Miami Heat – Utah Jazz · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 31 December 2022

MIA126–123UTA

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 97% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 31 times
· 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.

↑ UTA winsMIA wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Bam Adebayo decided it, the Miami Heat player with the most points (32, with 8 rebounds and 5 assists; +6 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Duncan Robinson's (+12). 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 Utah Jazz 123-126 Miami Heat (December 31, 2022) was hit by Tyler Herro: a three-pointer with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Miami Heat up 126-123. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Utah Jazz 123-126 Miami Heat (December 31, 2022) was a 10-0 run by the Utah Jazz in the third quarter (from 7:42 to 6:02), from 71-79 to 81-79. The Miami Heat' best was a 10-0 run in the second quarter (from 5:31 to 4:03), from 52-52 to 62-52.

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

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Play: Tyler Herro makes 25-foot three pointer.

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.

Tyler Herro decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 4 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Herro 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.

31 December 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401468701:739; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · MIA

Adebayo · Herro · Strus · Oladipo · Vincent

Closing lineup · UTA

Markkanen · Clarkson · Olynyk · Conley · Sexton

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MIA

Bam Adebayo

36′ · +6

Tyler Herro

34′ · -2

Max Strus

31′ · +8

Kyle Lowry

26′ · -4

Haywood Highsmith

17′ · -9

Victor Oladipo

35′ · +4

Orlando Robinson

12′ · -3

Jamal Cain

4′ · -5

Gabe Vincent

24′ · +5

Duncan Robinson

21′ · +12

UTA

Lauri Markkanen

36′ · -1

Jordan Clarkson

35′ · +8

Kelly Olynyk

33′ · -2

Mike Conley

31′ · -7

Jarred Vanderbilt

17′ · -12

Walker Kessler

30′ · +8

Collin Sexton

24′ · -1

Rudy Gay

15′ · -1

Malik Beasley

18′ · -7

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. MIA and UTA.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Miami Heat

Adebayo, Robinson, Vincent, Strus, and Oladipo played 11.8 minutes together.
Adebayo, Highsmith, Strus, Herro, and Lowry played 11.7 minutes together.
Adebayo, Vincent, Strus, Herro, and Oladipo played 6.1 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each Miami Heat lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

Utah Jazz

Markkanen, Sexton, Kessler, Olynyk, and Clarkson played 12.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Markkanen, Vanderbilt, Conley, Olynyk, and Clarkson played 9.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Beasley, Sexton, Kessler, Gay, and Conley played 7.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

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Miami Heat

Highsmith, Herro, Robinson, Lowry, and Oladipo played 5.0 minutes together.
Robinson, Herro, Robinson, Lowry, and Oladipo played 4.0 minutes together.
Adebayo, Robinson, Vincent, Cain, and Oladipo played 2.0 minutes together.
Adebayo, Robinson, Herro, Lowry, and Oladipo played 1.8 minutes together.
Herro, Robinson, Cain, Lowry, and Oladipo played 1.7 minutes together.
Adebayo, Robinson, Vincent, Herro, and Oladipo played 1.4 minutes together.

Utah Jazz

Markkanen, Kessler, Conley, Olynyk, and Clarkson played 6.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Beasley, Markkanen, Sexton, Kessler, and Gay played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Beasley, Vanderbilt, Gay, Conley, and Clarkson played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Beasley, Markkanen, Vanderbilt, Conley, and Olynyk played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Beasley, Vanderbilt, Conley, Olynyk, and Clarkson played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Markkanen, Sexton, Kessler, Gay, and Clarkson played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Tyler Herro covered 4.17 km, more than anyone in the game.

Mike Conley touched the ball 82 times, a game high.
Mike Conley made 64 passes, a game high.
Victor Oladipo defended 5 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 2.
Walker Kessler had 20 rebound chances, a game high.

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Miami Heat

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Tyler Herro	4.17	6.8	68	38
Bam Adebayo	3.93	5.9	65	41
Victor Oladipo	3.83	6.2	58	36
Max Strus	3.78	6.6	51	39
Gabe Vincent	2.82	6.5	36	29
Kyle Lowry	2.64	5.6	39	30
Duncan Robinson	2.53	6.6	29	20
Haywood Highsmith	2.22	7.2	13	9
Orlando Robinson	1.45	7.0	16	12
Jamal Cain	0.55	7.6	3	2

Utah Jazz

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Lauri Markkanen	4.15	6.4	53	28
Jordan Clarkson	4.01	6.3	60	35
Kelly Olynyk	3.93	6.4	67	49
Walker Kessler	3.54	6.5	23	15
Mike Conley	3.52	6.2	82	64

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2022-23 regular season, not this game.

Miami Heat

Kyle Lowry drew 0.24 charges per game over his 54 games.
He ranks 16 of 382 in the league.
Victor Oladipo drew 0.21 charges per game over his 42 games.
He ranks 18 of 382 in the league.
Bam Adebayo contested 7.4 shots per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 38 of 382 in the league.

Utah Jazz

Walker Kessler defended 6.7 shots at the rim per game over his 74 games, and opponents made 13 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 3 of 149 in the league.
Lauri Markkanen defended 5.7 shots at the rim per game over his 66 games, and opponents made 12 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 5 of 149 in the league.
Kelly Olynyk drew 0.18 charges per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 25 of 382 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 Utah Jazz have won 26 of their 58 games against the Miami Heat.

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Game context

Attendance

18.206

99.5% of capacity

Delta Center · Salt Lake City

Scoring

249

combined points

19.6 above the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

20 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Loose Ball · 00:26.4

Bam Adebayo → Walker Kessler

Adebayo (MIA) grabs Kessler's (UTA) left arm, affecting his ability to secure the rebound.