National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 109,
Miami 94
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 23, 2017
Where: American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida
Officials: #18 Matt Boland, #26 Pat Fraher, #21 Dedric Taylor
Attendance: 19600
Where: American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida
Officials: #18 Matt Boland, #26 Pat Fraher, #21 Dedric Taylor
Attendance: 19600
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 27 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 109 |
| Miami | 28 | 25 | 16 | 25 | 94 |
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jrue Holiday - G | 30:58 | 5-13 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Rajon Rondo - G | 22:58 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Anthony Davis - F | 31:45 | 5-11 | 1-1 | 6-8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| E'Twaun Moore - F | 27:17 | 7-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| DeMarcus Cousins - C | 28:37 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 5-6 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Dante Cunningham | 26:16 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Ian Clark | 22:33 | 7-11 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Darius Miller | 20:43 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Jameer Nelson | 20:43 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Cheick Diallo | 4:41 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Cooke | 3:29 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Allen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Omer Asik | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 39-73 | 15-25 | 16-19 | 6 | 31 | 37 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 109 | |
| 53.4% | 60.0% | 84.2% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Miami Heat
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Goran Dragic - G | 29:35 | 5-15 | 0-3 | 3-4 | -14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Tyler Johnson - G | 28:11 | 9-17 | 2-6 | 0-0 | -15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Josh Richardson - F | 36:44 | 5-14 | 1-5 | 1-1 | -6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Bam Adebayo - F | 30:20 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Kelly Olynyk - C | 25:32 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 2-2 | -14 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Wayne Ellington | 34:55 | 4-12 | 3-10 | 2-2 | -15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Jordan Mickey | 18:53 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 3-4 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Udonis Haslem | 13:06 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Walton Jr. | 11:06 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| James Johnson | 8:09 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Matt Williams Jr. | 3:29 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dion Waiters | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Justise Winslow | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-85 | 10-32 | 12-15 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 94 | |
| 42.4% | 31.2% | 80.0% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| MIA | None |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Miami | ||
| Fast Break Points | 5 | Fast Break Points | 2 |
| Points in the Paint | 40 | Points in the Paint | 36 |
| Biggest Lead | 24 | Biggest Lead | 4 |