Miami Heat at Washington Wizards

· NBA Mexico City Game 2024

Miami Heat

3-2, 2-0 Away

Final
118 - 98

Washington Wizards

2-3, 1-3 Home

Bam Adebayo scores 32 points to help the Heat beat the Wizards, 118-98 in Mexico City

Bam throws down the hammer on multiple defenders

Adebayo had 14 rebounds and shot 12 of 24 from the field. Jimmy Butler added 18 points, Tyler Herro had 15 and Terry Rozier 12 to help Miami improve to 3-2.

Kel'El Ware added 15 points coming of the bench. Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored eight points in his first game playing in his father’s country.

Bilal Coulibaly led Washington (2-3) with 22 points. Jordan Poole added 21 points and Alexandre Sarr had 17.

Before the game, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league had reached an agreement with local organizers to play more games in Mexico.

Takeaways Heat: Adebayo has 194 career double-doubles and is 11 away from tying Alonzo Mourning for the second-best in franchise history. Rony Seikaly is the leader with 221.

Wizards: Coulibaly has scored at least 15 points in a career-best four game span. The 20-year-old was coming of a career-high 27 points against the Atlanta Hawks.

Key moment Herro scored five points in 13-3 run in the second quarter that put the Heat ahead 51-34 with less than four minutes to play.

Key stat Miami outrebounded Washington 65-44.

Up next The Wizards host Golden State on Monday night, while the Miami return home to play Sacramento on Monday night.

Regular Season Series

MIA leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Wizards: 22.0%

Heat: 78.0%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0	End of Game	118 - 98
4th 0.0	End of the 4th Quarter	118 - 98
4th 0.0	Haywood Highsmith defensive rebound	118 - 98
4th 0.0	Jared Butler misses driving layup	118 - 98
4th 10.2	shot clock turnover	118 - 98

Statistics

MIA		WSH
43-102	FG	38-91
42.2	Field Goal %	41.8
15-37	3PT	7-35
40.5	Three Point %	20.0
17-24	FT	15-21
70.8	Free Throw %	71.4
65	Rebounds	44
21	Offensive Rebounds	8
44	Defensive Rebounds	36
19	Assists	23
6	Steals	12
3	Blocks	10
13	Turnovers	11
1	Team Turnovers	1
14	Total Turnovers	12
0	Technical Fouls	2
0	Total Technical Fouls	2
0	Flagrant Fouls	0
20	Points Conceded Off Turnovers	9
12	Fast Break Points	35
48	Points in Paint	58
18	Fouls	22
24	Largest Lead	0

Game Information

Arena Ciudad de Mexico

Location: Mexico City,
Attendance: 20,328 · Capacity:

2024-25 Southeast Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Miami	3	2	.600	-	W1
Orlando	3	4	.429	1	L3
Atlanta	3	5	.375	1.5	L1
Washington	2	4	.333	1.5	L2
Charlotte	2	4	.333	1.5	L2

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