Game ID: 22300150
Los Angeles Lakers @ Miami Heat
Monday, November 6, 2023 at 7:30 PM ET
Kaseya Center, Miami, FL
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MIA 33 29 28 18 108LAL 33 26 20 28 107
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Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
MIA availability going into 10/28 · back-to-backOUT Jović missed 2 since 10/25, returns tonight: 21 min (105% of 20)
MIA availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's restOUT Martin missed 2 since 10/27, out tonight
BACK Jović back 10/28 after 2, 21 min since (105% of 20)
MIA availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's restOUT Martin missed 3 since 10/27, out tonight
BACK Jović back 10/28 after 2, 14 min since (71% of 20)
NEW Herro 34 to 39 min over the last 4
NEW Love 16 to 22 min over the last 3
MIA availability going into 11/03 · 1 day's restOUT Martin missed 4 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Smith missed 2 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Cain missed 2 since 10/30, out tonight
BACK Jović back 10/28 after 2, 14 min since (71% of 20)
NEW Love 16 to 22 min over the last 3
MIA availability going into 11/06 · 2 days' restOUT Martin missed 5 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Jović missed 2 since 11/01, out tonight
OUT Love missed 2 since 11/01, out tonight
OUT Smith missed 3 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Cain missed 3 since 10/30, out tonight
NEW Herro 34 to 39 min over the last 5
MIA availability going into 11/08 · 1 day's restOUT Martin missed 6 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Jović missed 3 since 11/01, out tonight
OUT Love missed 3 since 11/01, out tonight
OUT Smith missed 4 since 10/30, returns tonight: 15 min (101% of 14)
OUT Cain missed 4 since 10/30, out tonight
MIA availability going into 11/11 · 2 days' restOUT Martin missed 7 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Jović missed 4 since 11/01, out tonight
OUT Love missed 4 since 11/01, returns tonight: 14 min (86% of 16)
OUT Cain missed 5 since 10/30, returns tonight: 0 min (4% of 10)
BACK Smith back 11/08 after 4, 15 min since (101% of 14)
MIA availability going into 11/12 · back-to-backOUT Martin missed 8 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Jović missed 5 since 11/01, out tonight
BACK Love back 11/11 after 4, 14 min since (86% of 16)
BACK Smith back 11/08 after 4, 21 min since (147% of 14)
BACK Cain back 11/11 after 5, 0 min since (4% of 10)
MIA availability going into 11/14 · 1 day's restOUT Herro missed 2 since 11/11, out tonight
OUT Martin missed 9 since 10/27, out tonight
OUT Jović missed 6 since 11/01, out tonight
BACK Love back 11/11 after 4, 14 min since (87% of 16)
BACK Smith back 11/08 after 4, 23 min since (160% of 14)
BACK Cain back 11/11 after 5, 0 min since (4% of 10)
NEW Robinson 27 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Highsmith 21 to 26 min over the last 5
LAL availability going into 10/29 · 2 days' rest
full strength
LAL availability going into 10/30 · back-to-backOUT Christie missed 2 since 10/26, out tonight
NEW Vincent 18 to 30 min over the last 3
LAL availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's restOUT Christie missed 3 since 10/26, returns tonight: 22 min (155% of 14)
NEW Vincent 18 to 28 min over the last 4
LAL availability going into 11/04 · 2 days' restOUT Hachimura missed 2 since 10/30, out tonight
BACK Christie back 11/01 after 3, 22 min since (155% of 14)
NEW Vincent 18 to 28 min over the last 4
LAL availability going into 11/06 · 1 day's restOUT Hachimura missed 3 since 10/30, out tonight
OUT Prince missed 2 since 11/01, returns tonight: 34 min (129% of 27)
OUT Vincent missed 2 since 11/01, out tonight
BACK Christie back 11/01 after 3, 23 min since (160% of 14)
NEW Wood 17 to 24 min over the last 5
LAL availability going into 11/08 · 1 day's restOUT Hachimura missed 4 since 10/30, returns tonight: 26 min (94% of 27)
OUT Vincent missed 3 since 11/01, out tonight
BACK Prince back 11/06 after 2, 34 min since (129% of 27)
BACK Christie back 11/01 after 3, 20 min since (143% of 14)
NEW Wood 17 to 26 min over the last 5
LAL availability going into 11/10 · 1 day's restOUT Vincent missed 4 since 11/01, out tonight
OUT Hayes missed 2 since 11/06, returns tonight: 5 min (39% of 12)
