Heat
Miami
Eastern Conference
Southeast
17
11
28
1576
1820
26
6
23
88
35
40
27
18
67
46
11
57
5
19
10
17
15
94
4
84
20
24
2519
97
4
83
71
86
1411
72
1483
01
62
33
56
2715
6060
85
21
25
1919
96
5
45
12
27
116
20
136
40
54
04
32
2115
6060
8
2
25
25
9
36
8
7
88
14
7
21
0
6
3
5
27
60
4
0
0
19
7
37
3
1
33
11
2
13
1
2
3
6
15
60
8
2
25
19
9
47
4
1
25
11
2
13
4
5
0
3
21
60
5
1
20
19
6
32
5
2
40
6
0
6
0
4
4
2
15
60
1
1
100
6
4
67
7
7
100
4
0
4
0
2
0
1
16
20
Luol
Deng
Luol Deng
True
44
3
8
38
3
5
60
0
0
0
0
5
5
1
2
0
1
1
9
8
none
Chris
Bosh
Chris Bosh
True
42
11
25
44
2
8
25
6
7
86
2
8
10
4
1
0
1
2
30
13
double
Goran
Dragić
Goran Dragić
True
40
3
8
38
0
2
0
1
2
50
1
2
3
6
0
0
2
0
7
15
none
Dwyane
Wade
Dwyane Wade
True
36
7
20
35
0
2
0
5
9
56
1
5
6
4
1
0
3
2
19
-3
none
Hassan
Whiteside
Hassan Whiteside
True
24
3
7
43
0
0
0
2
4
50
6
11
17
0
0
4
3
4
8
1
none
Justise
Winslow
Justise Winslow
False
29
3
6
50
1
3
33
2
3
67
1
5
6
0
1
1
1
3
9
-8
none
Gerald
Green
Gerald Green
False
26
3
10
30
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
6
6
0
4
0
4
3
6
13
none
Beno
Udrih
Beno Udrih
False
12
1
2
50
0
0
0
2
2
100
0
2
2
4
1
0
2
0
4
-7
none
Udonis
Haslem
Udonis Haslem
False
8
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
-2
none
Chris
Andersen
Chris Andersen
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Josh
Richardson
Josh Richardson
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Jarnell
Stokes
Jarnell Stokes
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Amar'e
Stoudemire
Amar'e Stoudemire
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
26
December
2015
Saturday
Amway Center
Orlando
Magic
Orlando
False
Pelicans
New Orleans
Western Conference
Southwest
9
20
29
2021
2022
20
6
30
90
36
40
11
10
91
38
7
45
3
19
10
17
20
88
4
56
11
20
2320
78
3
06
06
100
811
21
832
21
54
23
54
1523
6060
43
12
28
2019
611
30
13
12
92
611
22
633
00
26
31
34
1426
6060
5
1
20
23
7
30
0
0
0
8
2
10
2
5
2
5
15
60
6
1
17
20
8
40
6
6
100
11
1
12
1
4
3
4
23
60
4
1
25
20
6
30
1
1
100
6
2
8
0
2
3
3
14
60
3
2
67
19
11
58
3
2
67
11
2
13
0
6
1
4
26
60
2
1
50
8
4
50
1
1
100
2
0
2
0
2
1
1
10
25
Anthony
Davis
Anthony Davis
True
50
13
29
45
1
2
50
2
3
67
3
12
15
4
4
3
4
2
29
-11
double
Eric
Gordon
Eric Gordon
True
43
5
15
33
1
3
33
5
5
100
0
3
3
2
2
0
3
5
16
-1
none
Tyreke
Evans
Tyreke Evans
True
35
2
9
22
0
1
0
2
2
100
0
6
6
7
0
0
5
3
6
-1
none
Ömer
Aşık
Ömer Aşık
True
18
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
1
0
0
1
0
2
-3
none
Alonzo
Gee
Alonzo Gee
True
17
0
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
0
0
0
2
0
-14
none
Ryan
Anderson
Ryan Anderson
False
37
7
14
50
3
6
50
1
1
100
2
6
8
1
1
0
1
3
18
2
none
Norris
Cole
Norris Cole
False
31
4
10
40
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
3
0
1
3
8
-2
none
Jrue
Holiday
Jrue Holiday
False
26
4
9
44
1
3
33
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
0
0
2
2
9
-2
none
Dante
Cunningham
Dante Cunningham
False
5
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
none
Alexis
Ajinça
Alexis Ajinça
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Luke
Babbitt
Luke Babbitt
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Toney
Douglas
Toney Douglas
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Kendrick
Perkins
Kendrick Perkins
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
26
December
2015
Saturday
Smoothie King Center
New Orleans
Rockets
Houston
True
