Mar 4, 2021 - Miami Heat at New Orleans Pelicans

The Shape Of Ben Simmons's Contribution Doesn't Have To Make Conventional Sense

Maybe it's okay that Ben Simmons isn't going to be a devastating all-around scorer, because he brings to the floor an abundance of other qualities that help you win basketball games.

Minnesota's New Degree Of Purpose

by Colin McGowan

The timing is odd but Gersson Rosas probably actually wanted Chris Finch instead of Ryan Saunders all along and now they half a weird season left to start figuring out what's next.

Blake Griffin's Quest To Rediscover His Game

by Rafael Canton

Blake Griffin has looked like a shell of himself, failing to prop up a young and inexperienced Pistons team. But there might be a late career role player in there if he can find the right situation.

The NBA Will Always Be A Commodities' League

by Colin McGowan

As things are currently set up, franchises have immense control over what players are allowed to do- where they can work, how they work, what they can say, even what they do in their limited spare time. For every James Harden in the league, there's many more Andre Drummonds.

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Dec 25, 2020	New Orleans	Miami	98 - 111	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Mar 4, 2021	Miami	New Orleans	-	-	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center

	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Miami	33	48.5	38.7	83.3	.464	13.0	36.5	.357	17.3	21.8	.793	16.1	19.8	7.5	35.3	42.8	26.1	6.8	3.8	107.7
New Orleans	32	48.3	42.8	88.3	.484	11.9	32.5	.365	18.2	24.9	.728	14.2	17.5	11.6	34.5	46.1	25.3	7.5	4.0	115.5
MIA Opponents	33	48.5	39.2	87.4	.448	15.2	41.2	.369	16.1	20.5	.784	14.9	21.0	9.9	33.4	43.3	25.4	8.7	3.8	109.6
NOP Opponents	32	48.3	41.9	88.2	.475	15.9	40.4	.394	15.8	20.0	.793	13.5	20.9	8.8	31.9	40.7	27.8	7.1	5.5	115.6

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Dec 25, 2020	New Orleans	Miami	98 - 111	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Mar 6, 2020	Miami	New Orleans	104 - 110	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 16, 2019	New Orleans	Miami	94 - 109	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Dec 16, 2018	Miami	New Orleans	102 - 96	Miami	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 30, 2018	New Orleans	Miami	101 - 106	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Feb 23, 2018	Miami	New Orleans	123 - 124	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 23, 2017	New Orleans	Miami	109 - 94	New Orleans	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Mar 15, 2017	New Orleans	Miami	112 - 120	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Dec 23, 2016	Miami	New Orleans	87 - 91	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
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	AmericanAirlines 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	AmericanAirlines 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	AmericanAirlines 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	AmericanAirlines Arena
Jan 30, 2012	New Orleans	Miami	95 - 109	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Dec 13, 2010	New Orleans	Miami	84 - 96	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines 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	AmericanAirlines Arena
Apr 7, 2009	New Orleans	Miami	93 - 87	New Orleans	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines 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	AmericanAirlines 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	AmericanAirlines Arena
Nov 21, 2006	Miami	New Orleans	86 - 101	New Orleans	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Jan 4, 2006	Miami	New Orleans	92 - 107	New Orleans	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Nov 15, 2005	New Orleans	Miami	102 - 109	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines 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	AmericanAirlines Arena
May 4, 2004	New Orleans	Miami	77 - 85	Miami	Playoffs	AmericanAirlines 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	AmericanAirlines 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	AmericanAirlines Arena
Apr 18, 2004	New Orleans	Miami	79 - 81	Miami	Playoffs	AmericanAirlines Arena
Mar 16, 2004	New Orleans	Miami	83 - 96	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines 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	AmericanAirlines Arena
Mar 14, 2003	New Orleans	Miami	87 - 83	New Orleans	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines 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	AmericanAirlines Arena
Nov 2, 2002	Miami	New Orleans	95 - 100	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. Herro	D. Robinson	J. Butler	K. Olynyk	B. Adebayo
Rotation	K. Nunn	A. Bradley	A. Iguodala	P. Achiuwa
Rotation	G. Dragic	M. Strus	K. Okpala	M. Harkless
Rotation	G. Vincent
Lim PT				U. Haslem	M. Leonard
Lim PT					C. Silva

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	L. Ball	E. Bledsoe	B. Ingram	Z. Williamson	S. Adams
Rotation	K. Lewis, Jr.	J. Redick	J. Hart	N. Melli	W. Hernangomez
Rotation		N. Alexander-Walker			J. Hayes
Lim PT			S. Thornwell	W. Gabriel	W. Magnay
Lim PT			N. Marshall

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3/4/2021 New Orleans v. Miami Game Preview

Season Series - Miami leads 1-0

2020-2021 Team Stats

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

2020-2021 Miami Heat Depth Chart

2020-2021 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

Miami Heat Player Stats

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

Miami Heat Last 10 Games

New Orleans Pelicans Last 10 Games

	Miami Heat	(16-17, 7-10 away)
	New Orleans Pelicans	(14-18, 9-7 home)

