Detroit Pistons at Miami Heat
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Herro scores 25, Adebayo hits milestone and Heat top Pistons 121-110, Detroit's 4th straight loss
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.
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
 DET |
 MIA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | 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 Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Bam Adebayo, C | Out | Apr 14 |
| Dru Smith, G | Out | Apr 13 |
| Nikola Jovic, F | Out | Apr 13 |
Detroit Pistons Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|
Game Information
Location: Miami, FL
Attendance: 19,700 · Capacity:
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Chicago
Indiana2025-26 Southeast Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Atlanta |
46 | 36 | .561 | - | L1 |
 Orlando |
45 | 37 | .549 | 1 | L1 |
 Charlotte |
44 | 38 | .537 | 2 | W1 |
 Miami |
43 | 39 | .524 | 3 | W2 |
 Washington |
17 | 65 | .207 | 29 | L10 |
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