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New Orleans Pelicans vs Miami Heat Box Score & Player Stats: Heat win 128-118, Oct 8, 2026

NBA · Final · Thu, Oct 8, 2026 · Preseason
Kaseya Center
Summary
1
2
3
4
T
New Orleans Pelicans0-3 · 1-1 away
118
Miami Heat0-3 · 1-0 home
128
NOP
36
28
32
22
118
MIA
33
40
20
35
128

Miami beats New Orleans, 128-118

The Heat scored 40 points in the second. G. Antetokounmpo scored 18 points with four rebounds and four assists.

Every play in the reel, in the order it happened. The biggest swing: Andrew Wiggins somehow gets the and-1 to fall.
How they scored
Q4
Karlo Matkovic makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Bryce McGowens assists)
109–107
NOP
Q4
Myron Gardner makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tre Donaldson assists)
109–110
MIA
Q4
Nick Richards makes 6-foot layup (Ian Schieffelin assists)
109–112
MIA
Q4
Bryce McGowens makes technical free throw
110–112
NOP
Q4
Tre Donaldson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Myron Gardner assists)
110–115
MIA
Q4
Ian Schieffelin makes 4-foot hook shot
110–117
MIA
Q4
Kobe Bufkin makes 26-foot three pointer
113–117
NOP
Q4
Tre Donaldson makes 22-foot three point jumper (Myron Gardner assists)
113–120
MIA
Q4
Nick Richards makes driving layup (Myron Gardner assists)
113–122
MIA
Q4
Jaron Pierre Jr. makes 27-foot three pointer (Bryce McGowens assists)
116–122
NOP
Q4
Tre Donaldson makes 7-foot floating jump shot
116–124
MIA
Q4
Nick Richards makes free throw 2 of 2
116–125
MIA
Q4
J'Vonne Hadley makes 24-foot three pointer (Ian Schieffelin assists)
116–128
MIA
Q4
Julian Reese makes tip shot
118–128
NOP
New Orleans
MIN
PTS
FG
3PT
FT
REB
AST
Zion Williamson
16
8
3-9
0-1
2-2
1
1
Trey Murphy III
14
11
3-8
2-6
3-4
1
2
Yves Missi
19
11
4-6
0-0
3-5
9
0
Bennedict Mathurin
14
8
3-7
1-3
1-2
4
1
Jeremiah Fears
19
11
4-8
2-5
1-1
2
2
Herbert Jones
10
0
0-0
0-0
0-0
3
2
Trendon Watford
15
2
1-5
0-0
0-0
7
2
Caleb Houstan
15
3
1-4
1-4
0-0
2
0
Julian Reese
3
2
1-1
0-0
0-0
1
0
Malik Dia
6
0
0-3
0-1
0-0
0
0
Karlo Matkovic
12
9
4-7
1-3
0-0
3
0
Christian Koloko
4
0
0-1
0-0
0-0
2
1
Miami
MIN
PTS
FG
3PT
FT
REB
AST
Giannis Antetokounmpo
18
18
8-13
0-0
2-5
4
4
Andrew Wiggins
15
13
4-5
1-1
4-5
2
0
Bam Adebayo
16
9
3-5
1-1
2-3
4
2
Klay Thompson
14
5
2-7
1-6
0-0
1
3
Davion Mitchell
20
9
4-6
1-1
0-0
1
7
Bobby Portis
20
11
4-13
1-4
2-3
6
2
Simone Fontecchio
14
6
2-6
1-4
1-1
3
1
Myron Gardner
15
11
3-6
3-5
2-2
4
4
Ian Schieffelin
12
2
1-3
0-1
0-0
2
2
J'Vonne Hadley
12
5
2-5
1-1
0-0
2
1
Nikola Jovic
21
8
3-8
2-5
0-0
4
2
Nick Richards
15
5
2-3
0-0
1-2
9
0

Questions

Who won the Pelicans vs Heat game?

The Heat beat the Pelicans 128-118 on Thursday, Oct 8, at Kaseya Center.

What was the final score of Pelicans vs Heat?

Heat 128, Pelicans 118.

Played Thursday, October 8, 2026. Score and box score from ESPN. How we get our numbers

Win probability
MIA 33%
The marked point is Jaron Pierre Jr. bad pass turnover (Nick Richards steals): 100% to 33% for Heat on one play, the biggest of the game.
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