NBA

Miami Heat at Washington Wizards

· NBA Mexico City Game 2024
3-2, 2-0 Away
Final
118 - 98

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

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

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/mia.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originMIA https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/wsh.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originWSH
43-102 FG 38-91
42 Field Goal % 42
15-37 3PT 7-35
41 Three Point % 20
17-24 FT 15-21
71 Free Throw % 71
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
Washington Wizards Washington Wizards Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Tristan Vukcevic, F Out Feb 11
Alex Sarr, C Day-To-Day Feb 11
D'Angelo Russell, G Out Feb 8
Anthony Davis, F Out Feb 6
Cam Whitmore, F Out Jan 15
Miami Heat Miami Heat Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Pelle Larsson, G Out Feb 10
Tyler Herro, G Out Feb 10
Andrew Wiggins, F Day-To-Day Feb 10
Norman Powell, G Out Feb 10
Terry Rozier, G Out Oct 23

Game Information

Arena CDMX

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

2025-26 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando 28 24 .538 - W3
Miami 28 27 .509 1.5 L1
Atlanta 26 29 .473 3.5 L2
Charlotte 25 29 .463 4 L1
Washington 14 38 .269 14 L2
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