Who won Miami Heat vs Detroit Pistons?

The Miami Heat beat the Detroit Pistons 118-112 on January 1, 2026.

Norman Powell scored 36 for the Miami Heat; Cade Cunningham scored 31 for the Detroit Pistons.

Miami Heat at Detroit Pistons

2025-26 · Regular season Thu, Jan 1, 2026 · 7:00 pm EST · All results that day · Miami Heat vs Detroit Pistons head-to-head · Miami Heat schedule · Detroit Pistons schedule

Final

Away

Detroit Pistons

112

Venue: Little Caesars Arena

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The Miami Heat beat the Detroit Pistons 118-112 on the road on Thursday, January 1, 2026 at Little Caesars Arena. Norman Powell had 36 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists for the Miami Heat. Cade Cunningham had 31 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists for the Detroit Pistons.

The Miami Heat led 63-54 at halftime and held on in the second half. Their best stretch was the first quarter, won 33-26. Double-digit figures in two or more categories: Cade Cunningham (double-double, Detroit Pistons), Bam Adebayo (double-double, Miami Heat). Bench points: Miami Heat 38, Detroit Pistons 42. Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 19 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:14 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won Miami Heat vs Detroit Pistons?: The Miami Heat beat the Detroit Pistons 118-112 on January 1, 2026.
Who led the scoring?: Norman Powell scored 36 for the Miami Heat; Cade Cunningham scored 31 for the Detroit Pistons.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Miami Heat	33	30	31	24	118
Detroit Pistons	26	28	27	31	112

Game leaders

Miami Heat

Points: 36 Norman Powell
Rebounds: 14 Bam Adebayo
Assists: 11 Davion Mitchell

Detroit Pistons

Points: 31 Cade Cunningham
Rebounds: 8 Cade Cunningham
Assists: 11 Cade Cunningham

Bam Adebayo double-double (15 PTS, 14 REB) · Cade Cunningham double-double (31 PTS, 11 AST)

Miami Heat
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Norman Powell starter	34:41	36	2	2	1	0	3	12-23	7-14	5-5	2	+4
Davion Mitchell starter	33:18	8	1	11	2	1	5	3-7	2-3	0-0	1	+3
Bam Adebayo starter	32:53	15	14	0	2	1	1	5-14	1-2	4-4	2	+17
Andrew Wiggins starter	31:31	17	8	1	2	0	2	7-20	1-5	2-2	4	-9
Kel'el Ware starter	27:18	4	13	0	2	2	1	1-6	0-4	2-2	1	+0
Jaime Jaquez Jr. bench	29:45	19	3	5	2	0	2	9-12	0-1	1-3	2	+2
Nikola Jović bench	23:54	5	5	5	0	1	2	1-10	1-7	2-2	0	-5
Dru Smith bench	14:42	9	0	1	3	1	1	3-4	1-2	2-2	5	+3
Simone Fontecchio bench	6:21	5	3	0	0	0	1	2-3	1-1	0-0	1	+4
Kasparas Jakucionis bench	5:37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	+11

Not available: Tyler Herro, Pelle Larsson, Terry Rozier

Detroit Pistons
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Cade Cunningham starter	39:35	31	8	11	3	2	7	6-16	2-6	17-18	4	+6
Ausar Thompson starter	30:16	12	2	2	1	2	2	5-8	0-0	2-3	2	-13
Isaiah Stewart starter	30:11	6	4	2	0	5	2	2-5	1-3	1-2	4	-1
Duncan Robinson starter	20:19	9	2	2	0	0	1	3-7	1-5	2-2	1	-10
Jalen Duren starter	18:21	12	5	0	1	0	1	6-12	0-0	0-0	1	-17
Javonte Green bench	26:11	11	2	1	1	0	1	4-7	1-2	2-2	2	-2
Marcus Sasser bench	23:54	18	4	2	2	0	2	6-10	4-6	2-2	3	-1
Jaden Ivey bench	21:24	2	1	3	0	0	1	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	-6
Ron Holland bench	17:30	2	5	1	1	0	2	1-7	0-2	0-0	2	+1
Paul Reed bench	12:19	9	7	1	2	0	1	4-4	0-0	1-2	1	+13

Not available: Tobias Harris, Caris LeVert, Isaac Jones, Wendell Moore Jr.

