2024–25 Miami Heat season

The 2024–25 Miami Heat season is the 37th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

2024–25 Miami Heat season
Head coach	Erik Spoelstra
General manager	Andy Elisburg
President	Pat Riley
Owner(s)	Micky Arison
Arena	Kaseya Center
Results
Record	25–28 (.472)
Place	Division: 1st (Southeast) Conference: 6th (Eastern)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FanDuel Sports Network Sun
Radio	WQAM
< 2023–24 2025–26 >

Draft

Main article: 2024 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position(s)	Nationality	College / club
1	15	Kel'el Ware	C	United States	Indiana
2	43	Nikola Đurišić	SG	Serbia	Mega Basket KSL and Adriatic League

The Heat entered the draft (which was two days instead of one like it had been since the NBA draft was shortened down to two rounds back in 1989) with one first-round pick and one second-round pick.^[1][2] On the first night of the draft, the Heat would select center Kel'el Ware from the University of Indiana as the 15th pick. Then, on the second day of the draft, Miami would select Serbian shooting guard Nikola Đurišić from the KK Mega Basket.

Roster

Miami Heat roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F/C 13 Adebayo, Bam 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1997-07-18 Kentucky F 20 Anderson, Kyle 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993-09-20 UCLA G/F 18 Burks, Alec 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1991-07-20 Colorado G 8 Christopher, Josh (TW) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 2001-12-08 Arizona State G 14 Herro, Tyler 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2000-01-20 Kentucky F 24 Highsmith, Haywood 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1996-12-09 Wheeling F 11 Jaquez, Jaime Jr. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 2001-02-18 UCLA F 16 Johnson, Keshad 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 2001-06-23 Arizona F 5 Jović, Nikola 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 2003-06-09 Serbia G 9 Larsson, Pelle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 2001-02-23 Arizona F/C 42 Love, Kevin 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1988-09-07 UCLA G 45 Mitchell, Davion 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1998-09-05 Baylor G/F 55 Robinson, Duncan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1994-04-22 Michigan G 2 Rozier, Terry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1994-03-17 Louisville G 12 Smith, Dru  (TW) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1997-12-30 Missouri G 4 Stevens, Isaiah (TW) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2000-11-01 Colorado State C 7 Ware, Kel'el 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 2004-04-20 Indiana F 22 Wiggins, Andrew 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1995-02-23 Kansas

Head coach Erik Spoelstra Assistant coach(es) Malik Allen Caron Butler Octavio De La Grana Wayne Ellington Eric Glass Chris Quinn Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: February 6, 2025

Standings

Division

Southeast Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Orlando Magic	27	29	.482	–	17‍–‍10	10‍–‍19	6–3	56
Atlanta Hawks	26	29	.473	0.5	12‍–‍12	14‍–‍17	6–2	55
Miami Heat	25	28	.472	0.5	12‍–‍11	13‍–‍17	5–3	53
Charlotte Hornets	13	39	.250	12.0	9‍–‍20	4‍–‍19	0–10	52
Washington Wizards	9	45	.167	17.0	5‍–‍24	4‍–‍21	5–4	54

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Cleveland Cavaliers *	44	10	.815	–	54
2	Boston Celtics *	39	16	.709	5.5	55
3	New York Knicks	36	18	.667	8.0	54
4	Indiana Pacers	30	23	.566	13.5	53
5	Milwaukee Bucks	29	24	.547	14.5	53
6	Detroit Pistons	29	26	.527	15.5	55
7	Orlando Magic *	27	29	.482	18.0	56
8	Atlanta Hawks	26	29	.473	18.5	55
9	Miami Heat	25	28	.472	18.5	53
10	Chicago Bulls	22	33	.400	22.5	55
11	Philadelphia 76ers	20	34	.370	24.0	54
12	Brooklyn Nets	20	34	.370	24.0	54
13	Toronto Raptors	17	38	.309	27.5	55
14	Charlotte Hornets	13	39	.250	30.0	52
15	Washington Wizards	9	45	.167	35.0	54

