Los Angeles Lakers at Miami Heat
· National Basketball AssociationLakers snap Heat's home winning streak, top Miami 113-110
Anthony Davis scored 33 points, James had 28 while coming within a rebound of a triple-double and the Los Angeles Lakers held off the Heat 113-110 on Friday night.
"Two teams that are playing extremely well right now in this part of the season," James said. "Two teams that play physical, play together, play hard. That's why they are where they are at this point in the season and that's why we are where we are."
James had 12 assists and nine rebounds and Davis grabbed 10 rebounds. The Lakers improved to 23-3 and remained tied with Milwaukee for the NBA's best record. They also extended the second-longest road winning streak in franchise history to 13 games and rallied from a double-digit deficit to win for the eighth time already this season.
Butler led Miami with 23 points, Derrick Jones Jr. had 17, Kendrick Nunn added 16 and Kelly Olynyk had 15 . Bam Adebayo had 12 points and 12 rebounds for Miami, which had been 11-0 at home.
"All things being equal, these are two really good teams playing back and forth," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "We were able to create some separation in the first half, and then in the third quarter they were able to impose their will."
The Lakers outrebounded Miami 50-34, and the last of those was the biggest. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope missed a free throw with 8 seconds left to keep the Heat within two, but Miami couldn't get the rebound. Caldwell-Pope went back to the line with 4.2 seconds left, made one of two again and the Lakers' lead was pushed to three.
Butler took the last shot for Miami, a 3-pointer with about a second left. It hit the rim and bounced off, the Heat argued that he was fouled to no avail, and the Lakers survived in James' lone trip this season to the city where he won championships in 2012 and 2013.
"We were able to get that stop," Lakers coach Frank Vogel said.
Davis hit a 3 on the next possession to put the Lakers on top, JaVale McGee threw down an alley-oop lob from James while getting fouled a few seconds later to push the lead to 71-65, and Los Angeles was suddenly in control.
TIP-INS
SPO VS. VOGEL
GOING HOME
UP NEXT
Lakers: At Atlanta on Sunday.
Heat: At Dallas on Saturday.
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Regular Season Series
LAL win series 2-0
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 113 - 110 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 113 - 110 |
| 4th 0.8 |  |
Heat offensive team rebound | 113 - 110 |
| 4th 1.4 | |
Jimmy Butler misses 23-foot three point jumper | 113 - 110 |
| 4th 4.2 |  |
Avery Bradley enters the game for Danny Green | 113 - 110 |
Statistics
 LAL |
 MIA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 43-87 | FG | 39-85 |
| 49 | Field Goal % | 46 |
| 12-37 | 3PT | 10-33 |
| 32 | Three Point % | 30 |
| 15-23 | FT | 22-28 |
| 65 | Free Throw % | 79 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 14 | Offensive Rebounds | 5 |
| 36 | Defensive Rebounds | 29 |
| 26 | Assists | 24 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 2 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 19 | Total Turnovers | 8 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 29 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
| 52 | Points in Paint | 50 |
| 23 | Fouls | 21 |
| 11 | Largest Lead | 14 |
Miami Heat Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Tyler Herro, G | Out | Apr 27 |
| Bam Adebayo, C | Out | Apr 14 |
| Dru Smith, G | Out | Apr 13 |
| Nikola Jovic, F | Out | Apr 13 |
Los Angeles Lakers Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Jarred Vanderbilt, F | Day-To-Day | May 8 |
| Luka Doncic, G | Out | May 6 |
Game Information
Location: Miami, FL
Attendance: 20,013 · Capacity:
2025-26 Pacific Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 LA Lakers |
53 | 29 | .646 | - | W3 |
 Phoenix |
45 | 37 | .549 | 8 | W1 |
 LA Clippers |
42 | 40 | .512 | 11 | W1 |
 Golden State |
37 | 45 | .451 | 16 | L3 |
 Sacramento |
22 | 60 | .268 | 31 | L1 |
2025-26 Southeast Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Atlanta |
46 | 36 | .561 | - | L1 |
 Orlando |
45 | 37 | .549 | 1 | L1 |
 Charlotte |
44 | 38 | .537 | 2 | W1 |
 Miami |
43 | 39 | .524 | 3 | W2 |
 Washington |
17 | 65 | .207 | 29 | L10 |
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