National Basketball Association
Miami 111, Detroit 104
When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Where: American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida
Officials:
#60 James Williams, #6 Tony Brown, #39 Tyler Ford
Attendance:
19600
By Field Level Media
The Miami Heat had three 20-point scorers in a game for the second time this season and held off the Detroit Pistons, 111-104, Wednesday night in Miami as the Heat went three games over the .500 mark for the first time since April 2016.
Forward Kelly Olynyk scored a game-high 25 points, guard Goran Dragic added 24 and forward Josh Richardson posted the 10th 20-point game of his career and seventh of this season with 22 as the Heat (20-17) evened the season series with the Pistons at a win apiece.
Tobias Harris led the Pistons (20-16) with 19 points and guard Reggie Bullock hit a season-best 5 of 8 3-pointers on his way to 17 points.
Center Boban Marjanovic scored a surprising 15 points in getting his first start in nearly two years in replacing Andre Drummond. Ish Smith scored 6 points in his third start since taking over for Reggie Jackson.
The Heat went to the locker room up 56-52 at the half after outscoring the Pistons 32-23 in the second quarter.
They got to the free-throw line only twice in the first half, making one, while the Pistons were 9-for-11 from the stripe, but the Heat made up for that with blistering 3-point shooting. They were 11-of-20 from behind the arc in the first two quarters, with Richardson and Olynyk each hitting three of their four attempts.
The Pistons were only 3-of-9 on 3s in the first half, with guard Avery Bradley banging home a 35-footer at the buzzer for his second in four attempts.
The Heat finished the game 17-of-34 from outside, compared to 9-of-24 for the Pistons.
The back and forth swings that marked the first half continued in the third quarter with the Heat running off 10 consecutive points for a 76-67 lead and the Pistons responding with a 12-2 burst for a 79-78 lead. The quarter ended deadlocked 81-81.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Detroit |
|
Miami |
Tobias Harris 19 |
Scoring |
Kelly Olynyk 25 |
Avery Bradley 4 |
Assists |
Goran Dragic 13 |
Boban Marjanovic 9 |
Rebounds |
Kelly Olynyk 13 |
Tobias Harris 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Goran Dragic 3 |
Avery Bradley 1 |
Steals |
Wayne Ellington 2 |
Boban Marjanovic 1 |
Blocks |
Josh Richardson 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Detroit
|
104 |
47.7 |
9-24 |
13-16 |
21 |
35 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
Miami
|
111 |
51.2 |
17-34 |
8-11 |
29 |
41 |
3 |
6 |
12 |
Upcoming Games
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Miami will play their next game at home against New York. The Heat have a W/L % of .421 after a win and .667 after a loss.
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Detroit will play their next game on the road against Philadelphia. The Pistons have a W/L % of .550 after a win and .562 after a loss.