Game log

Preseason

During the preseason, the Heat would play their final games under what was previously named Bally Sports Sun. Bally Sports would rebrand itself to the FanDuel Sports Network as of October 21, 2024, before the start of the regular season.^[3][4]

2024 preseason game log Total: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)
Preseason: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 8 @ Charlotte L 108–111 Adebayo, Ware (13) Caleb Daniels (9) Josh Christopher (5) Spectrum Center 10,093 0–1 – October 10 Atlanta Postponed due to Hurricane Milton; Makeup date October 16 2 October 13 New Orleans W 101–99 Herro, Robinson (12) Haywood Highsmith (7) Dru Smith (5) Kaseya Center 19,600 1–1 3 October 15 San Antonio W 120–117 Bam Adebayo (20) Jaime Jaquez Jr. (6) Jaquez Jr., Rozier, Smith (5) Kaseya Center 19,600 2–1 4 October 16 Atlanta W 120–111 Jimmy Butler (24) Bam Adebayo (7) Tyler Herro (5) Kaseya Center 19,600 3–1 5 October 18 @ Memphis W 114–109 Josh Christopher (17) Kel'el Ware (7) Isaiah Stevens (5) FedExForum 14,113 4–1
2024–25 preseason schedule

Regular season

2024–25 game log Total: 25–28 (Home: 12–11; Road: 13–17)
October: 2–2 (home: 1–2; road: 1–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 23 Orlando L 97–116 Terry Rozier (19) Terry Rozier (6) Butler, Rozier (5) Kaseya Center 19,630 0–1 2 October 26 @ Charlotte W 114–106 Jimmy Butler (26) Bam Adebayo (11) Jimmy Butler (8) Spectrum Center 19,102 1–1 3 October 28 Detroit W 106–98 Jimmy Butler (23) Bam Adebayo (10) Jimmy Butler (7) Kaseya Center 19,626 2–1 4 October 30 New York L 107–116 Tyler Herro (34) Jaime Jaquez Jr. (8) Herro, Rozier (7) Kaseya Center 19,620 2–2
November: 7–6 (home: 3–2; road: 4–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 November 2 @ Washington W 118–98 Bam Adebayo (32) Bam Adebayo (14) Butler, Rozier (4) Mexico City Arena 20,328 3–2 6 November 4 Sacramento L 110–111 Butler, Herro (27) Bam Adebayo (8) Jimmy Butler (6) Kaseya Center 19,604 3–3 7 November 6 @ Phoenix L 112–115 Tyler Herro (28) Bam Adebayo (12) Adebayo, Herro (6) Footprint Center 17,071 3–4 8 November 8 @ Denver L 122–135 Tyler Herro (24) Bam Adebayo (9) Tyler Herro (11) Ball Arena 19,621 3–5 9 November 10 @ Minnesota W 95–94 Tyler Herro (26) Adebayo, Jović (7) Bam Adebayo (7) Target Center 18,978 4–5 10 November 12 @ Detroit L 121–123 (OT) Tyler Herro (40) Bam Adebayo (12) Tyler Herro (8) Little Caesars Arena 17,806 4–6 11 November 15 @ Indiana W 124–111 Bam Adebayo (30) Bam Adebayo (11) Bam Adebayo (7) Gainbridge Fieldhouse 17,274 5–6 12 November 17 @ Indiana L 110–119 Tyler Herro (28) Bam Adebayo (8) Herro, Jaquez Jr., Robinson (4) Gainbridge Fieldhouse 16,184 5–7 13 November 18 Philadelphia W 106–89 Jimmy Butler (30) Bam Adebayo (13) Butler, Herro (5) Kaseya Center 19,608 6–7 14 November 24 Dallas W 123–118 (OT) Jimmy Butler (33) Adebayo, Love (11) Jimmy Butler (6) Kaseya Center 19,714 7–7 15 November 26 Milwaukee L 103–106 Jimmy Butler (23) Adebayo, Herro, Robinson (5) Adebayo, Butler, Herro, Robinson (5) Kaseya Center 19,622 7–8 16 November 27 @ Charlotte W 98–94 Tyler Herro (27) Bam Adebayo (10) Bam Adebayo (10) Spectrum Center 17,710 8–8 17 November 29 Toronto W 121–111 Jimmy Butler (26) Bam Adebayo (10) Bam Adebayo (10) Kaseya Center 19,607 9–8