BACK Hachimura back 11/08 after 4, 26 min since (94% of 27)
BACK Prince back 11/06 after 2, 31 min since (114% of 27)
BACK Christie back 11/01 after 3, 22 min since (157% of 14)
NEW Reddish 20 to 26 min over the last 5
NEW Wood 17 to 27 min over the last 5
LAL availability going into 11/12 · 1 day's restOUT Vincent missed 5 since 11/01, out tonight
BACK Hachimura back 11/08 after 4, 23 min since (85% of 27)
BACK Prince back 11/06 after 2, 31 min since (117% of 27)
BACK Christie back 11/01 after 3, 22 min since (157% of 14)
BACK Hayes back 11/10 after 2, 5 min since (39% of 12)
NEW Reddish 20 to 28 min over the last 5
NEW Wood 17 to 26 min over the last 5
LAL availability going into 11/14 · 1 day's restOUT Vincent missed 6 since 11/01, out tonight
BACK Hachimura back 11/08 after 4, 26 min since (97% of 27)
BACK Prince back 11/06 after 2, 32 min since (119% of 27)
BACK Hayes back 11/10 after 2, 6 min since (48% of 12)
NEW Reddish 20 to 29 min over the last 5
NEW Wood 17 to 23 min over the last 5
NEW Christie 14 to 20 min over the last 4
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Miami comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 114, shooting 46 percent and 39 from three, 18 free throws a game; Herro at 28 and Adebayo at 21 a game. Without Martin (5 straight), Jović (2 straight), Love (2 straight). 2 days' rest. The Lakers come in 3-2 over their last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 115, shooting 47 percent and 29 from three, 28 free throws a game; Davis at 28 and James at 25 a game. Without Hachimura (3 straight), Prince (2 straight), Vincent (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Miami wins, and the game turns on the arc, Miami at 39 percent from three to the Lakers' 29 and the line, where the Lakers take 28 free throws a game to Miami's 18. Call it Miami 113, the Lakers 111, the Lakers keeping it close.
10/28 @ MIN 90-106 — MIA notes
MIA lost 90-106. MIA shot 40% (35 of 87) to MIN's 51%, 12 of 38 from three, and went to the line 14 times to MIN's 8 — 8 points from the stripe to their 6. Herro led with 22 (8 of 23, 4 of 10 from three); Adebayo added 19. Q1 was theirs, 31-26, but the other 3 periods went 80-59 against them. Cain's -23 in 25 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/30 @ MIL 114-122 — MIA notes
MIA lost 114-122. MIA shot 48% (41 of 86) to MIL's 51%, 13 of 34 from three, and got to the line 20 times to MIL's 30. Herro led with 35 (12 of 21, 2 of 5 from three, 9 of 10 at the line); D. Robinson added 15, Butler III 13. Q4 was theirs, 41-25, the deficit cut from 24 to 8, but the other 3 periods went 97-73 against them. Butler III's -13 in 29 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/01 vs BKN 105-109 — MIA notes
MIA lost 105-109. MIA took 9 more shots (91 to 82), fed by 11 offensive rebounds, but shot 43% to BKN's 45%, 13 of 38 from three, and got to the line 18 times to BKN's 26. Herro led with 30 (12 of 23, 6 of 10 from three); Adebayo added 21, Butler III 20. Q2 was theirs, 24-17, but the other 3 periods went 92-81 against them. They led by as many as 16.
11/03 vs WAS 121-114 — MIA notes
MIA won 121-114. MIA shot 60% (48 of 80) to WAS's 57%, 13 of 27 from three. Herro led with 24 (9 of 17, 4 of 7 from three); Butler III added 20, Adebayo 18. The hinge was Q3, 41-27: a lead of 6 became 20, and the lead reached 25.
11/06 vs LAL 108-107 — MIA notes
MIA won 108-107. MIA shot 47% (41 of 88) to LAL's 54%, 12 of 37 from three. Butler III led with 28 (9 of 15, 3 of 4 from three, 7 of 7 at the line); Adebayo added 22, Herro 22. The hinge was Q3, 28-20: a lead of 3 became 11.
11/08 @ MEM — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Memphis comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 117, shooting 45 percent and 34 from three, 17 free throws a game; Bane at 28 and Jackson Jr. at 24 a game. Without Morant (7 straight), Jackson (3 straight), LaRavia (2 straight). 2 days' rest. Miami comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 112, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 16 free throws a game; Herro at 27 and Butler III at 20 a game. Without Martin (6 straight), Jović (3 straight), Love (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: Memphis wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Memphis 112, Miami 110, Miami keeping it close.
