Heat get past Lakers 112-98, climb over 500 at 18-17

Although from a different angle, LeBron James, who led the Lakers with 27 points, couldn't have agreed more. Because of the errors, Miami's field goal attempts were off by 92 to 77, clearly favouring Miami.

In James' opinion, that is essentially the entire game.

Lakers lost 14–21. The Cleveland Cavaliers started 11-24 in James' first season of 2003–04; that is the second-worst record for all of his teams through 35 games.

James stated, "I don't want to end up playing at this level from a team perspective." I know what I can still provide to any baseball team with the appropriate pieces, so I want to be able to compete for titles.

The Lakers are defeated by the Heat 112-98.

The math was simple. The Miami Heat scored a lot of points as a result of errors and nearly finished the contest without conceding any.That made a difference.

The Miami Heat defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 112-98 on Wednesday night to go above.500. Jimmy Butler scored 27 points, while Bam Adebayo contributed 23 points and 14 rebounds.

Miami outscored the Lakers 31-2 in points off turnovers despite the absence of point guard Kyle Lowry (personal reasons), forcing 26 while committing only six.

The ball control tonight was definitely a significant plus, according to Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.

Tyler Herro led the Heat with 18 points and 9 assists (18-17). Miami has won six of its last eight games thanks to 13 points from Caleb Martin and 12 points from Gabe Vincent.

James recorded nine rebounds and six assists for the Lakers on the second night of a back-to-back while playing. For the Lakers, Dennis Schroder and Russell Westbrook both scored 15 points.

At one point, the Heat held a 22-point lead, which was their third-highest advantage of the year and their largest since October 26.

Although it wasn't easy in the end, Miami's final margin of 14 points made it their third-largest victory of the season.

Late in the fourth, the Lakers reduced the margin to seven, but Herro's left-wing 3-pointer with two minutes left restored a double-digit advantage. With 1:15 left, Butler sprinted down the lane for an easy layup after Miami forced a turnover on the Lakers' following possession. This sealed the victory.

We maintained our lead, Adebayo stated. The most important thing was "that."

James played his last game as a 37-year-old; on Friday, he turns 38. In 37 games, James scored 30.1 points on average, easily the most in NBA history. At the age of 37, Karl Malone had the second-best average (23.2).

Lakers: James participated in 1,393 games, which broke Tim Duncan's record for the 10th-most in NBA history. Jason Terry is the following (1,410). … On the NBA scoring leaderboard, Westbrook overtook Charles Barkley to move up to position 28. Westbrook has 23,767 points, while Barkley retired with 23,757. On 5-of-6 shooting, including 4 of 5 3-pointers, Troy Brown Jr. scored 15 points. Heat: The game marked Miami's 54th and last at home in 2022. The Heat finished those games 35-19, and they won't play at home again until January 8 against Brooklyn. Butler shot 11 for 18 while adding four assists and five steals.