Utah Jazz – Miami Heat · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 7 January 2018

UTA102–103MIA

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It was more exciting than 67% of NBA games since 2017

· It stayed close for almost the whole game

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ MIA winsUTA wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when MIA leads and falls when UTA does.

This is how the game was decided.

Goran Dragic decided it, the Miami Heat player with the most points (16, with 3 rebounds and 6 assists; +8 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Tyler Johnson's (+9). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Miami Heat 103-102 Utah Jazz (January 7, 2018) was hit by Josh Richardson: a layup with 5.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Miami Heat up 103-102. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Miami Heat 103-102 Utah Jazz (January 7, 2018) was a 8-0 run by the Utah Jazz in the first quarter (from 5:26 to 4:27), from 9-16 to 17-16. The Miami Heat' best was a 7-0 run in the first quarter (from 10:01 to 8:11), from 3-5 to 10-5.

What were the keys of the last Miami Heat vs Utah Jazz game?

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Play: Josh Richardson makes driving layup (Goran Dragic assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Josh Richardson decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 5 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Richardson decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

7 January 2018 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:400975332:597; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2017-18 regular season, not this game.

Utah Jazz

Ricky Rubio deflected 3.0 passes per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 13 of 362 in the league.
Derrick Favors contested 10.7 shots per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 19 of 362 in the league.
Joe Ingles deflected 2.3 passes per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 37 of 362 in the league.

Miami Heat

Kelly Olynyk drew 0.20 charges per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 22 of 362 in the league.
Goran Dragic recovered 1.3 loose balls per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 26 of 362 in the league.
Josh Richardson deflected 2.7 passes per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 27 of 362 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Miami Heat have won 32 of their 58 games against the Utah Jazz.

32-26record of the Miami Heat · NBA 1996-97 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1996-97 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

19.600

100% of capacity

Kaseya Center · Miami

Scoring

205

combined points

7.7 below the season average (212.7)