12/23/2016 New Orleans v. Miami Game Preview

Miami Heat (10-21, 5-10 away)
New Orleans Pelicans (11-21, 7-10 home)
December 23, 2016 at 8:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

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Season Series - Tied 1-1

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Dec 23, 2016 Miami New Orleans 87 - 91 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 15, 2017 New Orleans Miami 112 - 120 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena

2016-2017 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Miami8248.2103.239.085.8.4559.927.0.36515.221.6.70610.633.043.621.27.25.713.420.5
New Orleans8248.5104.339.187.0.4509.426.8.35016.722.3.7508.635.143.722.87.85.512.918.2
MIA Opponents8248.2102.137.984.2.4507.822.7.34318.523.7.78210.233.443.619.66.84.913.918.7
NOP Opponents8248.5106.440.189.0.45010.529.8.35315.820.7.76210.637.748.323.47.44.213.919.3


Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Mar 22, 2016 Miami New Orleans 113 - 99 Miami Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 25, 2015 New Orleans Miami 88 - 94 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Feb 27, 2015 Miami New Orleans 102 - 104 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 21, 2015 New Orleans Miami 105 - 91 New Orleans Regular Season FTX Arena
Mar 22, 2014 Miami New Orleans 95 - 105 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 7, 2014 New Orleans Miami 88 - 107 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Mar 29, 2013 Miami New Orleans 108 - 89 Miami Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 8, 2012 New Orleans Miami 90 - 106 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Jan 30, 2012 New Orleans Miami 95 - 109 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Dec 13, 2010 New Orleans Miami 84 - 96 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Nov 5, 2010 Miami New Orleans 93 - 96 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 30, 2009 Miami New Orleans 91 - 95 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 22, 2009 New Orleans Miami 101 - 102 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Apr 7, 2009 New Orleans Miami 93 - 87 New Orleans Regular Season FTX Arena
Nov 8, 2008 Miami New Orleans 89 - 100 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Apr 2, 2008 New Orleans Miami 106 - 77 New Orleans Regular Season FTX Arena
Jan 11, 2008 Miami New Orleans 88 - 114 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 18, 2006 New Orleans Miami 99 - 101 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Nov 21, 2006 Miami New Orleans 86 - 101 New Orleans Regular Season Paycom Center
Jan 4, 2006 Miami New Orleans 92 - 107 New Orleans Regular Season Paycom Center
Nov 15, 2005 New Orleans Miami 102 - 109 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Apr 2, 2005 Miami New Orleans 111 - 99 Miami Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 23, 2005 New Orleans Miami 68 - 97 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
May 4, 2004 New Orleans Miami 77 - 85 Miami Playoffs FTX Arena
May 2, 2004 Miami New Orleans 83 - 89 New Orleans Playoffs Smoothie King Center
Apr 30, 2004 New Orleans Miami 83 - 87 Miami Playoffs FTX Arena
Apr 27, 2004 Miami New Orleans 85 - 96 New Orleans Playoffs Smoothie King Center
Apr 24, 2004 Miami New Orleans 71 - 77 New Orleans Playoffs Smoothie King Center
Apr 21, 2004 New Orleans Miami 63 - 93 Miami Playoffs FTX Arena
Apr 18, 2004 New Orleans Miami 79 - 81 Miami Playoffs FTX Arena
Mar 16, 2004 New Orleans Miami 83 - 96 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Mar 10, 2004 Miami New Orleans 84 - 95 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 31, 2004 Miami New Orleans 94 - 70 Miami Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 25, 2003 New Orleans Miami 87 - 91 Miami Regular Season FTX Arena
Mar 14, 2003 New Orleans Miami 87 - 83 New Orleans Regular Season FTX Arena
Feb 26, 2003 Miami New Orleans 82 - 91 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 11, 2003 New Orleans Miami 78 - 69 New Orleans Regular Season FTX Arena
Nov 2, 2002 Miami New Orleans 95 - 100 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center

2016-2017 Miami Heat Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters G. Dragic J. Richardson R. McGruder J. Johnson H. Whiteside
Rotation   T. Johnson   O. White W. Reed
Rotation   W. Ellington      
Lim PT   D. Waiters J. Winslow J. McRoberts U. Haslem
Lim PT       C. Bosh  
Lim PT       L. Babbitt  

2016-2017 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Holiday S. Hill A. Davis D. Cunningham A. Ajinca
Rotation Q. Cook J. Crawford A. Toupane C. Diallo D. Cousins
Rotation   E. Moore     D. Motiejunas
Lim PT     Q. Pondexter   O. Asik