Team statistics
Miami Heat	Stat	Detroit Pistons
18/20 (90%)	Free throws	27/31 (87%)
29/60 (48%)	2 pointers	29/54 (53%)
14/39 (35%)	3 pointers	9/26 (34%)
43/99 (43%)	Field goals	38/80 (47%)
49	Rebounds	40
34	Defensive rebounds	34
15	Offensive rebounds	6
25	Assists	25
18	Turnovers	20
14	Steals	11
6	Blocks	9
19	Fouls	20
15	Max points in a row	9
40:29	Time spent in lead	6:29
22	Biggest lead	5

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: Detroit Pistons ahead)

Largest margin: 22 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 6
Times tied: 5
Largest lead · Miami Heat: 22 Q3 7:06
Largest lead · Detroit Pistons: 5 Q1 5:18
Longest run: 15-0 Miami Heat · Q3 10:15 to Q3 7:06

Scoring plays

Q1 · 31 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
11:45	Miami Heat	Andrew Wiggins 2-pt field goal	2	0
11:30	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham 2-pt field goal	2	2
11:18	Miami Heat	Davion Mitchell 2-pt field goal	4	2
11:09	Detroit Pistons	Ausar Thompson 2-pt field goal	4	4
11:09	Detroit Pistons	Ausar Thompson Free throw	4	5
10:39	Detroit Pistons	Ausar Thompson 2-pt field goal	4	7
10:00	Miami Heat	Norman Powell 3-pt field goal	7	7
9:41	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	7	8
9:41	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	7	9
9:00	Miami Heat	Norman Powell 3-pt field goal	10	9
7:34	Detroit Pistons	Jalen Duren 2-pt field goal	10	11
7:11	Detroit Pistons	Jalen Duren 2-pt field goal	10	13
6:26	Miami Heat	Jaime Jaquez Jr. Free throw	11	13
5:59	Miami Heat	Norman Powell 2-pt field goal	13	13
5:43	Detroit Pistons	Duncan Robinson 3-pt field goal	13	16
5:18	Detroit Pistons	Duncan Robinson 2-pt field goal	13	18
4:35	Miami Heat	Bam Adebayo 2-pt field goal	15	18
4:14	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham 2-pt field goal	15	20
4:00	Miami Heat	Jaime Jaquez Jr. 2-pt field goal	17	20
3:30	Miami Heat	Bam Adebayo 2-pt field goal	19	20
3:04	Miami Heat	Bam Adebayo Free throw	20	20
3:04	Miami Heat	Bam Adebayo Free throw	21	20
2:11	Miami Heat	Dru Smith 3-pt field goal	24	20
1:51	Miami Heat	Nikola Jović 3-pt field goal	27	20
1:16	Miami Heat	Jaime Jaquez Jr. 2-pt field goal	29	20
0:54	Detroit Pistons	Jalen Duren 2-pt field goal	29	22
0:45	Miami Heat	Kel'el Ware 2-pt field goal	31	22
0:33	Detroit Pistons	Marcus Sasser 2-pt field goal	31	24
0:14	Miami Heat	Nikola Jović Free throw	32	24
0:14	Miami Heat	Nikola Jović Free throw	33	24
0:01	Detroit Pistons	Duncan Robinson 2-pt field goal	33	26

Q2 · 33 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
11:23	Miami Heat	Jaime Jaquez Jr. 2-pt field goal	35	26
11:17	Detroit Pistons	Marcus Sasser Free throw	35	27
11:17	Detroit Pistons	Marcus Sasser Free throw	35	28
10:38	Miami Heat	Jaime Jaquez Jr. 2-pt field goal	37	28
10:23	Detroit Pistons	Isaiah Stewart Free throw	37	29
10:10	Detroit Pistons	Marcus Sasser 2-pt field goal	37	31
9:53	Miami Heat	Dru Smith 2-pt field goal	39	31
9:38	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	39	32
9:38	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	39	33
9:05	Miami Heat	Dru Smith Free throw	40	33
9:05	Miami Heat	Dru Smith Free throw	41	33
8:33	Detroit Pistons	Jaden Ivey 2-pt field goal	41	35
8:17	Miami Heat	Andrew Wiggins 2-pt field goal	43	35
8:07	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham 2-pt field goal	43	37
7:47	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham 3-pt field goal	43	40
5:37	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	43	41
5:37	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	43	42
4:51	Detroit Pistons	Ausar Thompson 2-pt field goal	43	44
4:26	Miami Heat	Bam Adebayo 2-pt field goal	45	44
3:51	Miami Heat	Jaime Jaquez Jr. 2-pt field goal	47	44
3:21	Miami Heat	Simone Fontecchio 3-pt field goal	50	44
3:07	Detroit Pistons	Jalen Duren 2-pt field goal	50	46
2:36	Detroit Pistons	Duncan Robinson Free throw	50	47
2:36	Detroit Pistons	Duncan Robinson Free throw	50	48
2:22	Miami Heat	Norman Powell 3-pt field goal	53	48
2:12	Detroit Pistons	Jalen Duren 2-pt field goal	53	50
2:03	Miami Heat	Norman Powell 3-pt field goal	56	50
1:36	Detroit Pistons	Jalen Duren 2-pt field goal	56	52
1:23	Miami Heat	Norman Powell 2-pt field goal	58	52
0:38	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	58	53
0:38	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	58	54
0:33	Miami Heat	Jaime Jaquez Jr. 2-pt field goal	60	54
0:01	Miami Heat	Norman Powell 3-pt field goal	63	54

