The Miami Heat beat the Houston Rockets 104-100 on Dec 29, 2024 at Toyota Center (Houston).
Final · Toyota Center (Houston)
Top performers
- Tyler Herro led the Heat with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.
- Dillon Brooks led the Rockets with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists.
Miami Heat box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Herro | 37 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10-17 | 3-7 | 4-7 | 2 |
| Nikola Jovic | 31 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 5-5 | 1 |
| Haywood Highsmith | 38 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Terry Rozier | 38 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6-19 | 0-8 | 2-2 | 1 |
| Bam Adebayo | 34 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4-12 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 5 |
| Kel'el Ware | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2 |
| Kevin Love | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 1 |
| Alec Burks | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 1 |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 240 | 104 | 52 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 37-84 | 10-33 | 20-28 | 14 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Houston Rockets box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillon Brooks | 40 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8-20 | 5-12 | 1-1 | 2 |
| Jalen Green | 34 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6-20 | 1-8 | 6-7 | 2 |
| Alperen Sengun | 35 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8-14 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 4 |
| Fred VanVleet | 38 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6-17 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 26 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-8 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 2 |
| Amen Thompson | 32 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 |
| Steven Adams | 12 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Team | 217 | 91 | 49 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 34-86 | 12-37 | 11-13 | 18 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Heat · 2024-25 season · Previous Dec 28, 2024: MIA 110, ATL 120 · Next Jan 1, 2025: NO 108, MIA 119
- Rockets · 2024-25 season · Previous Dec 27, 2024: MIN 113, HOU 112 · Next Jan 1, 2025: DAL 99, HOU 110