Miami Heat vs. Houston Rockets

Mar 21, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MIA	29	34	33	26	122
HOU	32	32	23	36	123

Game Recap

Amen Thompson makes a putback layup as time expires to get the Rockets the victory and improve to 43-27, while the Heat have lost 4 in a row and fall to 38-33.

Player Stats

HEAT	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
9Pelle LarssonSF	31	7-12	2-3	3-5	5	3	0	0	2	5	+2	19
0Simone FontecchioPF	37	8-12	5-9	0-0	3	3	1	0	0	1	+17	21
13Bam AdebayoC	45	12-21	2-4	6-8	21	4	2	0	1	4	+5	32
14Tyler HerroSG	38	10-22	2-9	3-3	6	4	1	0	0	0	+12	25
45Davion MitchellPG	37	6-15	3-10	0-0	1	9	2	0	2	2	+8	15
7Kel'el Ware	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	0	-15	0
15Myron Gardner	20	3-4	2-3	0-0	2	3	0	0	2	5	-15	8
12Dru Smith	7	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	2	0	1	0	1	-13	2
25Kasparas Jakucionis	14	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	0	-5	0
5Nikola Jovic	3	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0
11Jaime Jaquez Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
16Keshad Johnson	— did not play —												— did not play —
24Norman Powell	— did not play —												— did not play —
22Andrew Wiggins	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	47-9251.1%	16-4139.0%	12-1675.0%	41	31	6	1	9	19	-	122

ROCKETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10Jabari Smith Jr.SF	39	4-13	2-8	3-4	4	4	0	2	1	2	-4	13
7Kevin DurantPF	36	9-17	5-9	4-4	3	3	0	0	3	0	-11	27
28Alperen SengunC	32	9-13	0-0	1-2	12	3	0	0	3	4	-4	19
15Reed SheppardSG	36	8-12	5-8	2-2	2	14	4	0	0	3	+17	23
1Amen ThompsonPG	37	10-17	1-1	3-3	18	4	0	1	3	1	+2	24
17Tari Eason	19	2-7	1-3	2-2	3	0	0	0	3	1	-9	7
2Dorian Finney-Smith	13	0-2	0-2	1-2	1	3	0	0	0	2	+9	1
0Aaron Holiday	13	3-4	2-3	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	1	+12	8
8Jae'Sean Tate	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	-4	0
20Josh Okogie	2	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	1
30Clint Capela	— did not play —												— did not play —
27Isaiah Crawford	— did not play —												— did not play —
32Jeff Green	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	45-8652.3%	16-3545.7%	17-2181.0%	44	33	5	3	13	16	-	123

