National Basketball Association
Miami 100, Utah 95
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, December 12, 2014
Where: EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah
Officials:
#35 Kane Fitzgerald, #11 Lauren Holtkamp, #24 Mike Callahan
Attendance:
19911
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Heat 100, Jazz 95: Dwyane Wade scored a season-high 29 points and had seven assists as visiting Miami knocked off Utah.
Chris Bosh added 22 points and nine rebounds as the Heat won for only the second time in seven games. Luol Deng added 14 points as Miami moved within a game of .500.
Enes Kanter scored a season-high 25 points and Gordon Hayward had 18 points and eight rebounds for the Jazz, who have lost 10 of their last 11 games. Alec Burks added 16 points and Rudy Gobert had nine points, 11 rebounds and a career-best five blocked shots.
The Jazz were within one point early in the fourth quarter before Miami used a 9-2 surge to take an eight-point lead on a 3-pointer by Mario Chalmers with 7:18 to play. Utah moved within 95-93 on Hayward’s driving hoop with 10.2 seconds left and was down three with a chance to tie with 5.2 seconds left but was unable to inbound the ball and drew a five-second violation.
Miami shot 62.9 percent from the field in the first half while taking a 62-47 lead. Utah held the Heat to 16 points in the third quarter and rallied from a 16-point deficit to pull within 78-74 entering the final stanza.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Miami snapped a three-game losing streak at Utah. … Jazz PF Derrick Favors played just 10 minutes before departing with an ankle injury. … Heat F Josh McRoberts (knee) sat out for the second straight game.
Top Game Performances
Miami |
|
Utah |
Dwyane Wade 29 |
Scoring |
Enes Kanter 25 |
Dwyane Wade 7 |
Assists |
Trey Burke 4 |
Chris Bosh 9 |
Rebounds |
Rudy Gobert 11 |
Dwyane Wade 8 |
Free Throws Made |
Alec Burks 6 |
Chris Bosh 1 |
Steals |
Trey Burke 1 |
Chris Bosh 2 |
Blocks |
Rudy Gobert 5 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Miami
|
100 |
50.0 |
7-20 |
21-31 |
19 |
35 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
Utah
|
95 |
44.2 |
8-28 |
19-22 |
16 |
44 |
6 |
4 |
14 |
Upcoming Games
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Utah will play their next game on the road against Washington. The Jazz have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .353 after a loss.
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Miami will play their next game at home against Chicago. The Heat have a W/L % of .455 after a win and .500 after a loss.