New Orleans Pelicans @ Miami Heat
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
Kaseya Center, Miami, FL | Game ID: 22400457
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MIA 36 20 34 29 119NOP 24 27 25 32 108
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Herro scores 32, Adebayo nears triple-double and Heat never trail in 119-108 win over Pelicans
MIAMI -- — Tyler Herro scored 32 points, Bam Adebayo flirted with a triple-double and the Miami Heat beat the New Orleans Pelicans 119-108 on Wednesday night.
Adebayo finished with 23 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists for Miami, which got 17 points from Duncan Robinson .
Trey Murphy III scored 34 for the Pelicans, who played on the same day that at least 15 people were killed in New Orleans when a truck drove into a crowd of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street in an attack that President Joe Biden described as “despicable.”
The Pelicans — who never led — lost for the 29th time in their last 32 games and are 1-20 in their last 21 contests.
Takeaways Pelicans: CJ McCollum scored 22 for New Orleans, and Murphy's 34 points tied for the third-most by a Pelicans player this season. McCollum had 36 on Dec. 12 and Murphy had 35 on Dec. 27.
Heat: Jimmy Butler , in his first game following a five-game absence because of illness, had nine points, four rebounds and two assists in 25 minutes on 3-for-5 shooting. Miami is now 12-9 in games where Butler plays this season.
Key moment Herro missed his first four 3-point attempts, then threw a terrible alley-oop lob that he intended for Butler late in the first half. The pass went in — for three points, which technically became the first of five straight makes for Herro from beyond the arc.
Key stat The Pelicans have dropped 15 in a row on the road. It's the 100th time in NBA history that a team has had a road losing streak of 15 or more in the same season.
Up Next Heat host Indiana on Thursday, and Pelicans host Washington on Friday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MIAAB A. Burks
BA B. Adebayo
BU Butler
DR D. Robinson
HH H. Highsmith
JB J. Butler III
JJ J. Jaquez Jr.
KW K. Ware
NJ N. Jović
TH T. Herro
NOPBB B. Boston
CM C. McCollum
DM D. Murray
DT D. Theis
HJ H. Jones
JG J. Green
JH J. Hawkins
TM T. Murphy III
YM Y. Missi
MIA/NOP 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