Miami Heat Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
22 Luke Babbitt SF 68 15.7 4.8 1.7 4.1 .402 1.3 3.1 .414 0.2 0.2 .733 0.2 1.9 2.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.7
1 Chris Bosh PF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 Goran Dragic G 73 33.7 20.3 7.3 15.4 .475 1.6 4.0 .405 4.1 5.2 .790 0.8 3.0 3.8 5.8 1.2 0.2 2.9 2.7
2 Wayne Ellington SG 62 24.2 10.5 3.7 9.0 .416 2.4 6.4 .378 0.6 0.7 .860 0.3 1.8 2.1 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.5 1.1
40 Udonis Haslem FC 16 8.1 1.9 0.7 1.4 .478 0.0 0.2 .000 0.6 0.9 .600 0.5 1.8 2.2 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.5 1.4
16 James Johnson F 76 27.4 12.8 4.8 10.1 .479 1.1 3.4 .340 2.0 2.8 .707 0.9 4.1 4.9 3.6 1.0 1.1 2.2 2.6
8 Tyler Johnson G 73 29.8 13.7 4.9 11.3 .433 1.3 3.4 .372 2.7 3.5 .768 0.7 3.3 4.0 3.2 1.2 0.6 1.2 2.4
17 Rodney McGruder SG 78 25.2 6.4 2.4 5.9 .413 0.9 2.8 .332 0.6 0.9 .620 1.2 2.1 3.3 1.6 0.6 0.2 0.7 1.8
4 Josh McRoberts PF 22 17.3 4.9 2.0 5.4 .373 0.6 1.4 .419 0.3 0.4 .667 1.0 2.3 3.4 2.3 0.5 0.2 1.0 1.4
35 Willie Reed F 71 14.5 5.3 2.3 4.0 .568 0.0 0.1 .250 0.7 1.2 .557 1.8 2.9 4.7 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.4 1.9
0 Josh Richardson G 53 30.5 10.2 3.8 9.7 .394 1.4 4.3 .330 1.1 1.5 .779 0.7 2.5 3.2 2.6 1.1 0.7 1.2 2.5
11 Dion Waiters SG 46 30.1 15.8 6.1 14.4 .424 1.8 4.7 .395 1.8 2.8 .646 0.4 2.9 3.3 4.3 0.9 0.4 2.2 2.1
21 Hassan Whiteside C 77 32.6 17.0 7.0 12.6 .557 0.0 0.0 .000 2.9 4.6 .628 3.8 10.3 14.1 0.7 0.7 2.1 2.0 2.9
22 Derrick Williams F 25 15.1 5.9 2.2 5.5 .394 0.4 1.8 .200 1.2 2.0 .620 0.6 2.3 2.9 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.6 1.3
20 Justise Winslow SF 18 34.7 10.9 4.4 12.5 .356 0.4 1.9 .200 1.6 2.6 .617 1.3 3.9 5.2 3.7 1.5 0.3 1.8 2.9

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
42 Alexis Ajinca C 39 15.0 5.3 2.3 4.6 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 1.0 .725 1.2 3.4 4.5 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.8 2.0
3 Omer Asik C 31 15.6 2.7 1.0 2.1 .477 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.3 .590 1.5 3.7 5.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.6
33 Dante Cunningham F 66 25.0 6.6 2.6 5.4 .485 1.1 2.7 .392 0.2 0.4 .593 0.8 3.3 4.2 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 1.5
23 Anthony Davis PF 75 36.1 28.0 10.3 20.3 .505 0.5 1.8 .299 6.9 8.6 .802 2.3 9.5 11.8 2.1 1.3 2.2 2.4 2.2
13 Cheick Diallo PF 17 11.7 5.1 2.1 4.5 .474 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.2 .714 1.4 2.9 4.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.0
1 Tyreke Evans G 26 18.2 9.5 3.5 8.7 .401 0.8 2.7 .300 1.7 2.2 .776 0.2 3.1 3.3 3.5 0.9 0.2 1.5 1.6
10 Tim Frazier G 65 23.5 7.1 2.5 6.2 .403 0.6 2.0 .312 1.5 2.0 .760 0.5 2.1 2.7 5.2 0.9 0.1 1.6 2.0
10 Langston Galloway G 55 20.4 8.6 3.0 8.0 .374 1.8 4.9 .377 0.7 0.9 .769 0.4 1.8 2.2 1.2 0.7 0.1 0.5 1.4
24 Buddy Hield G 57 20.4 8.6 3.2 8.3 .393 1.6 4.2 .369 0.5 0.6 .879 0.3 2.6 2.9 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.4
44 Solomon Hill SF 80 29.7 7.0 2.3 6.0 .383 1.2 3.4 .348 1.3 1.6 .805 0.6 3.2 3.8 1.8 0.9 0.4 1.0 2.3
11 Jrue Holiday G 67 32.7 15.4 6.0 13.3 .454 1.5 4.2 .356 1.8 2.5 .708 0.7 3.3 3.9 7.3 1.5 0.7 2.9 2.0
9 Terrence Jones PF 51 24.8 11.5 4.5 9.6 .472 0.4 1.5 .253 2.0 3.3 .606 1.3 4.7 5.9 1.2 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.3
55 E'Twaun Moore SG 73 24.9 9.6 3.9 8.5 .457 1.1 2.8 .370 0.8 1.0 .770 0.5 1.6 2.1 2.2 0.7 0.4 0.8 1.8
20 Quincy Pondexter F - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 Reggie Williams F 6 13.2 4.5 1.3 3.8 .348 0.8 1.8 .455 1.0 1.2 .857 0.3 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3

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