Miami Heat – Detroit Pistons · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 12 November 2024

MIA121–123DET

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 95% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 34 times

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.

↑ DET winsMIA wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Malik Beasley decided it, the Detroit Pistons player with the most points (21, with 5 rebounds and 1 assists; -9 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Simone Fontecchio'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 Detroit Pistons 123-121 Miami Heat (November 12, 2024) was hit by Malik Beasley: a free throw with 1.0 s left in overtime, putting the Detroit Pistons up 122-121. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Detroit Pistons 123-121 Miami Heat (November 12, 2024) was a 12-0 run by the Detroit Pistons between the first quarter and the second quarter, from 27-21 to 39-21. The Miami Heat' best was a 11-0 run in the second quarter (from 6:00 to 4:13), from 33-43 to 44-43.

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Play: Malik Beasley makes technical free throw.

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.

Malik Beasley decided this game: his points put his team ahead with one second left in overtime 1, 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 Beasley 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.

12 November 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401703371:714; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · MIA

Adebayo · Herro · Rozier · Highsmith · Robinson

Closing lineup · DET

Harris · Cunningham · Duren · Beasley · Fontecchio

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MIA

Bam Adebayo

44′ · +1

Tyler Herro

42′ · +3

Terry Rozier

40′ · 0

Haywood Highsmith

36′ · +2

Kevin Love

10′ · -6

Jaime Jaquez Jr.

25′ · -13

Josh Richardson

8′ · -1

Nikola Jovic

3′ · -1

Duncan Robinson

36′ · +14

Kel'el Ware

9′ · -3

Pelle Larsson

13′ · -7

DET

Jaden Ivey

41′ · -2

Tobias Harris

40′ · +4

Cade Cunningham

38′ · -2

Jalen Duren

30′ · 0

Tim Hardaway Jr.

19′ · +6

Malik Beasley

35′ · -9

Isaiah Stewart

23′ · +2

Simone Fontecchio

23′ · +12

Ronald Holland II

16′ · -1

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 DET.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Miami Heat

Rozier, Adebayo, Highsmith, Herro, and Love played 9.7 minutes together.
Rozier, Adebayo, Robinson, Highsmith, and Herro played 9.3 minutes together.
Rozier, Adebayo, Robinson, Herro, and Jaquez played 5.0 minutes together.

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

Detroit Pistons

Cunningham, Ivey, Duren, Harris, and Hardaway played 9.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Beasley, Cunningham, Ivey, Duren, and Harris played 6.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.
Stewart, Cunningham, Ivey, Harris, and Hardaway played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

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Miami Heat

Rozier, Richardson, Robinson, Jaquez, and Ware played 4.7 minutes together.
Adebayo, Robinson, Highsmith, Herro, and Larsson played 4.5 minutes together.
Rozier, Adebayo, Robinson, Highsmith, and Larsson played 4.0 minutes together.
Adebayo, Robinson, Highsmith, Herro, and Jaquez played 3.5 minutes together.
Rozier, Highsmith, Herro, Jaquez, and Ware played 2.6 minutes together.
Richardson, Adebayo, Herro, Jovic, and Jaquez played 2.5 minutes together.
Rozier, Adebayo, Robinson, Jaquez, and Larsson played 2.1 minutes together.
Robinson, Herro, Jaquez, Larsson, and Ware played 2.0 minutes together.
Rozier, Adebayo, Highsmith, Herro, and Jaquez played 1.6 minutes together.

Detroit Pistons

Beasley, Stewart, Cunningham, Fontecchio, and Harris played 4.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Beasley, Cunningham, Duren, Fontecchio, and Holland played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Beasley, Stewart, Cunningham, Ivey, and Harris played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Beasley, Stewart, Ivey, Fontecchio, and Harris played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Beasley, Stewart, Ivey, Fontecchio, and Holland played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Ivey, Duren, Fontecchio, Holland, and Harris played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Beasley, Ivey, Duren, Holland, and Hardaway played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Beasley, Ivey, Duren, Fontecchio, and Holland played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Beasley, Stewart, Cunningham, Harris, and Hardaway played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Beasley, Cunningham, Duren, Fontecchio, and Harris played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 10 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 5.07 km, more than anyone in the game.

Cade Cunningham touched the ball 96 times, a game high.
Cade Cunningham made 80 passes, a game high.
Jalen Duren defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Jalen Duren had 24 rebound chances, a game high.

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Miami Heat

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Tyler Herro	5.07	7.4	70	45

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

Miami Heat

Bam Adebayo deflected 3.1 passes per game over his 78 games.
He ranks 19 of 388 in the league.
Duncan Robinson drew 0.11 charges per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 32 of 388 in the league.
Haywood Highsmith deflected 2.3 passes per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 63 of 388 in the league.

Detroit Pistons

Tim Hardaway Jr. drew 0.24 charges per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 6 of 388 in the league.
Jaden Ivey recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 30 games.
He ranks 9 of 388 in the league.
Isaiah Stewart contested 8.7 shots per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 18 of 388 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 Detroit Pistons have won 67 of their 151 games against the Miami Heat.

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Game context

Attendance

17.806

87.6% of capacity

Little Caesars Arena · Detroit

Scoring

244

combined points

16.3 above the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

23 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Loose Ball · 00:17.0

Bam Adebayo → Cade Cunningham

Adebayo (MIA) holds down Cunningham's (DET) arm, affecting his ability to pursue the jump ball.

Foul: Defense 3 Second · 00:43.0

Bam Adebayo → Pistons

Adebayo (MIA) is in the paint for longer than three seconds without imminently actively guarding an opponent.

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jaden Ivey	4.73	7.2	81	65
Tobias Harris	4.34	6.7	58	39
Cade Cunningham	4.28	7.0	96	80
Malik Beasley	3.91	6.9	42	24
Jalen Duren	3.46	6.9	35	33
Simone Fontecchio	2.82	7.5	27	22
Isaiah Stewart	2.37	6.6	30	21
Tim Hardaway Jr.	2.09	6.7	18	9
Ronald Holland II	1.95	7.4	17	11