New Orleans Pelicans vs. Miami Heat

Jan 4, 2026

FINAL

8-29New OrleansPelicans

106

20-16MiamiHeat

125

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
NOP	39	23	15	29	106
MIA	43	27	23	32	125

Game Recap

The Miami Heat defeated the New Orleans Pelicans, 125-106. Miami improves to 20-16 on the season, while New Orleans falls to 8-29.

Player Stats

PELICANS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Zion WilliamsonSF	26	6-10	0-0	0-0	5	2	0	0	2	2	-24	12
17Karlo MatkovicPF	24	2-5	0-3	0-0	5	1	1	1	2	1	-7	4
22Derik QueenC	29	5-11	0-1	3-4	6	4	1	1	5	2	-15	13
25Trey Murphy IIISG	38	10-19	7-15	0-0	8	5	1	1	2	1	-18	27
0Jeremiah FearsPG	26	8-13	4-6	1-2	3	2	1	1	4	2	-15	21
3Jordan Poole	24	3-11	2-6	0-0	1	8	1	2	3	4	-10	8
21Yves Missi	17	3-5	0-0	0-0	5	1	0	1	1	1	+1	6
11Bryce McGowens	15	1-3	1-2	2-2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	5
14Micah Peavy	13	2-5	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	-5	4
15Jose Alvarado	19	2-7	2-6	0-0	6	3	1	0	3	1	+4	6
24Jordan Hawkins	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0
23Trey Alexander	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-3	0
9DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
55Kevon Looney	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	42-9046.7%	16-4040.0%	6-875.0%	42	28	9	7	24	14	-	106

HEAT	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22Andrew WigginsSF	28	4-9	0-2	2-2	2	3	1	3	2	1	+2	10
13Bam AdebayoPF	28	5-14	1-3	1-1	6	6	1	1	1	1	+23	12
7Kel'el WareC	24	7-13	1-4	1-2	12	1	0	1	1	2	+8	16
24Norman PowellSG	28	11-15	9-12	3-4	3	3	2	0	0	3	+23	34
45Davion MitchellPG	29	3-9	3-6	0-0	3	6	2	0	3	3	+29	9
9Pelle Larsson	25	7-15	1-5	1-3	3	6	3	0	2	0	+23	16
5Nikola Jovic	25	7-16	2-8	3-4	6	3	3	2	2	0	+17	19
12Dru Smith	18	1-1	0-0	0-0	4	1	3	0	3	1	-10	2
25Kasparas Jakucionis	16	1-4	1-2	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	-10	3
15Myron Gardner	12	1-5	0-2	2-2	3	0	2	0	1	2	-8	4
0Simone Fontecchio	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
14Tyler Herro	— did not play —												— did not play —
11Jaime Jaquez Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	47-10146.5%	18-4440.9%	13-1872.2%	43	30	19	7	15	14	-	125

