The Los Angeles Lakers have won three games in a row after defeating the Miami Heat. The Los Angeles Lakers saw Austin Reaves, Luka Doncic and Jake LaRavia combine to score 80 of the team’s 130 points.
In the NBA, coming close is never enough. The Miami Heat suffered the same frustrating fate against the Lakers tonight. They didn’t lead once throughout the game, but remained at a distance to strike.
Precious Achiuwa is gaining attention from a Western Conference team. According to a report, the Sacramento Kings are eyeing Achiuwa as a possible in-season acquisition.
Coming off a loss to Luka Doncic and the L.A. Lakers on Sunday night, the Miami Heat face a quick turnaround against the Clippers less than 24 hours later.
The 2025/2026 season is a year of growth for the Miami Heat, they have a young roster and seemingly have revolutionized the offensive side of the ball, averaging the NBA's third most points per game and playing at a league-high pace (107.08).
The all-time list of NBA All-Stars is obviously long, and notably distinguished. However, there are some players — for various reasons — who the casual, or even most-dedicated, NBA fans can't recall having earned All-Star nods.
The Miami Heat (3-3) dropped the sixth game of the regular season on Sunday night, losing 130-120 to the Los Angeles Lakers (5-2). Here's some of the main statistical reasons why the game turned out the way it did.
It’s often said that you shouldn’t poke the bear that is Luka Doncic, but some Miami Heat players did it anyway during their 130-120 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena on Sunday.
The game was over, but the real headline was just getting started. As the Lakers wrapped up a 130–120 win over the Miami Heat, play-by-play announcer Bill MacDonald dropped a line that froze every listener for a split second.
Simply put Kel’el Ware is failing the Miami Heat this year. It is not always reflected in the box score, but he has not lived up to what many hoped he could.
The Los Angeles Clippers discarded Norman Powell for John Collins in a three-team trade that sent him to the Miami Heat, where he’s thriving. LAC signed Bradley Beal, somehow thinking they’d be better set at guard with him, a player who has never done anything significant in the playoffs and is a diminished form of himself.
The Miami Heat have been stuck in sand -- and sometimes quicksand -- on offense for the past several seasons. Some of it has been personnel. Even with Jimmy Butler around, Miami hasn't had an abundance of creators, those who could isolate and get a good shot at any time, for themselves or others.
The Miami Heat continue their road trip on Sunday night against the 4-2 Los Angeles Lakers, after dropping to 3-2 themselves following a loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night.
Everyone within the NBA community knows that Bam Adebayo is a great defender. Some people even see him as a perennial candidate for the Defensive Player of the Year award.
Norman Powell is extension eligible through June 30, 2026, and he said he wants to stay with the Heat, per Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald. Powell is in the final year of his deal at 20.48 million.
The Atlanta Hawks dominated the Indiana Pacers despite the absence of All-Star Trae Young on Friday night, pulling off a 20-point win to move to the top of their NBA Cup group.
The “Memorial Day Massacre” of 1985 remains one of the most infamous nights in Lakers history. Never have they lost an NBA Finals game as badly, especially at the hands of their eternal rivals, the Celtics, either before or since.
While the Miami Heat had uneven play against the San Antonio Spurs in the 107-101 loss, there were two players who had relatively frustrating games in Kel’el Ware and Nikola Jovic.
Despite his lawyer’s assertion that the NBA “cleared him two years ago,” Terry Rozier was never technically cleared of wrongdoing after the league looked into suspicious betting activity involving the guard in 2023.
In year 18 at the helm, Erik Spoelstra shifts from grind-it-out to run-and-gun—and the early results are explosive. Erik Spoelstra has never been afraid to adapt.
The Miami Heat traded a first-round pick to the Charlotte Hornets for Terry Rozier in 2024. Now that he's been arrested, the team may be looking for a refund.