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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Heat | 23 | 35 | 25 | 22 | 105 |
 Lakers | 27 | 28 | 29 | 24 | 108 |
MIATeam statsLAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | 42-9444.7% | 11-3432.4% | 10-1376.9% | 50 | 29 | 17 |
| LAL | 41-9045.6% | 14-3243.8% | 12-2060.0% | 46 | 24 | 12 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Los Angeles Lakers108| 40 | 33 | 14-22 | 3-7 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +6.0 | |||||
| 38 | 28 | 10-19 | 4-7 | 0 | 4-8 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +11.4 | |||||
| 37 | 10 | 4-11 | 1-3 | 1-2 | +18 | +2.5 | ||||||||
| 35 | 9 | 3-9 | 2-5 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +8 | −5.9 | ||||||
| 15 | 4 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | +10 | −2.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −15 | +0.9 | ||||||
| 24 | 11 | 4-11 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −14 | +1.4 | |||||
| 16 | 6 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.5 | ||||||
| 12 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −1.1 | ||||||
| Team | 108 | 41-9045.6% | 14-3243.8% | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 12-2060.0% | 12 | 9 | 7 | |||
Bench 24 points on 9 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Ivica Zubac, Isaac Bonga and Moritz Wagner (coach’s decision); Michael Beasley (personal).
Miami Heat105| 30 | 10 | 3-10 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +9 | −0.7 | ||||||
| 29 | 12 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 0-2 | −10 | +2.9 | ||||||||
| 24 | 10 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −20 | −1.8 | ||||
| 18 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.4 | ||||
| 17 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −12 | −6.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 38 | 28, Career high (his best before, 23) | 11-20 | 6-10, Career high (his best before, 4) | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | +5.8 | |||||||
| 32 | 15 | 6-19 | 0-7 | 3-4 | 0 | +6 | −2.1 | |||||||
| 29 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | +11 | +8.1 | |||||||
| 24 | 15 | 6-10 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +0.7 | ||||||
| Team | 105 | 42-9444.7% | 11-3432.4% | 50 | 29 | 17 | 19 | 10-1376.9% | 14 | 9 | 7 | |||
Bench 66 points on 26 for 53 shooting
Did not play: Wayne Ellington, Udonis Haslem and Tyler Johnson (coach’s decision).
Lakers108Heat105ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
LeBron James had 28 points and 12 assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Miami Heat 108-105.
Kyle Kuzma’s driving layup put the Lakers ahead for good with 2:36 left in the fourth quarter.
The Heat got within 106-105 on Josh Richardson’s 2 free throws with 1:38 to play, but James answered with 2 free throws, and the Heat got no closer. They had the ball down 3 after a timeout, but Justise Winslow missed a 3-pointer with 3.6 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Lakers outscored the Heat 10-9. James scored 6 of the Lakers’ 10 on 1 for 3 shooting and 3 for 4 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Dwyane Wade had 4 of his 10 assists off the bench, 2 of them on baskets by Kelly Olynyk and Richardson that tied the game.
Kuzma scored 33 points on 14 for 22 shooting. James assisted on 6 of Kuzma’s 14 baskets, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Heat, Winslow scored a career-high 28 points (15 in the second quarter) with 6 3-pointers off the bench, and Wade went 0 for 7 from 3. Derrick Jones Jr. had 8 points, a career-high 14 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks off the bench.
The Heat committed 17 turnovers to the Lakers’ 12 and outscored them 66-24 off the bench. The Heat outscored the Lakers 25-10 in 7 minutes with Wade, Olynyk, Winslow, Richardson and Jones on the floor together.
Los Angeles LakersMiami HeatPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
96 points from the field on 90 shots: 0.8 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-34 | 61.8% | 63% |
| In the paint | 4-12 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 2-12 | 16.7% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 5-12 | 41.7% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-20 | 45.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justise Winslow | 24 | 10 | 4-6 | +4 |
| Rodney McGruder | 14 | 9 | 3-6 | +5 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 11 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Dwyane Wade | 11 | 6 | 3-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 8 | 4-7 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Johnson | 25 | 10 | 4-6 | 0 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 13 | 7 | 2-5 | +2 |
| Justise Winslow | 10 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Bam Adebayo | 7 | 0 | 0-4 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 8 | 3-3 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwyane Wade | 21 | 3 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Josh Richardson | 11 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Justise Winslow | 6 | 0 | 0-3 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 8 points on 47 possessions. He usually scores about 9 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
LAL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
MIA
50/50
LAL
Highest Leverage Moments
Richardson 28' 3PT Fadeaway Jumper (8 PTS) (Wade 10 AST)
Q4 2:53
19.5%
73→53
Kuzma 26' 3PT Jump Shot (31 PTS) (James 11 AST)
Q4 5:01
19.1%
43→62
James 29' 3PT Jump Shot (25 PTS)
Q4 4:21
15.3%
53→68
Kuzma 2' Driving Layup (33 PTS) (James 12 AST)
Q4 2:36
14.8%
53→68
Ball 28' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Caldwell-Pope 3 AST)
Q3 0:36
14.7%
43→58
