bench roared in approval.
So did tons of fans. And this wasn't in San Francisco. It was in Miami.
The Warriors' trend of having more wins on the road than at home continued on Tuesday night. Klay Thompson returned to the starting lineup and scored 28 points, Kuminga added 18 and the Warriors pulled away in the second half to beat the still-shorthanded Miami Heat 113-92.
“Our assist to turnover ratio was really good," Thompson said, scanning the postgame stat sheet that showed the Warriors with 30 assists and 12 total turnovers. “That's always a great indicator of if it's a good night at the office.”
The Warriors are 18-19 at home and now 19-15 on the road; they're on pace to be the second team in NBA history to finish with a winning record overall while having a sub-.500 record at home.
“You walk into any arena in the league on the road and there’s automatically blue and yellow jerseys all over the place," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “Steph’s got so many fans across the country and a lot of people cheer for him no matter where we are.”
Curry and Andrew Wiggins each scored 17 for Golden State, which led by two at the half and then led by as many as 22 points in the fourth.
Bam Adebayo scored 24 points for Miami, which played without leading scorer Jimmy Butler — sidelined by an illness. The Heat also were without Tyler Herro (foot) for a 16th consecutive game, Kevin Love (heel) for a 14th consecutive game and Duncan Robinson (back) for a fourth game in a row.
Haywood Highsmith and Terry Rozier each scored 15 points for the Heat. Jaime Jaquez Jr . scored 12 and Nikola Jovic had 11. Miami fell to 2-16 when it scores less than 103 points.
“It helps when they're missing their elite scorers,” Thompson said.
Thompson was 11 for 20 from the floor, 6 for 14 on 3-pointers and had his highest-scoring game since Feb. 15 for the Warriors.
Miami was within 87-81 early in the fourth; Golden State outscored the Heat 26-11 the rest of the way.
“We could never get it to the moment of truth,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “And you have to credit Golden State.”
The Warriors (37-34) moved a full game ahead of idle Houston in the race for 10th — and the final play-in spot — in the Western Conference.
“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Warriors center Kevon Looney said.
Miami (39-33) remained seventh in the Eastern Conference, tied with Philadelphia but one spot over the 76ers because of a head-to-head tiebreaker. The loss also left Miami 1 1/2 games behind Indiana in the race for the sixth, and last guaranteed playoff spot, in the East.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MIAAW A. Williams
BA B. Adebayo
CM C. Martin
CS C. Swider
DW D. Wright
HH H. Highsmith
JJ J. Jaquez Jr.
JO Jovic
NJ N. Jović
OR O. Robinson
PM P. Mills
TB T. Bryant
TR T. Rozier
GSWAW A. Wiggins
BP B. Podziemski
CP C. Paul
DG D. Green
GP G. Payton II
GS G. Santos
JK J. Kuminga
JR J. Robinson
KL K. Looney
KT K. Thompson
MM M. Moody
QU Quinones
SC S. Curry
MIA/GSW the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur