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Miami Heat vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

January 17, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Heat beat the Thunder 122-120 on 2026-01-17 at home. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Pelle Larsson, and Kasparas Jakučionis. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, Jalen Williams, and Cason Wallace. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 14 points (5/16) in his matchups, with Pelle Larsson as his primary defender. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 7 points (2/5) in his matchups, with Luguentz Dort as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIA

Miami Heat 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Norman Powell GS	35:24	19	4	4	2	1	1	2	5-15	5-12	4-7	+7
Andrew Wiggins GS	32:13	15	5	5	1	0	0	0	6-15	2-5	1-2	+4
Bam Adebayo GS	32:00	30	12	4	1	0	1	2	9-22	6-10	6-6	+11
Pelle Larsson GS	29:30	16	3	2	1	0	1	3	7-15	0-3	2-4	+4
Kasparas Jakučionis GS	26:41	3	5	7	0	0	0	6	1-7	1-4	0-0	+4
Dru Smith	20:52	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	1-8	0-2	3-4	-5
Simone Fontecchio	17:36	13	5	3	0	0	1	5	4-7	2-4	3-3	-5
Kel'el Ware	16:00	7	9	0	1	1	0	0	3-11	1-3	0-0	-9
Nikola Jović	15:06	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1-7	0-4	1-2	-7
Myron Gardner	14:38	11	5	1	0	1	0	2	4-4	3-3	0-0	+6
Totals		122	51	30	7	4	4	21	41-111	20-50	20-28

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

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS	36:16	39	4	3	1	0	2	4	12-19	2-3	13-13	-1
Chet Holmgren GS	30:11	14	11	2	0	5	2	2	6-12	0-2	2-3	-8
Cason Wallace GS	22:06	9	6	3	0	0	1	1	3-5	1-2	2-2	-8
Luguentz Dort GS	21:52	2	4	0	0	1	1	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	-11
Jalen Williams GS	13:37	8	3	3	0	0	1	0	3-5	2-2	0-0	+4
Ajay Mitchell	27:42	15	4	2	1	0	5	3	6-13	1-6	2-2	-4
Aaron Wiggins	27:37	18	6	1	0	0	0	0	7-10	4-7	0-0	+6
Alex Caruso	21:01	5	4	2	1	0	1	2	1-3	1-2	2-4	+7
Isaiah Joe	19:10	8	3	2	0	0	1	3	2-3	2-3	2-4	0
Jaylin Williams	17:49	2	1	4	0	0	0	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	+6
Kenrich Williams	2:40	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		120	46	23	3	6	14	19	42-77	13-29	23-28

Did not play: Ousmane Dieng (DNP - Coach's Decision), Chris Youngblood (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIA

Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Andrew Wiggins · Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Pelle Larsson · Kasparas Jakučionis Starter 16.5 min
Norman Powell · Dru Smith · Nikola Jović · Myron Gardner · Kel'el Ware 5.1 min
Andrew Wiggins · Bam Adebayo · Simone Fontecchio · Myron Gardner · Kasparas Jakučionis 3.8 min
Norman Powell · Dru Smith · Nikola Jović · Simone Fontecchio · Kel'el Ware 3.3 min
Andrew Wiggins · Bam Adebayo · Simone Fontecchio · Pelle Larsson · Kasparas Jakučionis 3.1 min

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Chet Holmgren · Jalen Williams · Cason Wallace Starter 7.3 min
Isaiah Joe · Aaron Wiggins · Chet Holmgren · Jalen Williams · Ajay Mitchell 6.4 min
Alex Caruso · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Isaiah Joe · Aaron Wiggins · Jaylin Williams 5.5 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Chet Holmgren · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell 5.2 min
Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Chet Holmgren · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell 5.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Heat defense

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 14 pts (5/16) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Pelle Larsson (28 %, 3 pts) · Andrew Wiggins (16 %, 2 pts) · Kasparas Jakučionis (14 %, 0 pts)
Jalen Williams 5 pts (2/3) in 28 possessions

Guarded by: Andrew Wiggins (35 %, 2 pts) · Pelle Larsson (18 %, 0 pts) · Kasparas Jakučionis (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Norman Powell	Alex Caruso: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luguentz Dort: 19 poss., 8 pts (2/3)
Andrew Wiggins	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Aaron Wiggins: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bam Adebayo	Chet Holmgren: 31 poss., 16 pts (6/10) · Jaylin Williams: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/7)
Pelle Larsson	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Ajay Mitchell: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kasparas Jakučionis	Cason Wallace: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dru Smith	Ajay Mitchell: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Aaron Wiggins: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Simone Fontecchio	Alex Caruso: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Aaron Wiggins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kel'el Ware	Chet Holmgren: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/6) · Jaylin Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Myron Gardner	Aaron Wiggins: 8 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Jović	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Aaron Wiggins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Thunder defense

Norman Powell 7 pts (2/5) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Luguentz Dort (30 %, 0 pts) · Alex Caruso (13 %, 0 pts) · Aaron Wiggins (13 %, 0 pts)
Bam Adebayo 15 pts (6/8) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Chet Holmgren (44 %, 4 pts) · Jaylin Williams (22 %, 0 pts) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (12 %, 8 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Andrew Wiggins: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Pelle Larsson: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Chet Holmgren	Bam Adebayo: 28 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Kel'el Ware: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Ajay Mitchell	Dru Smith: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Kasparas Jakučionis: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Aaron Wiggins	Norman Powell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pelle Larsson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alex Caruso	Norman Powell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Andrew Wiggins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cason Wallace	Kasparas Jakučionis: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Pelle Larsson: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Luguentz Dort	Norman Powell: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Andrew Wiggins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylin Williams	Bam Adebayo: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kel'el Ware: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Joe	Kasparas Jakučionis: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Myron Gardner: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Williams	Pelle Larsson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Andrew Wiggins: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kenrich Williams	Norman Powell: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Simone Fontecchio: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)