Lakers 117-108 Heat (January 15, 2025) Game Recap

Lakers 117-108 Heat (January 15, 2025) Game Recap

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rui Hachimura scored 23 points and Anthony Davis had 22 points and 11 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers ended a three-game deficit with a 117-108 victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night.

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

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

The Lakers trailed by 12 points at halftime and took an 88-87 lead after a 15-4 run with 10:47 left.

Takeaways

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

Lakers: The three-game losing streak that ended Wednesday was the team’s longest of the season. There were two more losses in three games as Los Angeles lost 7-2 from November 21st to December 21st. 6.

Key moment

The Lakers’ Jaxson Hayes came away with a steal, passed the ball to Reaves near half court to set up a fast break, then sank the play to score with a dunk off a feed from Reaves and Los Angeles with it To take the lead 10-90-87 with 27 left.

Key statistics

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

Next

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

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