The Miami Heat ( 17 - 11 ) defeated the New Orleans Pelicans ( 9 - 20 ) 94 - 88 on Friday . The Christmas Day schedule tipped off with an overtime thriller showcasing some of the NBA 's biggest stars . Anthony Davis was tasked with the heaviest workload of any Pelican , and turned in 29 points , 15 rebounds , four assists , four steals and three blocks on 13 - of - 29 shooting . The Kentucky product missed what would have been the game winning shot as time expired in the 4th quarter . The valiant effort was not enough to capture a victory , and the Heat locked down Davis in overtime to prevent the former No . 1 overall pick from taking over . Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon pitched in on the offensive end , scoring 18 points and 16 points , respectively , but the remainder of the New Orleans roster struggled to help in that department . Alonzo Gee finished the night with zero points , Omer Asik scored two points and Tyreke Evans added six points , rounding out the starters low scoring affair . The Pelicans will look to bounce back when they host the Houston Rockets ( 15 - 15 ) on Saturday . Chris Bosh led all scorers with 30 points , to go along with 10 rebounds and three assists on 11 - of - 25 shooting , marking Bosh 's second 30 - point effort in the season . Dwyane Wade was able to close out the game from the free throw line and finished with 19 points , six rebounds and four assists in 36 minutes . Hasan Whiteside dominated the glass in the first half , totalling 13 rebounds before the break , and completing the afternoon with 17 boards alongside eight points and four blocks . Whiteside leads the NBA in blocks with 4 per game , and is also amongst the best rebounders , pulling down 11 boards , good for fourth in the league . Miami shot just 40 percent from the floor as a unit , and a rough 23 percent from deep , but the strong defensive effort paid off in the overtime period as they pulled out a Christmas Day win . The Heat will take the short road trip and face the Orlando Magic ( 17 - 12 ) on Saturday .
The Miami Heat (17 - 11) defeated the New Orleans Pelicans (9 - 20) 94 - 88 on Friday. The Christmas Day schedule tipped off with an overtime thriller showcasing some of the NBA's biggest stars. Anthony Davis was tasked with the heaviest workload of any Pelican, and turned in 29 points, 15 rebounds, four assists, four steals and three blocks on 13 - of - 29 shooting. The Kentucky product missed what would have been the game winning shot as time expired in the 4th quarter. The valiant effort was not enough to capture a victory, and the Heat locked down Davis in overtime to prevent the former No. 1 overall pick from taking over. Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon pitched in on the offensive end, scoring 18 points and 16 points, respectively, but the remainder of the New Orleans roster struggled to help in that department. Alonzo Gee finished the night with zero points, Omer Asik scored two points and Tyreke Evans added six points, rounding out the starters low scoring affair. The Pelicans will look to bounce back when they host the Houston Rockets (15 - 15) on Saturday. Chris Bosh led all scorers with 30 points, to go along with 10 rebounds and three assists on 11 - of - 25 shooting, marking Bosh's second 30 - point effort in the season. Dwyane Wade was able to close out the game from the free throw line and finished with 19 points, six rebounds and four assists in 36 minutes. Hasan Whiteside dominated the glass in the first half, totalling 13 rebounds before the break, and completing the afternoon with 17 boards alongside eight points and four blocks. Whiteside leads the NBA in blocks with 4 per game, and is also amongst the best rebounders, pulling down 11 boards, good for fourth in the league. Miami shot just 40 percent from the floor as a unit, and a rough 23 percent from deep, but the strong defensive effort paid off in the overtime period as they pulled out a Christmas Day win. The Heat will take the short road trip and face the Orlando Magic (17 - 12) on Saturday.
