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Miami Heat beat New Jersey Nets 81-78

Miami Heat completed a 81-78 win over New Jersey Nets in the 2000-01 NBA regular season.

4 January 2001 North America Miami
Source-checked report card · BasketballFinal: New Jersey Nets 78, Miami Heat 81

4 January 2001 · Miami

Event date:

Final result

Miami Heat defeated New Jersey Nets 81-78 on 4 January 2001 in Miami. The completed result belongs to the 2000-01 NBA regular season.

Recorded outcome

New Jersey Nets scored 78 and Miami Heat scored 81. The recorded finish was regulation.

This report represents one completed league game. Quarters, scoring runs and individual performances are not separated into additional archive reports.

Source and date check

The NBA historical box-score explorer establishes the official season record, while Basketball-Reference and the independent January results archive corroborate the date, matchup and final score. The verified 2001 event date remains distinct from this report's 2026 publication timestamp.

Period by period

2000-01 NBA regular season · Final
FinalNew Jersey NetsMiami Heat
Score7881

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