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Detroit Pistons vs. Miami Heat

January 1, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Heat beat the Pistons 118-112 on 2026-01-01 on the road against the Pistons. The Pistons started Duncan Robinson, Isaiah Stewart, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, and Ausar Thompson. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell, and Kel'el Ware. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 10 points (4/6) in his matchups, with Ausar Thompson as his primary defender. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 32 points (12/24) in his matchups, with Davion Mitchell as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DET

Detroit Pistons 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham GS	39:35	31	8	11	3	2	7	4	6-16	2-6	17-18	+6
Ausar Thompson GS	30:16	12	2	2	1	2	2	2	5-8	0-0	2-3	-13
Isaiah Stewart GS	30:11	6	4	2	0	5	2	4	2-5	1-3	1-2	-1
Duncan Robinson GS	20:19	9	2	2	0	0	1	1	3-7	1-5	2-2	-10
Jalen Duren GS	18:21	12	5	0	1	0	1	1	6-12	0-0	0-0	-17
Javonte Green	26:11	11	2	1	1	0	1	2	4-7	1-2	2-2	-2
Marcus Sasser	23:54	18	4	2	2	0	2	3	6-10	4-6	2-2	-1
Jaden Ivey	21:24	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-6
Ronald Holland II	17:30	2	5	1	1	0	2	2	1-7	0-2	0-0	+1
Paul Reed	12:19	9	7	1	2	0	1	1	4-4	0-0	1-2	+13
Totals		112	40	25	11	9	20	20	38-80	9-26	27-31

Did not play: Daniss Jenkins (DNP - Coach's Decision), Chaz Lanier (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tolu Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIA

Miami Heat 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Norman Powell GS	34:41	36	2	2	1	0	3	2	12-23	7-14	5-5	+4
Davion Mitchell GS	33:18	8	1	11	2	1	5	1	3-7	2-3	0-0	+3
Bam Adebayo GS	32:53	15	14	0	2	1	1	2	5-14	1-2	4-4	+17
Andrew Wiggins GS	31:31	17	8	1	2	0	2	4	7-20	1-5	2-2	-9
Kel'el Ware GS	27:18	4	13	0	2	2	1	1	1-6	0-4	2-2	0
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	29:45	19	3	5	2	0	2	2	9-12	0-1	1-3	+2
Nikola Jović	23:54	5	5	5	0	1	2	0	1-10	1-7	2-2	-5
Dru Smith	14:42	9	0	1	3	1	1	5	3-4	1-2	2-2	+3
Simone Fontecchio	6:21	5	3	0	0	0	1	1	2-3	1-1	0-0	+4
Kasparas Jakučionis	5:37	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+11
Totals		118	49	25	14	6	18	19	43-99	14-39	18-20

Did not play: Myron Gardner (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keshad Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Duncan Robinson · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson Starter 8.8 min
Javonte Green · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Marcus Sasser · Ausar Thompson 6.8 min
Duncan Robinson · Javonte Green · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Ausar Thompson 3.6 min
Javonte Green · Jaden Ivey · Jalen Duren · Marcus Sasser · Ronald Holland II 3.1 min
Javonte Green · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Marcus Sasser · Ronald Holland II 2.9 min

MIA

Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Andrew Wiggins · Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Kel'el Ware Starter 16.1 min
Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Nikola Jović · Jaime Jaquez Jr. 4.4 min
Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Simone Fontecchio 4.0 min
Andrew Wiggins · Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Jaime Jaquez Jr. 2.9 min
Dru Smith · Nikola Jović · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Kel'el Ware · Kasparas Jakučionis 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pistons defense

Norman Powell 10 pts (4/6) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Ausar Thompson (34 %, 3 pts) · Duncan Robinson (14 %, 3 pts) · Javonte Green (11 %, 0 pts)
Bam Adebayo 19 pts (7/14) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Duren (29 %, 6 pts) · Isaiah Stewart (26 %, 2 pts) · Javonte Green (16 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cade Cunningham	Davion Mitchell: 37 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · Andrew Wiggins: 12 poss., 11 pts (2/2)
Isaiah Stewart	Kel'el Ware: 27 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Bam Adebayo: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Ausar Thompson	Norman Powell: 26 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Andrew Wiggins: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Javonte Green	Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bam Adebayo: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Marcus Sasser	Andrew Wiggins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Duncan Robinson	Norman Powell: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Andrew Wiggins: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaden Ivey	Dru Smith: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Norman Powell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ronald Holland II	Nikola Jović: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Duren	Bam Adebayo: 20 poss., 6 pts (3/6) · Kel'el Ware: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Paul Reed	Nikola Jović: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Heat defense

Cade Cunningham 32 pts (12/24) in 88 possessions

Guarded by: Davion Mitchell (28 %, 5 pts) · Jaime Jaquez Jr. (24 %, 8 pts) · Andrew Wiggins (20 %, 7 pts)
Jalen Duren 18 pts (7/9) in 39 possessions

Guarded by: Bam Adebayo (48 %, 6 pts) · Kel'el Ware (30 %, 2 pts) · Davion Mitchell (7 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Norman Powell	Ausar Thompson: 26 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Javonte Green: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Bam Adebayo	Isaiah Stewart: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/7) · Jalen Duren: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Davion Mitchell	Cade Cunningham: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Marcus Sasser: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Cade Cunningham: 21 poss., 8 pts (4/7) · Javonte Green: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Andrew Wiggins	Cade Cunningham: 18 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Duncan Robinson: 13 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Kel'el Ware	Isaiah Stewart: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jalen Duren: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nikola Jović	Ronald Holland II: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Javonte Green: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dru Smith	Jaden Ivey: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Marcus Sasser: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Simone Fontecchio	Duncan Robinson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden Ivey: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kasparas Jakučionis	Marcus Sasser: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden Ivey: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)