December: 7–6 (home: 5–1; road: 2–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 18 December 1 @ Toronto L 116–119 Tyler Herro (31) Bam Adebayo (20) Bam Adebayo (7) Scotiabank Arena 18,153 9–9 19 December 2 @ Boston L 89–108 Herro, Jaquez Jr. (19) Jaime Jaquez Jr. (10) Adebayo, Highsmith (5) TD Garden 19,156 9–10 20 December 4 L.A. Lakers W 134–93 Tyler Herro (31) Bam Adebayo (10) Bam Adebayo (7) Kaseya Center 19,657 10–10 21 December 7 Phoenix W 121–111 Bam Adebayo (25) Bam Adebayo (12) Bam Adebayo (8) Kaseya Center 19,600 11–10 22 December 8 Cleveland W 122–113 Tyler Herro (34) Bam Adebayo (13) Tyler Herro (7) Kaseya Center 19,600 12–10 23 December 12 Toronto W 114–104 Tyler Herro (23) Bam Adebayo (16) Bam Adebayo (5) Kaseya Center 19,600 13–10 24 December 16 @ Detroit L 124–125 (OT) Jimmy Butler (35) Jimmy Butler (19) Jimmy Butler (10) Little Caesars Arena 17,810 13–11 25 December 20 Oklahoma City L 97–104 Tyler Herro (28) Tyler Herro (12) Duncan Robinson (6) Kaseya Center 19,801 13–12 26 December 21 @ Orlando L 114–121 Adebayo, Rozier (23) Kel'el Ware (7) Tyler Herro (5) Kia Center 18,080 13–13 27 December 23 Brooklyn W 110–95 Bam Adebayo (23) Tyler Herro (12) Tyler Herro (9) Kaseya Center 19,832 14–13 28 December 26 @ Orlando W 89–88 Tyler Herro (20) Bam Adebayo (9) Bam Adebayo (7) Kia Center 18,846 15–13 29 December 28 @ Atlanta L 110–120 Tyler Herro (28) Bam Adebayo (10) Tyler Herro (10) State Farm Arena 17,856 15–14 30 December 29 @ Houston W 104–100 Tyler Herro (27) Bam Adebayo (10) Tyler Herro (9) Toyota Center 18,055 16–14
January: 7–9 (home: 3–5; road: 4–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 31 January 1 New Orleans W 119–108 Tyler Herro (32) Bam Adebayo (9) Bam Adebayo (10) Kaseya Center 20,013 17–14 32 January 2 Indiana L 115–128 Kel'el Ware (25) Bam Adebayo (8) Terry Rozier (7) Kaseya Center 19,959 17–15 33 January 4 Utah L 100–136 Nikola Jović (17) Bam Adebayo (8) Tyler Herro (6) Kaseya Center 19,934 17–16 34 January 6 @ Sacramento L 118–123 (2OT) Tyler Herro (26) Adebayo, Jaquez Jr. (12) Jaime Jaquez Jr. (10) Golden 1 Center 17,832 17–17 35 January 7 @ Golden State W 114–98 Nikola Jović (20) Bam Adebayo (9) Duncan Robinson (8) Chase Center 18,064 18–17 36 January 9 @ Utah W 97–92 Tyler Herro (23) Adebayo, Burks, Herro, Jaquez Jr., Jović (7) Jaime Jaquez Jr. (7) Delta Center 18,175 19–17 37 January 11 @ Portland W 119–98 Tyler Herro (32) Bam Adebayo (11) Bam Adebayo (6) Moda Center 17,505 20–17 38 January 13 @ L.A. Clippers L 98–109 Tyler Herro (32) Kel'el Ware (13) Tyler Herro (7) Intuit Dome 13,119 20–18 39 January 15 @ L.A. Lakers L 108–117 Tyler Herro (34) Kel'el Ware (11) Nikola Jović (8) Crypto.com Arena 17,005 20–19 40 January 17 Denver L 