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NBA · October 23, 2026

Detroit Pistons vs Miami Heat Final — October 23, 2026

Detroit Pistons logo
Detroit Pistons
128
Top scorer Cade Cunningham64 games
FINAL
Miami Heat logo
Miami Heat
111
Top scorer Giannis Antetokounmpo36 games
Friday, October 23 · 8:10 PM ET
DETOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)MIA
10th115.4
Offensive ratingpoints scored per 100 possessions
114.513th
8th117.7
PPG
120.92nd
DETDefenseMIA
2nd107.4
Defensive ratingpoints allowed per 100 possessions
112.314th
3rd109.6
Opp PPG
118.522nd
DETTeamMIA
3rd+8.0
Net ratingoffensive minus defensive rating
+2.213th
DETLast 10 gamesMIA
+4+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8
Game by game
-21-21-21-21-25-25-25-25-25-25
10-0
Last 10
0-10
+76
Net points
-234
Top third of the leagueMiddle thirdBottom thirdBar = league rank (full = 1st)
Injuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel
DETRest & travelMIA
3 days
Days of rest
2 days
1,156 mi1,860 km
Travel to the game
Home
DETKey injuriesMIA
Taurean Prince FDay-to-day
Players out or limited
None listed
About these numbers

Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.

Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.

Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.

No key players listed.

Key players only. Injury report as of October 23, 9:40 a.m. ET.

The pre-game matchup

The Pistons visited the Heat on Friday, October 23 at 8:10 PM ET.

Last season (2025-26), the Pistons scored 117.7 points per game (8th of 30) and allowed 109.6 (3rd). The Heat scored 120.9 points per game (2nd of 30) and allowed 118.5 (22nd).

Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Pistons 115.4 (10th), Heat 114.5 (13th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Pistons 107.4 (2nd), Heat 112.3 (14th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Pistons +8.0 (3rd), Heat +2.2 (13th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.

The Pistons closed as 1.5-point road favorites, with the Heat getting the points at home. The spread opened with Heat favored by 2. The total closed 235.5, unchanged from the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Pistons -125, Heat +105) prices the Pistons at 53% and the Heat at 47%.

Written from the numbers available before kickoff.

Result

Final score and result vs the closing line

Detroit Pistons 128, Miami Heat 111

Detroit Pistons won by 17.

  • Against the closing spread (Miami Heat +1.5): Detroit Pistons covered.
  • Combined score 239 vs the closing total of 235.5: Over.
  • Detroit Pistons closed at -125 on the moneyline (a 53% no-vig market-implied chance).

Market

Closing line and line movement

Spreadfavorite flipped
OpenHeat -2 (-110)
Pistons +2 (-110)
CloseHeat +1.5 (-110)
Pistons -1.5 (-111)
Totalno move
Open235.5 (o -110 / u -110)
Close235.5 (o -110 / u -110)
Moneyline
OpenPistons +110 46%
Heat -130 54%
ClosePistons -125 53%
Heat +105 47%

Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.

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Matchup

Players to watch

Detroit Pistons logo
Pistons
64 games · Cade Cunningham
  • Points per game23.921st
  • Rebounds per game5.587th
  • Assists per game9.92nd
  • Minutes per game33.9
70 games · Jalen Duren
  • Points per game19.547th
  • Rebounds per game10.58th
  • Assists per game2.0200th
  • Minutes per game28.2
Miami Heat logo
Heat
36 games · Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • Points per game27.69th
  • Rebounds per game9.812th
  • Assists per game5.435th
  • Minutes per game28.9
73 games · Bam Adebayo
  • Points per game20.142nd
  • Rebounds per game10.011th
  • Assists per game3.2109th
  • Minutes per game32.4

Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 390 players with at least 20 games.

Head-to-head

The teams have met 14 times since 2022: the Pistons won 5 and the Heat 9.

DateScoreLineTotal
Mar 8, 2026Pistons 110, Heat 121
Heat won

Jan 1, 2026Heat 118, Pistons 112
Heat won

Nov 29, 2025Pistons 138, Heat 135
Pistons won

Mar 19, 2025Pistons 116, Heat 113
Pistons won

Dec 16, 2024Heat 124, Pistons 125
Pistons won

Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.

Teams

Detroit Pistons

Miami Heat

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