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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Heat | 36 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 96 |
 Lakers | 23 | 29 | 25 | 17 | 94 |
MIATeam statsLAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | 36-8542.4% | 8-2828.6% | 16-2369.6% | 49 | 24 | 14 |
| LAL | 33-8439.3% | 13-4528.9% | 15-1788.2% | 43 | 25 | 14 |
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.
Miami Heat96| 40 | 27 | 10-14 | 5-6 | 2-2 | +9 | +10.2 | ||||||||
| 36 | 16 | 8-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | −8 | +3.8 | ||||||||
| 34 | 24 | 8-20 | 0-0 | 8-10 | 0 | 0 | +0.5 | |||||||
| 33 | 11 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.7 | ||||||
| 29 | 4 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −5.4 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.3 | ||||||
| 14 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.5 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-9 | 0-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −7.7 | ||
| 12 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −2.4 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.6 | ||||
| Team | 96 | 36-8542.4% | 8-2828.6% | 49 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 16-2369.6% | 10 | 8 | 3 | |||
Bench 14 points on 6 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Udonis Haslem, KZ Okpala and Maurice Harkless (coach’s decision); Goran Dragic and Avery Bradley (not with team).
Los Angeles Lakers94| 37 | 19 | 7-21 | 1-8 | 4-4 | +11 | −4.4 | ||||||||
| 35 | 11 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 2-2 | +4 | +1.0 | ||||||||
| 34 | 23, Season high (his best before, 22) | 8-21 | 4-11 | 0 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −3.6 | ||||
| 31 | 10 | 4-10 | 2-7 | 0 | 0-0 | +6 | +0.2 | |||||||
| 24 | 6 | 2-6 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −1.4 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 18 | 7-12 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 0 | −7 | +5.8 | |||||||
| 20 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −7.1 | |||||
| 17 | 2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −8.0 | ||||
| 17 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −0.2 | ||||||
| Team | 94 | 33-8439.3% | 13-4528.9% | 43 | 25 | 14 | 17 | 15-1788.2% | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||
Bench 25 points on 9 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Jared Dudley, Quinn Cook, Kostas Antetokounmpo, Devontae Cacok and Alfonzo McKinnie (coach’s decision).
Heat96Lakers94ClickTap 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.
Kendrick Nunn scored 27 points (15 in the first quarter), and the Miami Heat went on a 13-0 run in the third quarter to beat the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers 96-94.
The Lakers went on a 27-10 run to lead 66-63 with 7:44 left in the third quarter. Jimmy Butler III’s driving layup put the Heat ahead for good with 5:59 left in the quarter. He scored 6 points during the run, and they led 76-66 with 3:05 left in the quarter.
Wesley Matthews’ putback made it 96-94 with 8.4 seconds left, and LeBron James stole a pass from Andre Iguodala with 5.4 seconds left. Alex Caruso then missed a 22-foot jumper with 1.4 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 7. Butler scored 5 of the Heat’s 7 on 0 for 2 shooting and 5 for 6 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Bam Adebayo had 2 steals.
Butler had 24 points and 8 rebounds.
For the Lakers, Kyle Kuzma scored a season-high 23 points (12 on 4 3-pointers), and James went 1 for 8 from 3. Montrezl Harrell had 18 points and 10 rebounds off the bench.
The Lakers got 6 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Heat did not make a field goal in the last 4:34. The Lakers were outscored 14-2 in 4 minutes with Morris, Harrell, Caruso, Kuzma and Horton-Tucker on the floor together. Duncan Robinson fouled out.
Miami HeatLos Angeles LakersPS, 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).
80 points from the field on 85 shots: 13.5 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 | 24-33 | 72.7% | 64% |
| In the paint | 3-17 | 17.6% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 1-7 | 14.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-6 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-22 | 27.3% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Kuzma | 21 | 3 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 20 | 2 | 1-2 | −3 |
| Alex Caruso | 11 | 7 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Talen Horton-Tucker | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 12 | 5-7 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Matthews | 39 | 8 | 4-9 | −3 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 8 | 4 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Marc Gasol | 6 | 2 | 1-4 | 0 |
| LeBron James | 4 | 4 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 4 | 1-5 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Gasol | 31 | 4 | 2-4 | −5 |
| Montrezl Harrell | 19 | 4 | 2-5 | −2 |
| LeBron James | 9 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Wesley Matthews | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 8 | 4-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 22 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
Nunn 27' 3PT Jump Shot (27 PTS) (Adebayo 5 AST)
Q4 10:38
15.0%
29→14
Kuzma 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot (17 PTS) (James 5 AST)
Q3 9:07
12.0%
35→47
Caldwell-Pope 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Gasol 3 AST)
Q4 3:47
10.6%
14→24
Robinson 28' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Iguodala 2 AST)
Q4 9:02
10.4%
24→14
Harrell 12' Turnaround Fadeaway (16 PTS) (Horton-Tucker 3 AST)
Q4 9:56
9.9%
14→24