The Miami Heat (17 - 11) defeated the New Orleans Pelicans (9 - 20) 94 - 88 on Friday. The Christmas Day schedule tipped off with an overtime thriller showcasing some of the NBA's biggest stars. Anthony Davis was tasked with the heaviest workload of any Pelican, and turned in 29 points, 15 rebounds, four assists, four steals and three blocks on 13 - of - 29 shooting. The Kentucky product missed what would have been the game winning shot as time expired in the 4th quarter. The valiant effort was not enough to capture a victory, and the Heat locked down Davis in overtime to prevent the former No. 1 overall pick from taking over. Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon pitched in on the offensive end, scoring 18 points and 16 points, respectively, but the remainder of the New Orleans roster struggled to help in that department. Alonzo Gee finished the night with zero points, Omer Asik scored two points and Tyreke Evans added six points, rounding out the starters low scoring affair. The Pelicans will look to bounce back when they host the Houston Rockets (15 - 15) on Saturday. Chris Bosh led all scorers with 30 points, to go along with 10 rebounds and three assists on 11 - of - 25 shooting, marking Bosh's second 30 - point effort in the season. Dwyane Wade was able to close out the game from the free throw line and finished with 19 points, six rebounds and four assists in 36 minutes. Hasan Whiteside dominated the glass in the first half, totalling 13 rebounds before the break, and completing the afternoon with 17 boards alongside eight points and four blocks. Whiteside leads the NBA in blocks with 4 per game, and is also amongst the best rebounders, pulling down 11 boards, good for fourth in the league. Miami shot just 40 percent from the floor as a unit, and a rough 23 percent from deep, but the strong defensive effort paid off in the overtime period as they pulled out a Christmas Day win. The Heat will take the short road trip and face the Orlando Magic (17 - 12) on Saturday.
<GAME> <DATE> 25 December 2015 <DAY> Friday <STADIUM> American Airlines Arena <CITY> Miami <HOME> <TEAM> Heat <CITY> Miami <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 94 <WINS-LOSSES> 17 11 <QTRS> 27 15 21 15 <TEAM-AST> 19 <3PT> 6 <TEAM-FG> 35 <TEAM-FT> 18 <TEAM-REB> 57 <TEAM-TO> 17 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 26 December 2015 <NEXT-DAY> Saturday <NEXT-STADIUM> Amway Center <NEXT-CITY> Orlando <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Orlando <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Magic <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <VIS> <TEAM> Pelicans <CITY> New Orleans <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 88 <WINS-LOSSES> 9 20 <QTRS> 15 23 14 26 <TEAM-AST> 19 <3PT> 6 <TEAM-FG> 36 <TEAM-FT> 10 <TEAM-REB> 45 <TEAM-TO> 17 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 26 December 2015 <NEXT-DAY> Saturday <NEXT-STADIUM> Smoothie King Center <NEXT-CITY> New Orleans <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Houston <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Rockets <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <PLAYER> Chris Bosh <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 42 <PTS> 30 <FG> 11 25 44 <FG3> 2 8 25 <FT> 6 7 86 <REB> 10 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Dwyane Wade <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 19 <FG> 7 20 35 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 5 9 56 <REB> 6 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 1 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Justise Winslow <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 9 <FG> 3 6 50 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 6 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Luol Deng <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 44 <PTS> 9 <FG> 3 8 38 <FG3> 3 5 60 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Hassan Whiteside <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 8 <FG> 3 7 43 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 4 50 <REB> 17 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 4 <DREB> 11 <OREB> 6 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Goran Dragić <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 40 <PTS> 7 <FG> 3 8 38 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 3 <AST> 6 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Gerald Green <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 6 <FG> 3 10 30 <FG3> 0 6 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 6 <AST> 0 <STL> 4 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 0 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Beno Udrih <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 4 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 2 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Udonis Haslem <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 8 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Amar'e Stoudemire <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jarnell Stokes <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Josh Richardson <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Chris Andersen <TEAM> Miami Heat <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Anthony Davis <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 50 <PTS> 29 <FG> 13 29 45 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 15 <AST> 4 <STL> 4 <BLK> 3 <DREB> 12 <OREB> 3 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Ryan Anderson <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 37 <PTS> 18 <FG> 7 14 50 <FG3> 3 6 50 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 8 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Eric Gordon <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 43 <PTS> 16 <FG> 5 15 33 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 5 5 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jrue Holiday <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 9 44 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Norris Cole <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 8 <FG> 4 10 40 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 1 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyreke Evans <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 35 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 9 22 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 6 <AST> 7 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 0 <TO> 5 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ömer Aşık <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kendrick Perkins <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Toney Douglas <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Luke Babbitt <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Alexis Ajinça <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Dante Cunningham <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 5 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Alonzo Gee <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 2 0 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none