Q3 · 31 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
10:39	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	63	55
10:39	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	63	56
10:15	Miami Heat	Bam Adebayo 2-pt field goal	65	56
9:12	Miami Heat	Davion Mitchell 3-pt field goal	68	56
8:48	Miami Heat	Davion Mitchell 3-pt field goal	71	56
8:28	Miami Heat	Andrew Wiggins 2-pt field goal	73	56
8:02	Miami Heat	Norman Powell 2-pt field goal	75	56
7:06	Miami Heat	Norman Powell 2-pt field goal	77	56
7:06	Miami Heat	Norman Powell Free throw	78	56
6:50	Detroit Pistons	Paul Reed 2-pt field goal	78	58
6:41	Miami Heat	Andrew Wiggins 2-pt field goal	80	58
6:31	Detroit Pistons	Isaiah Stewart 2-pt field goal	80	60
6:17	Miami Heat	Andrew Wiggins 2-pt field goal	82	60
5:44	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham 2-pt field goal	82	62
5:14	Detroit Pistons	Javonte Green 2-pt field goal	82	64
4:57	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	82	65
4:45	Miami Heat	Norman Powell Free throw	83	65
4:45	Miami Heat	Norman Powell Free throw	84	65
4:23	Detroit Pistons	Paul Reed 2-pt field goal	84	67
4:11	Miami Heat	Norman Powell 2-pt field goal	86	67
3:46	Miami Heat	Norman Powell 3-pt field goal	89	67
3:24	Detroit Pistons	Isaiah Stewart 3-pt field goal	89	70
3:02	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	89	71
3:02	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	89	72
2:41	Detroit Pistons	Marcus Sasser 3-pt field goal	89	75
2:32	Miami Heat	Dru Smith 2-pt field goal	91	75
2:18	Detroit Pistons	Javonte Green Free throw	91	76
2:18	Detroit Pistons	Javonte Green Free throw	91	77
1:19	Detroit Pistons	Ron Holland 2-pt field goal	91	79
0:54	Miami Heat	Norman Powell 3-pt field goal	94	79
0:36	Detroit Pistons	Paul Reed 2-pt field goal	94	81

Q4 · 31 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
11:08	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	94	82
11:08	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	94	83
10:50	Miami Heat	Simone Fontecchio 2-pt field goal	96	83
10:35	Detroit Pistons	Marcus Sasser 3-pt field goal	96	86
10:20	Miami Heat	Jaime Jaquez Jr. 2-pt field goal	98	86
10:05	Detroit Pistons	Paul Reed Free throw	98	87
9:37	Detroit Pistons	Paul Reed 2-pt field goal	98	89
9:09	Detroit Pistons	Marcus Sasser 3-pt field goal	98	92
8:44	Miami Heat	Andrew Wiggins 2-pt field goal	100	92
8:00	Miami Heat	Jaime Jaquez Jr. 2-pt field goal	102	92
7:12	Detroit Pistons	Marcus Sasser 3-pt field goal	102	95
6:56	Miami Heat	Kel'el Ware Free throw	103	95
6:56	Miami Heat	Kel'el Ware Free throw	104	95
6:30	Miami Heat	Andrew Wiggins 3-pt field goal	107	95
6:15	Detroit Pistons	Javonte Green 2-pt field goal	107	97
5:27	Detroit Pistons	Javonte Green 2-pt field goal	107	99
5:12	Miami Heat	Bam Adebayo 3-pt field goal	110	99
4:08	Miami Heat	Andrew Wiggins Free throw	111	99
4:08	Miami Heat	Andrew Wiggins Free throw	112	99
3:18	Detroit Pistons	Ausar Thompson 2-pt field goal	112	101
2:53	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	112	102
2:53	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham Free throw	112	103
2:18	Miami Heat	Bam Adebayo Free throw	113	103
2:18	Miami Heat	Bam Adebayo Free throw	114	103
1:57	Detroit Pistons	Ausar Thompson Free throw	114	104
1:25	Detroit Pistons	Cade Cunningham 3-pt field goal	114	107
1:06	Detroit Pistons	Ausar Thompson 2-pt field goal	114	109
0:47	Detroit Pistons	Javonte Green 3-pt field goal	114	112
0:29	Miami Heat	Jaime Jaquez Jr. 2-pt field goal	116	112
0:15	Miami Heat	Norman Powell Free throw	117	112
0:15	Miami Heat	Norman Powell Free throw	118	112

2025-26 season series

After this game: tied 1-1. Final series: Miami Heat 2-1.

Nov 29: Detroit Pistons 138 at Miami Heat 135
Jan 1: Miami Heat 118 at Detroit Pistons 112 (this game)
Mar 8: Detroit Pistons 110 at Miami Heat 121

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