NBA

Miami Heat at Los Angeles Lakers

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20-19, 10-12 Away
Final
108 - 117

21-17, 13-6 Home

Hachimura and Davis help Lakers end 3-game skid with a 117-108 win over the Heat

Emotional Lakers fan gets the full LeBron experience

LeBron James finished with 22 points and nine assists and Austin Reaves added 14 points and 14 rebounds as the Lakers won for the first time since having two games postponed due to the deadly wildfires in Southern California.

Tyler Herro shot 7 for 12 from 3-point distance and scored 34 points for the Heat, who lost both games of a Los Angeles swing after falling to the Clippers on Monday. Haywood Highsmith and Nikola Jovic each scored 12 points.

The Lakers trailed by 12 points at the break and moved in front at 88-87 with 10:47 remaining after going on a 15-4 run.

Takeaways Heat: Miami went 3-3 on its West Coast trip without Jimmy Butler, who has now completed his seven-game suspension for what the team called “conduct detrimental to the team."

Lakers: The three-game losing streak that ended Wednesday matched the team’s longest of the season. Two other three-game skids came when Los Angeles went 2-7 from Nov. 21-Dec. 6.

Key moment The Lakers’ Jaxson Hayes came away with a steal, fed the ball to Reaves near half court to start a fast break then trailed the play to score on a dunk off a feed from Reaves and give Los Angeles a 90-87 lead with 10:27 remaining.

Key stat Herro was 7 of 8 from the floor in the first half, including 5 of 5 from 3-point range and 3 for 3 from the line, for 22 points.

Up next The Heat host the Denver Nuggets on Friday. The Lakers host the Brooklyn Nets on Friday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 108 - 117
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 108 - 117
4th 16.0 Jaxson Hayes enters the game for LeBron James 108 - 117
4th 16.0 Dalton Knecht enters the game for Anthony Davis 108 - 117
4th 18.1 shot clock turnover 108 - 117

Statistics

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39-73 FG 47-90
53.4 Field Goal % 52.2
16-36 3PT 13-34
44.4 Three Point % 38.2
14-15 FT 10-14
93.3 Free Throw % 71.4
37 Rebounds 34
3 Offensive Rebounds 6
34 Defensive Rebounds 28
25 Assists 33
3 Steals 12
6 Blocks 4
19 Turnovers 6
1 Team Turnovers 1
20 Total Turnovers 7
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
23 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 7
15 Fast Break Points 18
36 Points in Paint 60
13 Fouls 12
14 Largest Lead 9
Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Lakers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Adou Thiero, F Out Jul 3
Jake LaRavia, F Day-To-Day Jul 3
Deandre Ayton, C Day-To-Day Jul 2
Miami Heat Miami Heat Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Dru Smith, G Day-To-Day Jul 3
Terry Rozier, SG Day-To-Day Jul 3

Game Information

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Location: Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 17,005 · Capacity:

2024-25 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando 41 41 .500 - L1
Atlanta 40 42 .488 1 W3
Miami 37 45 .451 4 L1
Charlotte 19 63 .232 22 L7
Washington 18 64 .220 23 W1

2024-25 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
LA Lakers 50 32 .610 - L1
LA Clippers 50 32 .610 - W8
Golden State 48 34 .585 2 L1
Sacramento 40 42 .488 10 W1
Phoenix 36 46 .439 14 L1
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