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The Miami Heat cruised to a 147-116 win over the Utah Jazz inside Delta Center, tying their season high in total points scored. It marked the eighth time the Heat have scored at least 140 points this season after doing so eight combined times in the franchise’s first 37 seasons.

As a result of its dominant 31-point win, the Heat avoided dropping to .500, improving to 24-22.

When it scored 147 points against Denver in late December, Miami shot 53.5 percent from the floor while burying 22 3-pointers. While they still hit 19 triples in Saturday’s win, Miami wasn’t as efficient, shooting just 43.5 percent from the floor.

The key? Well, they outrebounded the Jazz by 30, hauling down 26 offensive rebounds, including 19 in the first half. Its 19 first-half boards set a franchise record for a half while also being the most in any half by an NBA team this season.

Heat star center Bam Adebayo had seven offensive rebounds (game-high 15 total), scoring a team-high 26 points. Dru Smith and Andrew Wiggins had four offensive rebounds apiece. Four more Heat players recorded at least two.

Additionally, seven Heat players reached double figures, led by Adebayo’s 26 and Nikola Jovic’s 23 points off the bench. It was a quality bounce-back game for the fourth-year wing, who shot 6-of-12 from the floor and 3-of-6 from distance.

Pelle Larsson added 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting; Kasparas Jakucionis had 12 points and five rebounds (before a late-game head injury); Andrew Wiggins finished with 17-6-6 in 27 minutes.

Everyone ate for Miami, albeit against a poor Jazz defense.

Utah was doing a good job creating open opportunities against the Heat defense, in all fairness. Jusuf Nurkic posted a 17-12-10 triple-double as Utah’s primary high post hub. Brice Sensabaugh was the biggest beneficiary, scoring a team-high 23 points on 4-of-7 shooting from deep.

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