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Miami Heat vs. LA Clippers

December 1, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Heat beat the Clippers 140-123 on 2025-12-01 at home. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, and Davion Mitchell. The Clippers started James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Ivica Zubac, and John Collins. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 14 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Andrew Wiggins as his primary defender. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 13 points (5/9) in his matchups, with John Collins as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat 140

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Andrew Wiggins GS 32:01 22 9 3 0 3 3 3 9-14 2-3 2-2 +32
Norman Powell GS 31:54 30 3 3 1 1 2 5 12-18 6-10 0-0 +33
Bam Adebayo GS 31:38 27 14 3 2 2 1 0 10-17 5-8 2-2 +33
Davion Mitchell GS 31:02 16 3 12 2 0 2 5 6-6 4-4 0-0 +37
Tyler Herro GS 29:20 22 3 2 0 1 0 3 8-15 4-6 2-3 +12
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 20:36 4 4 5 0 1 2 4 2-10 0-2 0-0 -13
Simone Fontecchio 20:32 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 2-7 1-6 2-3 -10
Kel'el Ware 16:23 0 9 0 0 1 0 2 0-3 0-1 0-0 -16
Dru Smith 16:05 7 0 2 1 1 1 2 3-6 1-4 0-0 -18
Pelle Larsson 7:49 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 1-1 1-1 2-2 +1
Myron Gardner 0:54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Kasparas Jakučionis 0:54 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 -2
Nikola Jović 0:54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -2
Totals 140 50 34 7 10 11 25 53-100 24-46 10-12

Did not play: Keshad Johnson (NWT - Not With Team)

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 123

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Ivica Zubac GS 30:33 16 13 2 0 1 1 1 7-13 0-0 2-3 +4
Kawhi Leonard GS 30:25 36 7 2 3 0 1 1 12-21 3-6 9-10 +8
Kris Dunn GS 25:47 12 4 5 1 0 0 0 4-7 1-2 3-3 -14
John Collins GS 25:12 10 6 2 1 0 0 0 4-12 0-3 2-4 -13
James Harden GS 19:51 11 2 3 0 0 5 1 2-6 1-4 6-7 -39
Kobe Sanders 25:58 10 4 2 0 0 1 2 4-11 0-4 2-2 0
Nicolas Batum 20:13 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 2-2 2-2 0-0 -5
Cam Christie 14:46 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0-6 0-2 0-0 +1
Chris Paul 14:45 8 0 3 0 0 1 1 3-7 2-3 0-0 -6
Kobe Brown 14:34 2 4 4 1 1 0 1 1-4 0-2 0-0 -16
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 12:25 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 3-4 0-0 0-2 -5
Jordan Miller 5:31 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 1-3 0-1 4-4 0
Totals 123 46 23 8 3 11 10 43-96 9-29 28-35

Did not play: Brook Lopez (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Heat defense

Defender Guarded most
Bam Adebayo Ivica Zubac: 29 poss., 14 pts (5/8) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 11 poss., 10 pts (4/6)
Andrew Wiggins Kawhi Leonard: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · John Collins: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Norman Powell Kris Dunn: 16 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · John Collins: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Davion Mitchell James Harden: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Chris Paul: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tyler Herro Kris Dunn: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kobe Sanders: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Simone Fontecchio Nicolas Batum: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Ivica Zubac: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Kawhi Leonard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kel'el Ware Nicolas Batum: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Collins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dru Smith Chris Paul: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nicolas Batum: 4 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Pelle Larsson Jordan Miller: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Nicolas Batum: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kasparas Jakučionis Kobe Brown: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Cam Christie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Myron Gardner Kobe Sanders: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Brown: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Jović Kobe Brown: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nicolas Batum: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
Kawhi Leonard Andrew Wiggins: 24 poss., 8 pts (2/8) · Tyler Herro: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ivica Zubac Bam Adebayo: 31 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kel'el Ware: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Kris Dunn Tyler Herro: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Simone Fontecchio: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Collins Norman Powell: 19 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Dru Smith: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Kobe Sanders Norman Powell: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Andrew Wiggins: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
James Harden Davion Mitchell: 24 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Bam Adebayo: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Nicolas Batum Norman Powell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Simone Fontecchio: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chris Paul Davion Mitchell: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tyler Herro: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie Tyler Herro: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Norman Powell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Brown Andrew Wiggins: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Norman Powell: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Bam Adebayo: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Kel'el Ware: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Miller Dru Smith: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyler Herro: 2 poss., 2 pts (0/0)