Miami Heat – San Antonio Spurs · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 1 February 2025

MIA105–103SAS

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 37 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.

↑ SAS winsMIA wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when SAS 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 (30, with 12 rebounds and 9 assists; +5 with him on the floor). 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 San Antonio Spurs 103-105 Miami Heat (February 1, 2025) was hit by Bam Adebayo: a jump shot with 0.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Miami Heat up 105-103. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of San Antonio Spurs 103-105 Miami Heat (February 1, 2025) was a 11-0 run by the Miami Heat between the first quarter and the second quarter, from 30-33 to 41-33. The San Antonio Spurs' best was a 10-0 run in the third quarter (from 2:03 to 32.0 s), from 72-83 to 82-83.

What were the keys of the last San Antonio Spurs vs Miami Heat game?

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Play: Bam Adebayo makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jovic 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.

Bam Adebayo decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Adebayo 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.

1 February 2025 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401705259:653; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · MIA

Adebayo · Herro · Robinson · Rozier · Jovic

Closing lineup · SAS

Vassell · Paul · Bassey · Johnson · Champagnie

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MIA

Bam Adebayo

38′ · +5

Tyler Herro

36′ · +3

Kel'el Ware

34′ · +2

Duncan Robinson

27′ · +1

Haywood Highsmith

23′ · +1

Terry Rozier

33′ · +2

Nikola Jovic

25′ · +3

Jaime Jaquez Jr.

23′ · -5

Pelle Larsson

1′ · -2

SAS

Devin Vassell

35′ · -1

Chris Paul

32′ · -4

Harrison Barnes

28′ · -3

Charles Bassey

27′ · -18

Stephon Castle

23′ · +9

Keldon Johnson

26′ · -3

Zach Collins

8′ · -2

Jeremy Sochan

19′ · -6

Julian Champagnie

17′ · +16

Tre Jones

14′ · -4

Sandro Mamukelashvili

10′ · +6

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 SAS.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Miami Heat

Adebayo, Robinson, Highsmith, Herro, and Ware played 13.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Rozier, Robinson, Jovic, Jaquez, and Ware played 7.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Rozier, Adebayo, Herro, Jovic, and Ware played 5.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

San Antonio Spurs

Paul, Bassey, Vassell, Castle, and Barnes played 11.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Johnson, Jones, Champagnie, Sochan, and Barnes played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Bassey, Vassell, Jones, Sochan, and Barnes played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.

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Miami Heat

Rozier, Adebayo, Herro, Jovic, and Jaquez played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Rozier, Adebayo, Highsmith, Herro, and Ware played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Rozier, Adebayo, Robinson, Jovic, and Jaquez played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Rozier, Herro, Jovic, Jaquez, and Ware played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Rozier, Adebayo, Highsmith, Herro, and Jaquez played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Adebayo, Robinson, Herro, Jaquez, and Ware played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Rozier, Adebayo, Highsmith, Herro, and Jovic played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Rozier, Adebayo, Highsmith, Herro, and Larsson played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

San Antonio Spurs

Paul, Johnson, Bassey, Vassell, and Champagnie played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Johnson, Vassell, Jones, Champagnie, and Sochan played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Paul, Vassell, Mamukelashvili, Castle, and Barnes played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Paul, Johnson, Bassey, Vassell, and Mamukelashvili played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Vassell, Mamukelashvili, Champagnie, Castle, and Barnes played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Paul, Johnson, Bassey, Vassell, and Castle played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Paul, Collins, Johnson, Vassell, and Sochan played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Paul, Collins, Johnson, Champagnie, and Sochan played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Paul, Johnson, Bassey, Vassell, and Sochan played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Paul, Johnson, Bassey, Sochan, and Barnes played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Paul, Collins, Johnson, Vassell, and Castle played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Collins, Johnson, Jones, Champagnie, and Sochan played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Bassey, Jones, Champagnie, Castle, and Barnes played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Collins, Johnson, Vassell, Jones, and Sochan played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Paul, Johnson, Mamukelashvili, Sochan, and Barnes played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 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 4.59 km, more than anyone in the game.

Bam Adebayo touched the ball 85 times, a game high.
Chris Paul made 62 passes, a game high.
Kel'el Ware defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.
Charles Bassey had 24 rebound chances, a game high.

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Miami Heat

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Tyler Herro	4.59	7.1	78	52
Bam Adebayo	4.38	6.5	85	59
Terry Rozier	4.20	7.1	65	49
Kel'el Ware	3.91	6.4	36	28
Duncan Robinson	3.51	7.4	38	27
Nikola Jović	3.12	7.1	42	28
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	3.12	7.7	38	23
Haywood Highsmith	3.04	7.3	23	14
Pelle Larsson	0.19	8.3	3	2

San Antonio Spurs

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Devin Vassell	4.38	6.9	56	32
Harrison Barnes	3.41	6.9	33	22
Keldon Johnson	3.31	7.0	36	15
Chris Paul	3.27	5.7	74	62
Charles Bassey	3.17	6.6	38

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 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.

San Antonio Spurs

Chris Paul recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 26 of 388 in the league.
Tre Jones drew 0.07 charges per game over his 43 games.
He ranks 57 of 388 in the league.
Stephon Castle recovered 0.7 loose balls per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 58 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 San Antonio Spurs have won 39 of their 69 games against the Miami Heat.

39-30record of the San Antonio Spurs · 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

18.354

100% of capacity

Frost Bank Center · San Antonio

Scoring

208

combined points

19.7 below the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

11 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors