The Heat looked to the Lakers to cut their streak of two straight defeats this Wednesday at the Kaseya Center and left his hand.
In a match that dominated from beginning to end, the Miami quintet got away with a wide-ranging 134-93 Los Angeles team LeBron James, who was never a rival.
Rather, it was an advance party for the quintet of the Capital of the Sun and another occasion on which LeBron, who turns 40 on December 30, did not do well in the house of the team with which he won his first two rings, although he did not have a bad individual performance.
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He has now a 2-8 mark before them since leaving the organization in 2014. For the Heat, it was a night of great statistics as it set a new franchise record for more assists in a match with 42 and tied the team’s mark of more triples in a game with 24.
In addition, the 41-point victory is the third most unequal in franchise history. Miami (10-10) is now ranked 7th in the Eastern Conference, before facing two tough rivals on the weekend, the Phoenix Suns and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The keys to the victory were on the one hand the triples (24 in 47 attempts) and on the other the great defense that left the Lakers below 100 points, but especially the extra energy dose that left the Lakers thrown, including a great collective game.
One as a player naturally thinks of himself, but you know that the best way to win is to think of your partner and try to make the game easier, Miami coach Erik Spoelstra commented.
I never felt like we were making extraordinary shots in this game, they’re not in the context of what we want to do either, but I felt we had great attacks, so that’s what you want to continue to do to build a habit.
Miami’s firepower was beastful to the Los Angeles club. He finished with 57.8 percent effectiveness in field shots (51.1 in triples), although none of the headlines played the final partial and still the beating was by 41 points of difference.
Tyler Herro, the spark plug that lit the Heat in the third quarter, was the best scorer with 31 points (9-16 in triples), in addition to giving 5 assists. He scored 21 cartons in that partial, one more than the Lakers team achieved.
“Yes, there have been ups and downs throughout the season, there are teams that have separated in the rankings and we have to continue to find our identity to get more victories,” Herro said.
I think we can learn a lot, even with the wind against it. We know we can win ugly games, we’ve done it for the five years I’ve been here. We can win them learn from them and try to improve.
Jimmy Butler, who returned to the rotation after missing the game in Boston due to a knee discomfort, followed him with 17 units, despite starting soft, and shone with customary good defense.
Terry Rozier, who did play the last quarter, finished with 16 cartons. Bam Adebayo was the man of the first half where he accumulated 14 points, rubbing the triple-double with 10 rebounds and seven assists.
Haywood Highsmith served 14 more (4 triples), especially with his sacrifice on the mark.
Kevin Love had another good match as an alternate center with 10 units and 5 assists, leading the second unit alongside Rozier.
For the Lakers LeBron with 29 points, Rui Hachimura with 14, D’Angelo Russell with 12 and Max Christie with 11.
The first half ended in favor of the Heat 69-52. It could be more than not for Herro’s unforced errors at the end of each partial, both won by the Capital of the Sun quintet, with 14 from Adebayo, 13 from Butler, 12 from Highsmith, and 10 from Herro.
Meanwhile, LeBron was 18, and Russell with 10 outs and out of Los Angeles.
The first quarter was taken by Miami 34-26 after dominating it from start to finish with 7 triples. They went on to have up to 14 points ahead that for a moment seemed to vanish after three costly consecutive mistakes, but in the end, with a choral work, he was able to maintain a good advantage despite James’s 10 cartons.
The Lakers struggled to reduce the lead with LeBron coming up to 18 points, but what happened was that the Heat stretched to 17th over with 14 from Adebayo and then to 21, with three other openers joining the double-digit group. Miami prevailed at 35-26 and went to rest with 17 cartons of advantage.
Miami started the third with an 8-4 rally that included a nail of Butler and two Herro triples in what was a warning of what was coming.
The team was sweet with the triples, mainly Herro with 9, and gradually extended the lead on the scoreboard to 30 points. They took the 36-20 partial, stretching the 105-72 lead.
Thus with a difference of 33 units the quintet of the Capital of the Sun reached the last quarter, which began very evenly, but again the Heat gradually widened the difference and already with the less usual ended up winning also the final partial 29-21 to complete the beating.
