After swallowing a loss and ending the road trip, the greatly frustrated Heat team returned to the home court and ushered in the challenge of the old rival Lakers.
In terms of the Heat, Lowry + Taylor Hiero hung up the exemption card, and the Heat, who was missing major generals in this campaign, could defend the home field, Butler + Adebayo obviously needed to perform.
On the other hand, on the Lakers side, James + Wei Shao is ready to go, this campaign Lakers away from home, is also ready to make a big fuss in Miami, the sword points to 2 consecutive wins!
However, after 4 quarters of fighting, with a wave of perfect start 17-7, the Heat, who played at home, comprehensively suppressed the Lakers in the first three quarters, and once achieved a huge advantage of as many as 26 points.
Although in the final finale, James + Wei Shao successively made a series of efforts, leading the Lakers to play a wave of counterattack frenzy, and successfully narrowed the point difference to single digits, and saw the hope of reversal again.
But the helpless youngster Horton Tucker made a mistake on the sideline, and Caleb Martin counter-attacked and hit a layup to help the Heat gain a 6-point lead and completely end the suspense of the game.
The Heat, who finally withstood the pressure, also beat the Lakers 113-107 at home, and won this hard-won victory without any danger!
Playing at home in this game, the Heat will sweep away the slump of the previous game loss, playing a 5-man scoring double-double, multi-point blossoming team offensive.
In the case of the main players such as Adebayor + Vincent + Martin, the core of the team, Butler, and the play of top scorer Duncan Robinson are particularly critical!
Butler was well defensively and defensively, starting 37 minutes and delivering a triple-double of 20 points, 10 rebounds + 12 assists + 2 steals + 1 block on 7-of-18 shooting.
Among them, in the third quarter, his heroic performance of shooting 12 points in the single quarter not only helped the Heat to successfully open the score gap, but also once became a difficult existence for the Lakers to solve!
Of course, the Heat were able to win this game, and the performance of marksman Duncan Robinson was also indispensable.
Duncan Robinson fired more than 60 percent from 8-of-13 shooting, and hit six three-pointers from the outside, knocking down a team-high 25 points, plus five rebounds, three assists, and two steals.
In the absence of Taylor Hiro, the outbreak of Duncan Robinson in this game not only provided the Heat with powerful firepower, but also completely disrupted the Lakers' defensive deployment and plan, and made a great contribution to the Heat to keep the victory!
On the other hand, on the Lakers side, the team made a fatal mistake in the final quarter of this game, and finally failed to reverse, and hated the performance of the away game with a difference of 6 points, which obviously needs to be examined.
But rationally speaking, for the Lakers, this battle, the team is not completely without highlights.
After all, as the two aces of the team, the play of James + Westbrook in this game is indeed remarkable!
James played well in this campaign, starting 39 minutes, scoring a game-high 33 points on 12-of-22 shooting, plus a comprehensive performance of 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, and scored 11 points in the final quarter, almost leading the team to complete the turnover.
The good partner Wei Shao is also very efficient, shooting 60% of the 15 shots in the whole game, contributing to the quasi-triple-double performance of 24 points + 9 rebounds + 9 assists.
Although it failed to help the Lakers win the game, there is a saying that the excellent performance of James + Westbrook has indeed brought a lot of pressure and trouble to the Heat!
Just facing the fiery Butler, Duncan Robinson, who found a crosshair, and the Heat, who have a better defense, James + Westbrook, who have worked hard for a whole game, seem to have no choice but to accept the reality of losing.