New Orleans Hornets @ Miami Heat

14-10, 5-7 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Hornets NO	23	31	21	9	84
Heat MIA	25	28	29	14	96

Miami HeatHeatMIA

18-8, 11-3 Home

New Orleans Hornets

starters
David WestD. West
Trevor ArizaT. Ariza
Emeka OkaforE. Okafor
Chris PaulC. Paul
Marco BelinelliM. Belinelli
bench
Pops Mensah-BonsuP. Mensah-Bonsu
Jason SmithJ. Smith
Quincy PondexterQ. Pondexter
Didier Ilunga-MbengaD. Ilunga-Mbenga
Aaron GrayA. Gray
David AndersenD. Andersen
Marcus BanksM. Banks
Willie GreenW. Green
Marcus ThorntonM. Thornton
Jarrett JackJ. Jack
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
37	26	8-17	0-0	10-13	12	2	3	1	0	6	6	2	-9
38	13	5-10	0-2	3-5	4	0	0	2	0	2	2	4	-10
37	9	4-5	0-0	1-1	6	0	2	1	0	1	5	6	-10
36	11	3-10	0-3	5-6	8	5	2	0	0	1	7	4	-11
30	9	2-9	1-7	4-5	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-8
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	2	-4
10	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	-2
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	-1
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	4	2-7	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	4	-4
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	6	2-3	0-0	2-2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	-1
	84	28-67	1-13	27-34	40	14	12	5	1	10	30	29
		42%	8%	79%

Miami Heat

starters
Chris BoshC. Bosh
LeBron JamesL. James
Zydrunas IlgauskasZ. Ilgauskas
Carlos ArroyoC. Arroyo
Dwyane WadeD. Wade
bench
Juwan HowardJ. Howard
Udonis HaslemU. Haslem
Erick DampierE. Dampier
Jamaal MagloireJ. Magloire
Joel AnthonyJ. Anthony
Dexter PittmanD. Pittman
Eddie HouseE. House
Mike MillerM. Miller
James JonesJ. Jones
Mario ChalmersM. Chalmers
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
38	23	10-18	0-0	3-5	11	1	0	1	3	2	9	4	+8
40	20	6-16	0-3	8-10	4	7	5	0	0	1	3	2	+11
21	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	8	0	0	1	3	0	8	4	+3
22	7	3-8	1-2	0-0	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	3	+6
39	32	8-13	2-3	14-17	5	1	1	1	0	1	4	2	+7
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
10	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	+4
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	3	1-2	0-0	1-2	4	0	0	1	1	3	1	4	+12
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-3
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	+8
27	6	1-5	0-3	4-4	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	4	+4
	96	31-70	4-14	30-38	36	17	6	6	9	8	28	25
		44%	29%	79%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

Season tied

1-1

MIA

Game 1@ NO

Final

Game 2@ MIA

Final

Game Information

Miami, FL

Referee:Scott Foster

Referee:Rodney Mott

Referee:Curtis Blair

Eastern Conference

Southeast	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

NBA News

Stephen A. gives Cooper Flagg his flowers after ROY win

Stephen A. Smith explains why he voted for Cooper Flagg over Kon Knueppel for Rookie of the Year.

2026 NBA playoffs: Eastern Conference first-round takeaways

Here's what has stood out from the latest playoff games of the Eastern Conference's first round.

20m

Stephen A.: Knicks should run offense through KAT

Stephen A. Smith explains why the Knicks should run their offense through Karl-Anthony Towns over Jalen Brunson.

16m

GAMBLING PROBLEM? CALL 1-800-GAMBLER, (800) 327-5050 or visit gamblinghelplinema.org (MA). Call 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY). Please Gamble Responsibly. 888-789-7777/visit ccpg.org (CT), or visit www.mdgamblinghelp.org (MD). 21+ and present in most states. (18+ DC/KY/NH/WY). Void in ONT/OR/NH. Eligibility restrictions apply. On behalf of Boot Hill Casino & Resort (KS). Terms: sportsbook.draftkings.com/promos.