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Detroit Pistons at Miami Heat

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45-18, 21-10 Away
Final
110 - 121

36-29, 21-11 Home

Herro scores 25, Adebayo hits milestone and Heat top Pistons 121-110, Detroit's 4th straight loss

Kel'el Ware throws down powerful slam dunk for Miami

Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 19 points and seven assists for Miami (36-29), which has won five straight and matched a season best by moving seven games over .500. The Heat are still without Norman Powell (groin) and Nikola Jovic (back), and Andrew Wiggins (toe) was also sidelined.

Adebayo — who added nine rebounds and six assists — entered the night 23 points away from the scoring milestone. He and Dwyane Wade are the only players with 10,000 points in a Heat uniform.

Cade Cunningham finished with 26 points and 10 assists and Jalen Duren scored 24 for the Pistons, whose lead in the Eastern Conference is down to 2 1/2 games over Boston.

Detroit trailed by 25 in the first half — the Pistons' largest pre-halftime deficit this season. Miami's lead was 18 by the end of the first quarter and the Heat kept a double-digit lead for the final 38:27.

The Heat won the season series with the Pistons, 2-1 — becoming the first East team to do that this season. Detroit also went 0-2 against both San Antonio and the Los Angeles Clippers; it has either already won or clinched no worse than a tie of the season series with 11 of the 13 other East clubs.

Marcus Sasser had a look at a 3-pointer midway through the third that would have gotten Detroit within 15. He missed, and then Herro went on a run that basically sealed the outcome.

He hit three 3s in the next 1:51, pushing Miami's lead to 93-66.

Up next Pistons: Visit Brooklyn on Tuesday.

Heat: Host Washington on Tuesday.

Regular Season Series

MIA wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 110 - 121
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 110 - 121
4th 0.7 Trevor Keels defensive rebound 110 - 121
4th 1.1 Paul Reed misses 16-foot step back jumpshot 110 - 121
4th 10.4 Kasparas Jakucionis out of bounds lost ball turnover 110 - 121

Statistics

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40-90 FG 43-93
44 Field Goal % 46
11-37 3PT 12-33
30 Three Point % 36
19-24 FT 23-25
79 Free Throw % 92
40 Rebounds 49
14 Offensive Rebounds 13
26 Defensive Rebounds 36
26 Assists 31
5 Steals 9
12 Blocks 5
11 Turnovers 11
1 Team Turnovers 1
12 Total Turnovers 12
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
16 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 16
6 Fast Break Points 22
56 Points in Paint 58
23 Fouls 23
2 Largest Lead 29
1 Lead Change 1
1 Percent Led 96
Miami Heat Miami Heat Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Nikola Jovic, F Out Mar 9
Norman Powell, G Out Mar 9
Simone Fontecchio, F Out Mar 9
Andrew Wiggins, F Out Mar 9
Kel'el Ware, C Day-To-Day Mar 9
Detroit Pistons Detroit Pistons Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Caris LeVert, G Out Mar 9
Ausar Thompson, G Out Mar 9

Game Information

Kaseya Center

Location: Miami, FL
Attendance: 19,700 · Capacity:

2025-26 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit 45 18 .714 - L4
Cleveland 40 25 .615 6 W1
Milwaukee 27 36 .429 18 L1
Chicago 26 38 .406 19.5 L1
Indiana 15 49 .234 30.5 L9

2025-26 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando 35 28 .556 - W4
Miami 36 29 .554 - W5
Atlanta 33 31 .516 2.5 W6
Charlotte 32 33 .492 4 L2
Washington 16 47 .254 19 L8
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