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Miami Heat
3-6 overall · 2-3 on the road
Wed 3/17
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6-3 overall · 1-2 at home
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Trail BlazersOffense
HeatDefense

The Trail Blazers rank 3rd in the NBA in effective field goal % (56.2%), and the Heat have the worst opponent eFG% (58.5%). Strength meets weakness: an edge for the offense.

League average is 53.1%, so the Trail Blazers are 3.1 points above it. Deni Avdija leads them with 22.3 points a game on 57.4% true shooting.

Giannis AntetokounmpoTop scorer · MIA
Deni AvdijaTop scorer · POR
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Heat3-6
Trail Blazers6-3
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Team vs team

Season before this game (MIA 9 games, POR 9). Small text is the league rank; ✓ marks the better number. Hover a stat for what it means.

MIAPOR
Scoring
116.011th · Average
Points per game
NBA avg 113.2
119.33rd · Top 5
122.628th · Bottom 5
Points allowed
NBA avg 113.4
113.816th · Average
-6.624th · Below avg
Point margin
NBA avg -0.2
+5.610th · Above avg
Efficiency
109.219th · Average
Offensive rating
NBA avg 110.7
115.75th · Top 5
116.226th · Bottom 5
Defensive rating
NBA avg 110.8
111.619th · Average
-7.023rd · Below avg
Net rating
NBA avg -0.1
+4.111th · Average
105.83rd
Pace
NBA avg 102.3
102.515th
Shooting
53.7%12th · Average
Effective FG%
NBA avg 53.1%
56.2%3rd · Top 5
57.1%15th · Average
True shooting %
NBA avg 57.0%
60.2%3rd · Top 5
13.016th · Average
Threes made
NBA avg 13.1
15.16th · Above avg
33.1%23rd · Below avg
Three-point %
NBA avg 34.7%
35.6%13th · Average
0.2915th · Average
Free-throw rate
NBA avg 0.29
0.372nd · Top 5
Defense
58.5%30th · Bottom 5
Opponent eFG%
NBA avg 53.1%
51.5%10th · Above avg
8.315th · Average
Steals
NBA avg 8.5
7.324th · Below avg
5.112th · Average
Blocks
NBA avg 5.0
4.819th · Average
Possessions
14.3%13th · Average
Turnover rate
NBA avg 14.8%
15.8%22nd · Below avg
23.3%27th · Bottom 5
Off. rebound rate
NBA avg 27.4%
29.5%9th · Above avg
42.821st · Below avg
Rebounds
NBA avg 44.3
45.210th · Above avg
29.22nd · Top 5
Assists
NBA avg 26.2
26.216th · Average

Recent form

Miami Heat
WWLWL

Last 5: average margin -1.6 (season -6.6). Streak L1.

Portland Trail Blazers
WWWLL

Last 5: average margin +3.0 (season +5.6). Streak L2.

Key players

Miami Heat
PlayerPTSREBASTTS%
Giannis AntetokounmpoF 27.312.75.660.7
Bam AdebayoC-F 18.68.43.160.3
Davion MitchellG 16.11.68.260.1
Klay ThompsonG 13.81.61.761.9
Portland Trail Blazers
PlayerPTSREBASTTS%
Deni AvdijaF 22.36.46.357.4
Damian LillardG 19.43.24.459.9
Ja MorantG 15.82.55.562.2
Toumani CamaraF 13.13.41.169.1

Injury report

Miami Heat

Nobody listed.

Portland Trail Blazers
Ja Morant G · back ~12/1 Out
Shaedon Sharpe G · back ~3/2 Out
Vit Krejci G · back ~1/2 Out
Robert Williams III C-F · back ~11/10 Day-To-Day

Team numbers are computed from every box score this season; ratings use the standard possession estimate. Data from balldontlie; this isn't official NBA data.

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