113–133 Tyler Herro (22) Bam Adebayo (11) Duncan Robinson (7) Kaseya Center 19,828 20–20 41 January 19 San Antonio W 128–107 Kel'el Ware (25) Bam Adebayo (11) Butler, Herro (7) Kaseya Center 19,828 21–20 42 January 21 Portland L 107–116 Duncan Robinson (22) Kel'el Ware (15) Butler, Jović (8) Kaseya Center 19,600 21–21 43 January 23 @ Milwaukee L 96–125 Kel'el Ware (22) Bam Adebayo (14) Tyler Herro (9) Fiserv Forum 17,341 21–22 44 January 25 @ Brooklyn W 106–97 Tyler Herro (25) Bam Adebayo (16) Tyler Herro (8) Barclays Center 17,962 22–22 45 January 27 Orlando W 125–119 (2OT) Tyler Herro (30) Adebayo, Ware (10) Tyler Herro (12) Kaseya Center 19,600 23–22 46 January 29 Cleveland L 106–126 Herro, Rozier (22) Bam Adebayo (9) Tyler Herro (6) Kaseya Center 19,600 23–23
February: 2–5 (home: 0–1; road: 2–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 47 February 1 @ San Antonio W 105–103 Bam Adebayo (30) Adebayo, Ware (12) Bam Adebayo (9) Frost Bank Center 18,354 24–23 48 February 4 @ Chicago L 124–133 Adebayo, Herro (23) Kel'el Ware (12) Tyler Herro (9) United Center 19,389 24–24 49 February 5 @ Philadelphia W 108–101 Tyler Herro (30) Adebayo, Ware (13) Herro, Jović (7) Wells Fargo Center 19,770 25–24 50 February 7 @ Brooklyn L 86–102 Terry Rozier (20) Kel'el Ware (14) Tyler Herro (6) Barclays Center 17,926 25–25 51 February 10 Boston L 85–103 Bam Adebayo (22) Bam Adebayo (12) Robinson, Wiggins (5) Kaseya Center 19,961 25–26 52 February 12 @ Oklahoma City L 101–115 Bam Adebayo (27) Bam Adebayo (15) Tyler Herro (6) Paycom Center 17,835 25–27 53 February 13 @ Dallas L 113–118 Tyler Herro (40) Kyle Anderson (10) Burks, Mitchell, Robinson (4) American Airlines Center 19,935 25–28 All-Star Game 54 February 21 @ Toronto Scotiabank Arena 55 February 23 @ Milwaukee Fiserv Forum 56 February 24 @ Atlanta State Farm Arena 57 February 26 Atlanta Kaseya Center 58 February 28 Indiana Kaseya Center
March : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 59 March 2 New York Kaseya Center 60 March 3 Washington Kaseya Center 61 March 5 @ Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 62 March 7 Minnesota Kaseya Center 63 March 8 Chicago Kaseya Center 64 March 10 Charlotte Kaseya Center 65 March 12 L.A. Clippers Kaseya Center 66 March 14 Boston Kaseya Center 67 March 15 @ Memphis FedExForum 68 March 17 @ New York Madison Square Garden 69 March 19 Detroit Kaseya Center 70 March 21 Houston Kaseya Center 71 March 23 Charlotte Kaseya Center 72 March 25 Golden State Kaseya Center 73 March 27 Atlanta Kaseya Center 74 March 29 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 75 March 31 @ Washington Capital One Arena
April : 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 76 April 2 @ Boston TD Garden 77 April 3 Memphis Kaseya Center 78 April 5 Milwaukee Kaseya Center 79 April 7 Philadelphia Kaseya Center 80 April 9 @ Chicago United Center 81 April 11 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center 82 April 13 Washington Kaseya Center
2024–25 season schedule

