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Miami Heat at Los Angeles Lakers

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3-3, 1-3 Away
Final
120 - 130

5-2, 2-2 Home

Lakers beat Heat 130-120 behind Doncic's triple-double

Bronny gets way up for a showtime Lakers alley-oop

Jamie Jaquez Jr. scored 31 points for the Heat and Bam Adebayo and Pelle Larsson added 17 points each.

The Heat never led. The Lakers jumped to a 8-0 lead and led by 18 points in the first half.

Jake LaRavia had 25 points off the bench for LA and Jaxson Hayes scored a season-high 15 points. He made all seven of his shots and his first 3-pointer as a Laker.

LaRavia had a big left-handed dunk early in the fourth quarter and Reaves set him up in the fourth quarter with an alley-oop pass that led to another dunk and a 118-110 lead with just under five minutes left.

The Lakers again played short-handed. LeBron James has yet to play this season because of sciatica on his right side and DeAndre Ayton was out with back spasms. James is targeted to return this month.

He got up off the bench when his son Bronny James converted a dunk off an alley-oop pass from Reaves in the first quarter. Reaves was setting up his teammates nicely and finished with 11 assists.

LA's Marcus Smart earned his 1,000th career steal.

Dodgers owner Mark Walter sat courtside one day after the Dodgers won the World Series in Game 7 in Toronto. It’s been a big week for Walter, who also finalized the purchase of a majority stake in the Lakers.

Up next Heat: At Clippers on Monday night.

Lakers: At Portland on Monday night.

Regular Season Series

LAL lead series 1-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 120 - 130
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 120 - 130
4th 13.4 Jake LaRavia defensive rebound 120 - 130
4th 15.3 Jaime Jaquez Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1 120 - 130
4th 15.3 Dalton Knecht enters the game for Luka Doncic 120 - 130

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/mia.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originMIA https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/lal.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originLAL
43-84 FG 48-95
51 Field Goal % 51
9-33 3PT 15-46
27 Three Point % 33
25-36 FT 19-23
69 Free Throw % 83
42 Rebounds 41
9 Offensive Rebounds 8
33 Defensive Rebounds 33
29 Assists 33
7 Steals 14
3 Blocks 2
15 Turnovers 11
0 Team Turnovers 1
15 Total Turnovers 12
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
19 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 16
20 Fast Break Points 19
66 Points in Paint 60
20 Fouls 26
0 Largest Lead 18
Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Lakers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
LeBron James, F Day-To-Day Feb 20
Miami Heat Miami Heat Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Davion Mitchell, G Day-To-Day Feb 20
Terry Rozier, G Out Oct 23

Game Information

crypto.com Arena

Location: Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 18,831 · Capacity:

2025-26 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando 29 25 .537 - W1
Miami 29 27 .518 1 W1
Atlanta 27 30 .474 3.5 W1
Charlotte 26 30 .464 4 L1
Washington 15 39 .278 14 W1

2025-26 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
LA Lakers 33 21 .611 - W1
Phoenix 32 24 .571 2 L2
Golden State 29 27 .518 5 L2
LA Clippers 27 28 .491 6.5 W2
Sacramento 12 45 .211 22.5 L15
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