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Miami Heat vs. New Orleans Pelicans

January 4, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Heat beat the Pelicans 125-106 on 2026-01-04 at home. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell, and Kel'el Ware. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Trey Murphy III, Karlo Matković, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 20 points (7/11) in his matchups, with Bam Adebayo as his primary defender. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 6 points (1/6) in his matchups, with Trey Murphy III as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIA

Miami Heat 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Davion Mitchell GS	29:19	9	3	6	2	0	3	3	3-9	3-6	0-0	+29
Bam Adebayo GS	28:47	12	6	6	1	1	1	1	5-14	1-3	1-1	+23
Norman Powell GS	28:47	34	3	3	2	0	0	3	11-15	9-12	3-4	+23
Andrew Wiggins GS	28:21	10	2	3	1	3	2	1	4-9	0-2	2-2	+2
Kel'el Ware GS	24:38	16	12	1	0	1	1	2	7-13	1-4	1-2	+8
Nikola Jović	25:47	19	6	3	3	2	2	0	7-16	2-8	3-4	+17
Pelle Larsson	25:35	16	3	6	3	0	2	0	7-15	1-5	1-3	+23
Dru Smith	18:41	2	4	1	3	0	3	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-10
Kasparas Jakučionis	16:16	3	1	1	2	0	0	1	1-4	1-2	0-0	-10
Myron Gardner	12:48	4	3	0	2	0	1	2	1-5	0-2	2-2	-8
Simone Fontecchio	1:01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		125	43	30	19	7	15	14	47-101	18-44	13-18

Did not play: Tyler Herro (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jaime Jaquez Jr. (DND - Injury/Illness)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 106

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	38:12	27	8	5	1	1	2	1	10-19	7-15	0-0	-18
Derik Queen GS	29:37	13	6	4	1	1	5	2	5-11	0-1	3-4	-15
Zion Williamson GS	26:13	12	5	2	0	0	2	2	6-10	0-0	0-0	-24
Jeremiah Fears GS	26:07	21	3	2	1	1	4	2	8-13	4-6	1-2	-15
Karlo Matković GS	24:18	4	5	1	1	1	2	1	2-5	0-3	0-0	-7
Jordan Poole	24:36	8	1	8	1	2	3	4	3-11	2-6	0-0	-10
Jose Alvarado	19:44	6	6	3	1	0	3	1	2-7	2-6	0-0	+4
Yves Missi	17:04	6	5	1	0	1	1	1	3-5	0-0	0-0	+1
Bryce McGowens	15:34	5	2	0	2	0	2	0	1-3	1-2	2-2	0
Micah Peavy	13:47	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	2-5	0-0	0-0	-5
Jordan Hawkins	2:24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Trey Alexander	2:24	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Totals		106	42	28	9	7	24	14	42-90	16-40	6-8

Did not play: DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIA

Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Andrew Wiggins · Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Kel'el Ware Starter 10.2 min
Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Nikola Jović · Pelle Larsson 8.7 min
Andrew Wiggins · Dru Smith · Nikola Jović · Pelle Larsson · Kasparas Jakučionis 6.2 min
Andrew Wiggins · Dru Smith · Nikola Jović · Myron Gardner · Kasparas Jakučionis 5.6 min
Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Pelle Larsson · Kel'el Ware 4.8 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 9.7 min
Jordan Poole · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 6.1 min
Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 5.7 min
Zion Williamson · Jose Alvarado · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 4.4 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Yves Missi 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Heat defense

Zion Williamson 20 pts (7/11) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Bam Adebayo (38 %, 5 pts) · Andrew Wiggins (17 %, 2 pts) · Nikola Jović (16 %, 10 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 14 pts (4/10) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Davion Mitchell (32 %, 6 pts) · Pelle Larsson (14 %, 5 pts) · Norman Powell (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Norman Powell	Trey Murphy III: 25 poss., 11 pts (4/5) · Bryce McGowens: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bam Adebayo	Zion Williamson: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Karlo Matković: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Davion Mitchell	Jeremiah Fears: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Jordan Poole: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Andrew Wiggins	Karlo Matković: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Zion Williamson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Kel'el Ware	Derik Queen: 30 poss., 6 pts (3/7) · Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pelle Larsson	Trey Murphy III: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jeremiah Fears: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Nikola Jović	Yves Missi: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Zion Williamson: 9 poss., 10 pts (3/3)
Dru Smith	Bryce McGowens: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kasparas Jakučionis	Jose Alvarado: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jordan Poole: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Myron Gardner	Jose Alvarado: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Simone Fontecchio	Trey Alexander: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Norman Powell 6 pts (1/6) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Trey Murphy III (28 %, 3 pts) · Karlo Matković (22 %, 0 pts) · Bryce McGowens (19 %, 2 pts)
Bam Adebayo 7 pts (3/12) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Zion Williamson (38 %, 2 pts) · Karlo Matković (18 %, 0 pts) · Yves Missi (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Pelle Larsson: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Norman Powell: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Derik Queen	Kel'el Ware: 29 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Nikola Jović: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeremiah Fears	Davion Mitchell: 17 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Pelle Larsson: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Zion Williamson	Bam Adebayo: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Andrew Wiggins: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Karlo Matković	Norman Powell: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bam Adebayo: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Poole	Davion Mitchell: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Dru Smith: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado	Kasparas Jakučionis: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Myron Gardner: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yves Missi	Nikola Jović: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Bam Adebayo: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bryce McGowens	Norman Powell: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Nikola Jović: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Micah Peavy	Andrew Wiggins: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Norman Powell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins	Kel'el Ware: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bam Adebayo: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trey Alexander	Norman Powell: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Davion Mitchell: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)