Golden State Warriors @ Miami Heat
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
Kaseya Center, Miami, FL | Game ID: 22401047
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MIA 28 29 26 29 112GSW 22 18 30 16 86
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Heat roll past Warriors in Butler's return game, winning 112-86
MIAMI -- — Bam Adebayo scored 27 points, Tyler Herro scored 20 and the Miami Heat spoiled Jimmy Butler’s return game with a one-sided 112-86 win over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night.
Alec Burks scored 18 for Miami, which never trailed. The Heat were 17 for 25 from 3-point range.
Butler, in his first game back in Miami since a trade last month , had 11 points. Jonathan Kuminga scored 15, Brandin Podziemski had 14 and Gui Santos scored 13 for Golden State.
The Warriors played without Stephen Curry , held out for a second straight game with a pelvic contusion .
Takeaways Warriors: Golden State never led for only the fifth time this season, and the Heat became the second team this season to hold a 20-point lead on the Warriors in multiple games. The other is Cleveland.
Heat: Nikola Jovic , who has missed Miami’s last 16 games over the last four weeks with a broken bone in his right hand, has gotten clearance for all basketball activities. That means he could return at any time, but didn't play Tuesday.
Key moment This is how good a night it was for Miami: Ware had the ball knocked away as he went airborne on a drive in the third quarter, caught the ball and — all before landing — flicked it over his shoulder, off the glass and in for a 78-60 lead in the third quarter.
Key stat All five Golden State starters — Butler, Gary Payton II , Draymond Green , Moses Moody and Podziemski — had exactly two points at halftime. It was the first time an NBA team had no starter score three points in a first half since New Jersey against Orlando on March 16, 2012.
Up next Golden State visits New Orleans on Friday. Miami closes its homestand Thursday against Atlanta.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
GSWBH B. Hield
BP B. Podziemski
DG D. Green
GP G. Payton II
GS G. Santos
JB J. Butler III
JK J. Kuminga
KK K. Knox II
KL K. Looney
MM M. Moody
PS P. Spencer
QP Q. Post
TJ T. Jackson-Davis
MIAAB A. Burks
AW A. Wiggins
BA B. Adebayo
DM D. Mitchell
HH H. Highsmith
KA K. Anderson
KW K. Ware
PL P. Larsson
TH T. Herro
GSW/MIA 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