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
15	Precious Achiuwa	SF	32	14.0	2.3	4.1	.573	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	2.2	.528	1.0	1.8	1.2	2.7	3.9	0.6	0.4	0.5	5.9
13	Bam Adebayo	C	31	33.9	7.3	12.9	.569	0.1	0.2	.333	4.9	5.7	.848	3.0	2.5	2.2	7.5	9.6	5.5	0.9	1.0	19.6
11	Avery Bradley	PG	10	21.1	3.1	6.6	.470	1.6	3.8	.421	0.7	0.9	.778	0.9	2.6	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.4	0.7	0.1	8.5
22	Jimmy Butler	GF	21	33.1	6.3	14.3	.442	0.3	1.5	.219	7.1	8.3	.862	2.3	1.1	2.1	5.7	7.8	7.8	1.9	0.4	20.1
7	Goran Dragic	G	19	26.6	5.4	11.7	.457	1.7	4.6	.375	2.5	3.1	.814	2.9	2.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	5.0	0.6	0.1	15.0
8	Maurice Harkless	F	10	10.9	0.4	1.0	.400	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	1.2	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.3	1.2
40	Udonis Haslem	FC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	Tyler Herro	SG	22	33.3	6.5	14.4	.451	2.0	6.0	.344	1.8	2.4	.755	2.5	1.6	0.4	5.7	6.1	3.8	0.5	0.5	16.9
28	Andre Iguodala	SF	31	21.6	1.7	4.3	.394	1.2	3.3	.350	0.2	0.4	.538	1.1	1.5	0.5	3.2	3.7	2.3	1.0	0.5	4.7
0	Meyers Leonard	C	3	9.8	1.0	2.3	.429	1.0	2.3	.429	0.3	0.7	.500	0.7	1.7	0.0	2.3	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	3.3
25	Kendrick Nunn	SG	25	29.8	5.5	11.6	.472	2.1	5.6	.379	1.1	1.2	.903	1.9	2.0	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.7	1.1	0.3	14.2
4	KZ Okpala	SG	17	10.5	0.7	1.9	.364	0.4	1.2	.350	0.1	0.4	.333	0.5	1.2	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.1	1.9
9	Kelly Olynyk	C	32	26.3	3.7	8.6	.428	1.9	5.9	.324	0.7	0.9	.750	1.3	2.7	0.9	4.8	5.8	2.1	0.7	0.6	9.9
55	Duncan Robinson	F	33	33.6	4.3	9.9	.433	3.4	8.5	.398	1.3	1.5	.840	1.4	2.5	0.1	4.0	4.0	1.5	0.5	0.2	13.2
30	Chris Silva	PF	6	8.8	1.0	1.5	.667	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.7	2.0	.833	1.3	2.3	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.0	0.2	0.3	3.8
31	Max Strus	G	18	15.4	2.5	5.5	.455	1.7	4.6	.366	0.5	0.7	.750	0.2	1.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.0	7.2
2	Gabe Vincent	G	23	14.8	2.0	5.6	.359	0.9	3.5	.263	0.7	0.8	.895	0.8	1.9	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.3	0.4	0.0	5.7

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
12	Steven Adams	C	29	28.2	3.6	5.8	.619	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.3	.455	1.6	1.9	4.4	4.8	9.2	2.2	1.0	0.7	8.2
6	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	SG	26	17.5	3.1	7.5	.410	1.0	3.4	.281	1.0	1.3	.788	1.2	1.7	0.2	2.2	2.4	1.8	1.0	0.3	8.1
2	Lonzo Ball	PG	29	31.6	5.2	12.1	.431	3.1	7.7	.401	1.0	1.3	.757	2.1	2.3	0.6	3.6	4.2	5.2	1.4	0.5	14.4
5	Eric Bledsoe	PG	31	29.0	4.6	10.4	.440	2.1	5.3	.393	1.3	2.1	.631	1.7	1.5	0.5	2.9	3.4	3.5	0.7	0.3	12.5
32	Wenyen Gabriel	PF	4	3.1	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
3	Josh Hart	SG	32	28.2	3.2	7.0	.455	1.4	4.1	.354	1.2	1.8	.714	0.8	2.2	1.0	6.4	7.3	2.1	0.8	0.2	9.1
10	Jaxson Hayes	PF	23	12.1	1.7	2.5	.655	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.679	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	4.1
9	Willy Hernangomez	C	17	17.9	2.9	5.5	.527	0.1	0.3	.200	1.2	1.9	.625	0.6	1.2	2.7	4.4	7.1	1.1	0.4	0.5	7.0
14	Brandon Ingram	SF	32	35.1	8.4	18.0	.469	2.5	6.5	.383	4.6	5.3	.876	2.3	1.8	0.6	4.7	5.3	4.7	0.7	0.8	24.0
13	Kira Lewis, Jr.	PG	20	12.8	1.9	5.0	.374	0.6	1.8	.343	0.7	1.0	.650	0.5	1.1	0.1	0.7	0.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	5.0
25	Will Magnay	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	Naji Marshall	SF	3	2.8	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
20	Nicolo Melli	PF	15	10.5	0.6	2.3	.257	0.5	1.9	.241	0.3	0.3	.800	0.4	1.3	0.1	1.9	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.9
4	J.J. Redick	G	29	18.2	2.5	6.6	.382	1.6	4.5	.359	1.3	1.4	.950	0.8	1.2	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.3	0.3	0.1	8.0
15	Sindarius Thornwell	SG	11	4.8	0.5	1.2	.462	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.0	1.4
1	Zion Williamson	PF	31	32.9	9.9	16.0	.618	0.2	0.6	.316	5.6	7.8	.712	2.4	2.5	2.5	4.4	6.8	3.3	0.9	0.7	25.6