Phoenix Suns @ Miami Heat
Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
Kaseya Center, Miami, FL | Game ID: 22400346
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MIA 26 27 34 34 121PHX 29 29 24 29 111
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Bam Adebayo scores 25, Jimmy Butler adds 24 and Heat hold off Suns 121-111
MIAMI -- — Bam Adebayo scored 25 points, Jimmy Butler added 24 and the Miami Heat moved back over the .500 mark by beating the Phoenix Suns 121-111 on Saturday night.
Adebayo finished with 12 rebounds and eight assists for the Heat (11-10). Duncan Robinson scored 19 and Tyler Herro added 17 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for Miami, which outscored Phoenix 68-53 after halftime.
Royce O’Neale had 23 points for Phoenix (12-10), Devin Booker scored 21 and Grayson Allen finished with 16. Bradley Beal had 15 points for the Suns, who were outscored 62-32 in the paint.
The Suns played again without Kevin Durant (left ankle sprain) and Jusuf Nurkic (right thigh contusion).
Takeaways Suns: Phoenix is winless in its last seven games without Durant and 1-8 when the four-time Olympic gold medalist hasn't played this season. If that wasn't bad enough, the Suns are now 0-8 when allowing 120 points; they're 12-2 when holding teams under that number.
Heat: Miami improved to 10-3 when holding teams under 115 points this season; the Heat are 1-7 when that doesn't happen. And they've now won three in a row at home for the first time this season.
Key moment Butler had three points on three consecutive possessions — one on a 3-pointer, the other two on three-point plays — in a 62-second span late in the fourth quarter. Miami's lead went from three to 10 in that brief flurry that basically sealed the game.
Key stat Adebayo's previous scoring high at home this season was 19. The Heat are 3-0 this season when he scores at least 25 points.
Up next Both teams play Sunday, with Phoenix going to Orlando and the Heat hosting NBA-leading Cleveland.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MIABA B. Adebayo
BU Butler
DR D. Robinson
DS D. Smith
HH H. Highsmith
JB J. Butler III
JJ J. Jaquez Jr.
KL K. Love
TH T. Herro
TR T. Rozier
PHXBB B. Beal
DB D. Booker
GA G. Allen
JO J. Okogie
MM M. Morris
MP M. Plumlee
OI O. Ighodaro
RO R. O'Neale
TJ T. Jones
MIA/PHX 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