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Miami Heat vs. Houston Rockets

February 28, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Heat beat the Rockets 115-105 on 2026-02-28 at home. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Davion Mitchell, and Pelle Larsson. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Tari Eason, Amen Thompson, and Reed Sheppard. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 14 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Andrew Wiggins as his primary defender. Bam Adebayo (Heat) scored 20 points (9/15) in his matchups, with Alperen Sengun as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIA

Miami Heat 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bam Adebayo GS	35:00	24	11	1	1	0	1	3	9-17	3-5	3-6	+16
Pelle Larsson GS	34:33	20	4	4	0	0	3	4	6-12	1-5	7-8	+4
Tyler Herro GS	33:05	18	2	3	1	0	4	3	8-12	2-4	0-0	0
Andrew Wiggins GS	31:02	12	6	4	0	3	1	1	4-10	1-4	3-3	-5
Davion Mitchell GS	25:01	10	3	5	0	0	1	3	4-10	2-4	0-0	-3
Kel'el Ware	28:35	13	15	1	0	1	1	1	6-10	1-3	0-0	+15
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	24:53	14	3	3	0	0	2	2	7-12	0-1	0-1	+6
Kasparas Jakučionis	11:46	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+7
Simone Fontecchio	8:48	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-5	0-3	0-0	+9
Dru Smith	7:18	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	1-2	+1
Totals		115	47	22	3	4	13	18	45-90	11-31	14-20

Did not play: Myron Gardner (DNP - Coach's Decision), Vladislav Goldin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keshad Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nikola Jović (DND - Injury/Illness), Jahmir Young (DNP - Coach's Decision)

HOU

Houston Rockets 105

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	39:01	20	11	4	1	0	4	3	7-16	0-1	6-12	-18
Kevin Durant GS	37:15	32	5	8	0	2	1	1	12-20	2-8	6-6	+5
Tari Eason GS	35:48	10	11	5	1	0	1	3	4-12	2-7	0-0	-15
Reed Sheppard GS	35:48	14	4	5	1	0	0	3	5-14	4-11	0-0	-3
Alperen Sengun GS	34:49	13	6	3	2	0	3	4	6-14	0-1	1-2	-18
Dorian Finney-Smith	15:30	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	-11
Clint Capela	13:03	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	3-7	0-0	1-1	0
Jeff Green	11:59	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2-5	0-2	0-0	+12
Aaron Holiday	8:30	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	2-4	1-3	0-0	-5
Josh Okogie	7:40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1
Isaiah Crawford	0:37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		105	47	26	6	2	10	18	41-95	9-36	14-21

Did not play: Jabari Smith Jr. (DNP - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

MIA

Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Andrew Wiggins · Bam Adebayo · Tyler Herro · Davion Mitchell · Pelle Larsson Starter 14.0 min
Tyler Herro · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Pelle Larsson · Kel'el Ware · Kasparas Jakučionis 5.2 min
Andrew Wiggins · Bam Adebayo · Tyler Herro · Pelle Larsson · Kel'el Ware 4.0 min
Bam Adebayo · Dru Smith · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Simone Fontecchio · Kel'el Ware 4.0 min
Bam Adebayo · Tyler Herro · Davion Mitchell · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Pelle Larsson 4.0 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard Starter 15.9 min
Kevin Durant · Jeff Green · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.5 min
Dorian Finney-Smith · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 3.5 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Josh Okogie · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 3.4 min
Kevin Durant · Clint Capela · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Heat defense

Kevin Durant 14 pts (5/12) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: Andrew Wiggins (47 %, 0 pts) · Pelle Larsson (15 %, 5 pts) · Jaime Jaquez Jr. (10 %, 0 pts)
Alperen Sengun 35 pts (14/21) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Kel'el Ware (30 %, 4 pts) · Bam Adebayo (25 %, 12 pts) · Pelle Larsson (23 %, 8 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bam Adebayo	Tari Eason: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Alperen Sengun: 16 poss., 12 pts (4/6)
Tyler Herro	Amen Thompson: 36 poss., 10 pts (4/5) · Tari Eason: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Pelle Larsson	Reed Sheppard: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Alperen Sengun: 15 poss., 8 pts (4/5)
Andrew Wiggins	Kevin Durant: 35 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Amen Thompson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kel'el Ware	Alperen Sengun: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Clint Capela: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Tari Eason: 14 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Kevin Durant: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Davion Mitchell	Reed Sheppard: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Kevin Durant: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kasparas Jakučionis	Josh Okogie: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Simone Fontecchio	Amen Thompson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dorian Finney-Smith: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dru Smith	Aaron Holiday: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Bam Adebayo 20 pts (9/15) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Alperen Sengun (39 %, 4 pts) · Dorian Finney-Smith (14 %, 0 pts) · Tari Eason (11 %, 2 pts)
Tyler Herro 7 pts (2/6) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Tari Eason (37 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (18 %, 2 pts) · Kevin Durant (12 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Andrew Wiggins: 27 poss., 11 pts (5/10) · Pelle Larsson: 14 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Amen Thompson	Pelle Larsson: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Tyler Herro: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Reed Sheppard	Davion Mitchell: 27 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Pelle Larsson: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Tari Eason	Tyler Herro: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Alperen Sengun	Bam Adebayo: 25 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Kel'el Ware: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Clint Capela	Kel'el Ware: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Bam Adebayo: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bam Adebayo: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeff Green	Pelle Larsson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kel'el Ware: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Josh Okogie	Tyler Herro: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kasparas Jakučionis: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Holiday	Dru Smith: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Pelle Larsson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Crawford	Tyler Herro: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)