National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Miami 109, Detroit 102
When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, March 29, 2015
Where: American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida
Officials: #62 Dedric Taylor, #24 Mike Callahan, #36 David Jones
Attendance: 19685

Heat 109, Pistons 102: Dwyane Wade scored 19 of his 40 points - two shy of his season high - in the fourth quarter as host Miami got one step closer to the postseason.

Udonis Haslem posted season highs of 18 points and 13 rebounds for the Heat, who are 1 1/2 games ahead of eighth seed Brooklyn and two games ahead of Boston and Indiana in the Eastern Conference. James Ennis tied his rookie high with 16 points as Miami triumphed despite losing both Luol Deng (knee) and Michael Beasley (elbow) to injuries during the contest.

Andre Drummond scored a season-high 32 points on 14-of-17 shooting and added 14 rebounds for the Pistons, who had a four-game win streak snapped. Reggie Jackson scored 31 points on 12-of-17 shooting and added nine assists, but players other than Drummond and Jackson combined to shoot 14-of-49 from the field.

Jackson and Drummond combined for 18 points in the first quarter as Detroit jumped to a seven-point lead, but the Heat went on a 17-2 run to take a 34-27 lead with just over seven minutes left in the half. Ennis drained a pair of 3-pointers in the first two minutes of the third, and Wade and Haslem added two hoops apiece shortly thereafter as Miami pushed a five-point halftime lead to 17 with 4 1/2 minutes left in the third.

Jodie Meeks hit two 3-pointers as the Pistons scored 13 straight to pull within 71-67 just 16 ticks into the fourth, but Wade scored three hoops and Mario Chalmers and Henry Walker knocked down shots from the arc that restored a 12-point lead with nine minutes left. Wade converted a three-point play after Detroit pulled within eight and hit two free throws when the Pistons got as close as seven with 3 1/2 minutes left as the Heat won for the eighth time in their last nine home games.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Heat C Hassan Whiteside (hand) and C Chris Andersen (calf) each missed their third straight games. .. Drummond has 41 double-doubles this season, fourth most in the NBA. …Wade, who set a Heat record for most points in one game against the Pistons, was limited to just 13 points in 21 minutes in a 99-86 loss to Atlanta on Friday after missing the previous game with a swollen left knee.
Top Game Performances
 
Detroit   Miami
Andre Drummond 32 Scoring Dwyane Wade 40
Reggie Jackson 9 Assists Goran Dragic 5
Andre Drummond 14 Rebounds Udonis Haslem 13
Andre Drummond 4 Free Throws Made Dwyane Wade 12
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 2 Steals Luol Deng 1
Joel Anthony 3 Blocks Goran Dragic 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Detroit 102 48.2 8-25 14-22 24 37 5 5 11
Miami 109 47.6 7-18 24-29 20 46 1 4 11
Upcoming Games
  • Miami will play their next game at home against San Antonio. The Heat have a W/L % of .324 after a win and .590 after a loss.
  • Detroit will play their next game at home against Atlanta. The Pistons have a W/L % of .517 after a win and .295 after a loss.