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterNOPMIA

(11:56) Jump Ball Ware vs. Matkovic: Tip to Mitchell
+3 (11:45) Mitchell 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Adebayo 1 AST)
03
+2 (11:23) Queen 4' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Murphy III 1 AST)
23
+3 (11:14) Powell 24' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
26
(11:14) Queen S.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.Capers)
(11:14) MISS Powell Free Throw 1 of 1
(11:12) Queen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (10:59) Murphy III 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
56
(10:44) MISS Wiggins 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:40) Murphy III REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:32) Williamson Traveling Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:15) Adebayo Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:15) Murphy III STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (10:11) Murphy III 1' Running Alley Oop Dunk Shot (5 PTS) (Matkovic 1 AST)
76
+3 (9:54) Mitchell 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Powell 1 AST)
79
(9:37) Wiggins P.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.Capers)
(9:32) Fears Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T2)
(9:21) MISS Adebayo 3PT Jump Shot
(9:17) Murphy III REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (9:12) Murphy III 13' Driving Floating Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Fears 1 AST)
99
(9:01) Mitchell Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T2)
+3 (8:50) Fears 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Queen 1 AST)
129
+3 (8:36) Powell 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Wiggins 1 AST)
1212
+2 (8:26) Queen 2' Driving Reverse Layup (4 PTS)
1412
+3 (8:19) Powell 28' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Mitchell 1 AST)
1415
(8:00) Powell S.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.Capers)
(8:00) MISS Fears Free Throw 1 of 2
(8:00) Pelicans Rebound
+1 (8:00) Fears Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
1515
+3 (7:47) Mitchell 25' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Adebayo 2 AST)
1518
(7:41) Ware S.FOUL (P1.T3) (E.Dalen)
(7:41) MISS Queen Free Throw 1 of 2
(7:41) Pelicans Rebound
+1 (7:41) Queen Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
1618
(7:37) Mitchell Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T3)
(7:33) MISS Matkovic 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:29) Williamson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (7:28) Williamson 2' Putback Layup (2 PTS)
1818
(7:19) Matkovic S.FOUL (P1.T2) (E.Dalen)
+1 (7:19) Wiggins Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1819
+1 (7:19) Wiggins Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1820
+3 (6:57) Poole 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Williamson 1 AST)
2120
+3 (6:38) Powell 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Wiggins 2 AST)
2123
(6:33) Mitchell P.FOUL (P1.T4) (B.Adair)
(6:33) HEAT Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(6:22) Queen Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(6:22) Jovic STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (6:18) Jovic 1' Running Layup (2 PTS)
2125
(6:18) Queen S.FOUL (P2.T3) (B.Adair)
+1 (6:18) Jovic Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
2126
(6:07) MISS Poole 3PT Jump Shot
(6:04) Jovic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:00) Missi S.FOUL (P1.T4) (E.Dalen)
+1 (6:00) Powell Free Throw 1 of 3 (13 PTS)
2127
+1 (6:00) Powell Free Throw 2 of 3 (14 PTS)
2128
+1 (6:00) Powell Free Throw 3 of 3 (15 PTS)
2129
+2 (5:49) Williamson 1' Driving Layup (4 PTS) (Poole 1 AST)
2329
+2 (5:40) Jovic 2' Driving Layup (5 PTS) (Mitchell 2 AST)
2331
+2 (5:26) Williamson 2' Turnaround Jump Shot (6 PTS)
2531
+3 (5:16) Jovic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Adebayo 3 AST)
2534
(5:04) MISS Poole 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(5:01) Mitchell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:57) MISS Larsson 3PT Running Jump Shot
(4:53) Missi REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (4:43) Williamson 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (8 PTS)
2734
(4:36) MISS Larsson 2' Driving Layup
(4:33) Murphy III REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(4:30) MISS Murphy III 30' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(4:23) Missi REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (4:23) Missi Tip Dunk Shot (2 PTS)
2934
+3 (4:15) Jovic 24' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Mitchell 3 AST)
2937
(4:14) Pelicans Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(3:58) MISS Murphy III 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:54) Smith REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:46) MISS Adebayo 10' Fadeaway Jumper
(3:43) Missi REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+3 (3:35) Murphy III 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Poole 2 AST)
3237
+2 (3:21) Larsson 1' Layup (2 PTS) (Adebayo 4 AST)
3239
(3:11) Powell S.FOUL (P2.PN) (E.Dalen)
+1 (3:11) McGowens Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
3339
+1 (3:11) McGowens Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
3439
(2:51) MISS Jovic 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(2:49) McGowens REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:32) MISS Poole 2' Driving Layup
(2:32) Wiggins BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:32) Pelicans Rebound
+3 (2:30) Murphy III 25' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Peavy 1 AST)
3739
(2:16) MISS Jovic 7' Floating Jump Shot
(2:11) Missi REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(2:00) MISS Murphy III 29' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(1:59) HEAT Rebound
+2 (1:43) Wiggins 1' Driving Dunk (4 PTS) (Larsson 1 AST)
3741
(1:31) Poole Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T4)
(1:31) Larsson STEAL (1 STL)
(1:31) Poole Transition Take Foul (P1.PN) (J.Capers)
(1:31) MISS Larsson Free Throw 1 of 1
(1:31) HEAT Rebound
(1:19) Wiggins Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T4)
(1:19) Poole STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (1:05) Peavy 11' Turnaround Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Murphy III 2 AST)
3941
+2 (0:46) Jovic 1' Driving Layup (13 PTS)
3943
(0:33) Missi Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T5)
(0:33) Jovic STEAL (2 STL)
(0:24) Wiggins Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T5)
(0:24) McGowens STEAL (1 STL)
(0:20) McGowens Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T6)
(0:20) Smith STEAL (1 STL)
(0:02) MISS Larsson 2' Driving Layup
(0:02) Missi BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:02) Jovic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:01) MISS Jovic 3PT Jump Shot
(0:01) HEAT Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

NOP

MIA

106Points125

42-90(46.7%)Field Goal(%)47-101(46.5%)

16-40(40.0%)3-Point(%)18-44(40.9%)

6-8(75.0%)Free Throw(%)13-18(72.2%)

42(6)Rebounds(Offensive)43(12)

28Assists30

9Steals19

7Blocks7

24Turnovers15

14Fouls14

46Pts In The Paint54

11Fast Break Pts31

14Pts Off Turnovers31

29Bench Pts44

3Largest Lead21

Game Details

Sunday, January 4, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Kaseya Center · Miami, FL

attendance: 19,600 (100%)