NBA Cup

Main article: 2024 NBA Cup

The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.^[5][6]

East Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Milwaukee Bucks	4	4	0	462	412	+50	Advance to knockout stage
2	Detroit Pistons	4	3	1	447	440	+7
3	Miami Heat	4	2	2	459	439	+20
4	Toronto Raptors	4	1	3	413	430	−17
5	Indiana Pacers	4	0	4	445	505	−60

Source: NBA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Transactions

Main article: List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions

Trades

June 27, 2024[7]	Three-team trade
	To Miami Heat Draft rights to Pelle Larsson (No. 44) (from Houston) Cash considerations (from Atlanta)	To Atlanta Hawks *Draft rights to Nikola Djurišić (No. 43) (from Miami)
	To Houston Rockets AJ Griffin (from Atlanta)

Free agency

Re-signed

Date	Player	Ref.
July 3	Thomas Bryant	[8]
July 6	Kevin Love	[9]
July 8	Haywood Highsmith	[10]

Additions

Date	Player	Former team	Ref.
July 1	Keshad Johnson	Arizona Wildcats	[11]
	Zyon Pullin	Florida Gators	[12]
	Dru Smith	Miami Heat	[13]
July 4	Alec Burks	New York Knicks	[14]
July 6	Isaiah Stevens	Colorado State Rams	[15]

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team	Ref.
July 6	Caleb Martin	Free agent	Philadelphia 76ers	[16]
July 7	Delon Wright	Free agent	Milwaukee Bucks	[17]
	Orlando Robinson	Waived	Sacramento Kings	[18]

References

1. "2024 NBA Draft Order: Picks 1-58". NBA.com. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
2. Quinn, Sam (May 13, 2024). "2024 NBA Draft order: Complete list of picks as Atlanta Hawks win No. 1 selection in Lottery". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
3. Steinberg, Brian (October 18, 2024). "FanDuel Takes Over Naming Rights to Diamond Sports RSNs". Variety. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
4. "Diamond Sports branded as FanDuel in new deal". ESPN.com. October 18, 2024. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
5. "NBA unveils new logo and game dates for Emirates NBA Cup 2024". NBA.com. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
6. "Emirates NBA Cup 2024: Group Draw Results". NBA.com. July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
7. "HEAT ACQUIRE PELLE LARSSON". NBA.com. June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
8. "HEAT RE-SIGN THOMAS BRYANT". NBA.com. July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
9. "HEAT RE-SIGN KEVIN LOVE". NBA.com. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
10. "HEAT RE-SIGN HAYWOOD HIGHSMITH". NBA.com. July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
11. "HEAT SIGN KESHAD JOHNSON TO TWO-WAY CONTRACT". NBA.com. July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
12. "HEAT SIGN ZYON PULLIN TO TWO-WAY CONTRACT". NBA.com. July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
13. "HEAT SIGN DRU SMITH TO TWO-WAY CONTRACT". NBA.com. July 1, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
14. "HEAT SIGN ALEC BURKS". NBA.com. July 4, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
15. "HEAT SIGN ISAIAH STEVENS". NBA.com. July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
16. 76ers PR (July 6, 2024). "PHILADELPHIA 76ERS SIGN CALEB MARTIN". NBA.com. Retrieved July 6, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
17. "Milwaukee Bucks Sign Delon Wright". NBA.com. July 7, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
18. "HEAT WAIVE ORLANDO ROBINSON". NBA.com. July 7, 2024. Retrieved July 7, 2024.