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterMIAHOU

(11:57) Jump Ball Sengun vs. Adebayo: Tip to Mitchell
(11:40) MISS Adebayo 9' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(11:40) Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:31) Thompson 4' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Sengun 1 AST)
02
(11:31) Mitchell S.FOUL (P1.T1) (D.Taylor)
+1 (11:31) Thompson Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
03
(11:22) Mitchell Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:22) Sheppard STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (11:05) Sheppard 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Thompson 1 AST)
06
(10:51) Adebayo Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
+2 (10:42) Sengun 13' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
08
+3 (10:28) Fontecchio 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Adebayo 1 AST)
38
(10:09) MISS Thompson 16' Pullup Jump Shot
(10:09) Fontecchio REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:03) Fontecchio 3' Running Dunk (5 PTS) (Mitchell 1 AST)
58
(9:44) Larsson P.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.Capers)
(9:36) MISS Thompson 3' Alley Oop Dunk
(9:34) Fontecchio REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(9:30) MISS Herro 27' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(9:26) Adebayo REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (9:25) Adebayo 4' Putback Layup (2 PTS)
78
(9:18) Smith Jr. Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:18) Mitchell STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:14) Herro 3' Running Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS)
98
(9:14) Smith Jr. S.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.Capers)
+1 (9:14) Herro Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
108
(9:00) MISS Sheppard 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:59) Fontecchio REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(8:51) MISS Herro 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:50) Larsson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(8:39) MISS Adebayo 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:37) Larsson REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
+2 (8:29) Herro 4' Driving Finger Roll Layup (5 PTS)
128
+2 (8:12) Thompson 2' Layup (5 PTS) (Smith Jr. 1 AST)
1210
(8:12) Adebayo S.FOUL (P1.T3) (E.Lewis)
+1 (8:12) Thompson Free Throw 1 of 1 (6 PTS)
1211
(8:07) Sengun S.FOUL (P1.T2) (E.Lewis)
(8:07) MISS Larsson Free Throw 1 of 2
(8:07) Heat Rebound
+1 (8:07) Larsson Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
1311
(7:56) MISS Smith Jr. 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:54) Adebayo REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (7:34) Herro 6' Driving Finger Roll Layup (7 PTS)
1511
(7:12) MISS Thompson 8' Pullup Jump Shot
(7:12) Adebayo REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+3 (7:05) Larsson 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Adebayo 2 AST)
1811
(6:43) MISS Sengun 7' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(6:41) Thompson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(6:40) Thompson Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(6:40) Herro STEAL (1 STL)
(6:35) MISS Mitchell 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(6:33) ROCKETS Rebound
(6:33) ROCKETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(6:11) MISS Smith Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:09) Sengun REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(6:05) MISS Durant 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(6:03) Adebayo REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(5:48) MISS Mitchell 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:45) Larsson REBOUND (Off:3 Def:0)
+3 (5:43) Fontecchio 26' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Larsson 1 AST)
2111
(5:21) Durant Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(5:21) Adebayo STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (5:18) Adebayo 2' Running Dunk (4 PTS) (Larsson 2 AST)
2311
(5:18) ROCKETS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
(4:56) MISS Sheppard 15' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(4:56) Ware REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:41) Ware Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(4:41) Sheppard STEAL (2 STL)
(4:33) MISS Eason 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:33) Herro REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:27) MISS Mitchell 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(4:22) Smith Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:20) Mitchell S.FOUL (P2.T4) (E.Lewis)
+1 (4:20) Eason Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2312
+1 (4:20) Eason Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2313
(4:10) MISS Fontecchio 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:09) Thompson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (4:00) Thompson 4' Driving Layup (8 PTS)
2315
(3:40) MISS Herro 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:38) Thompson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (3:34) Durant 2' Running Dunk (2 PTS) (Thompson 2 AST)
2317
+2 (3:24) Fontecchio 3' Layup (10 PTS) (Smith 1 AST)
2517
+3 (3:07) Durant 27' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Sheppard 1 AST)
2520
+2 (2:52) Gardner 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Fontecchio 1 AST)
2720
+3 (2:42) Sheppard 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS)
2723
+2 (2:30) Smith 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Gardner 1 AST)
2923
(2:19) Ware Violation:Kicked Ball (J.Capers)
(2:12) Eason Traveling Turnover (P1.T4)
(1:58) Ware Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T4)
(1:58) Sheppard STEAL (3 STL)
+3 (1:48) Sheppard 25' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Finney-Smith 1 AST)
2926
(1:45) Heat Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(1:32) MISS Larsson 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(1:30) Thompson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(1:14) Smith S.FOUL (P1.PN) (D.Taylor)
+1 (1:14) Durant Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
2927
+1 (1:14) Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
2928
(0:59) MISS Jakucionis 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(0:55) Thompson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
(0:45) Adebayo P.FOUL (P2.PN) (J.Capers)
+1 (0:45) Smith Jr. Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2929
+1 (0:45) Smith Jr. Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2930
(0:39) ROCKETS Timeout: Coach Challenge (Full 2 Short 0)
(0:39) MISS Larsson 4' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(0:39) Smith Jr. BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:39) Heat Rebound
(0:39) Jump Ball Smith Jr. vs. Adebayo: Tip to Smith
(0:20) MISS Fontecchio 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:18) Thompson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:5)
(0:02) MISS Durant 14' Pullup Jump Shot
(0:02) Smith BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:02) Thompson REBOUND (Off:2 Def:5)
+2 (0:00) Sheppard 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Thompson 3 AST)
2932

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

MIA

HOU

122Points123

47-92(51.1%)Field Goal(%)45-86(52.3%)

16-41(39.0%)3-Point(%)16-35(45.7%)

12-16(75.0%)Free Throw(%)17-21(81.0%)

41(11)Rebounds(Offensive)44(13)

31Assists33

6Steals5

1Blocks3

9Turnovers13

19Fouls16

58Pts In The Paint50

9Fast Break Pts11

19Pts Off Turnovers14

10Bench Pts17

12Largest Lead8

Game Details

Saturday, March 21, 2026 · 8:00 PM

Toyota Center · Houston, TX

attendance: 18,055 (98.7%)