11/11 @ ATL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Atlanta comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 123 a night and allowing 117, shooting 48 percent and 36 from three, 27 free throws a game; Young at 26 and Murray at 26 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. One day's rest. Miami comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 111, shooting 48 percent and 38 from three, 20 free throws a game; Herro at 23 and Adebayo at 23 a game. That is 3 straight wins. Without Martin (7 straight), Jović (4 straight), Love (4 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Atlanta wins, and the game turns on the line, where Atlanta takes 27 free throws a game to Miami's 20 and the glass, where Atlanta has been plus-7 a night and Miami plus-3. Call it Atlanta 118, Miami 112.
11/12 @ SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
San Antonio comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 128, shooting 48 percent and 35 from three, 18 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 23 and Vassell at 17 a game. That is 4 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. One day's rest. Miami comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 108, shooting 49 percent and 36 from three, 21 free throws a game; Adebayo at 23 and Butler III at 21 a game. That is 4 straight wins. Without Martin (8 straight), Jović (5 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Miami wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Miami allowing 108 a night to San Antonio's 128 and the turnovers, Miami giving it away 17 times a game to San Antonio's 13. Call it Miami 116, San Antonio 114, San Antonio keeping it close.
11/14 @ CHA — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Charlotte comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 125, shooting 49 percent and 30 from three, 24 free throws a game; Ball at 26 and Hayward at 19 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without Bridges (8 straight), Rozier (4 straight). One day's rest. Miami comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 109, shooting 49 percent and 37 from three, 23 free throws a game; Adebayo at 24 and Butler III at 20 a game. That is 5 straight wins. Without Herro (2 straight), Martin (9 straight), Jović (6 straight). One day's rest.
So: Miami wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Miami allowing 109 a night to Charlotte's 125 and the arc, Miami at 37 percent from three to Charlotte's 30. Call it Miami 116, Charlotte 115, Charlotte keeping it close.
10/29 @ SAC 127-132 — LAL notes
LAL lost 127-132 in 1 overtime. LAL shot 44% (43 of 98) to SAC's 47%, 15 of 45 from three, and went to the line 34 times to SAC's 24 — 26 points from the stripe to their 17. Davis led with 30 (11 of 22, 7 of 8 at the line); James added 27, Prince 20. Q3 was theirs, 28-21, the deficit cut from 11 to 4, but the other 4 periods went 111-99 against them.
10/30 vs ORL 106-103 — LAL notes
LAL won 106-103. LAL shot 53% (42 of 79) to ORL's 40%, 8 of 27 from three. LAL turned it over 16 times to ORL's 11, and ORL turned those into 10 steals. Russell led with 28 (10 of 14, 3 of 6 from three); Davis added 26, James 19. The hinge was Q1, 29-24: from level to 5 ahead. LAL trailed 54-58 at the half and won the second half 52-45. Wood was the night's best plus/minus at +12.
11/01 vs LAC 130-125 — LAL notes
LAL won 130-125 in 1 overtime. LAL shot 51% (46 of 90) to LAC's 47%, 11 of 32 from three, and went to the line 36 times to LAC's 27 — 27 points from the stripe to their 17. James led with 35 (13 of 19, 4 of 8 from three, 5 of 10 at the line); Davis added 27, Russell 27. The hinge was Q3, 39-24: LAL came in trailing by 13 and left it ahead by 2. LAL trailed 48-61 at the half and won the second half 82-64.
11/04 @ ORL 101-120 — LAL notes
LAL lost 101-120. LAL shot 44% (37 of 84) to ORL's 46%, 8 of 30 from three. The glass went 40-51 against them. Davis led with 28 (10 of 15, 8 of 8 at the line); James added 24, Reaves 20. Q4 was theirs, 21-19, the deficit cut from 21 to 19, but the other 3 periods went 101-80 against them. Davis's -24 in 32 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/06 @ MIA 107-108 — LAL notes
LAL lost 107-108. LAL shot 54% (44 of 81) to MIA's 47%, 8 of 26 from three. James led with 30 (13 of 23, 0 of 4 from three); Reaves added 23, Russell 13. Q4 was theirs, 28-18, the deficit cut from 11 to 1, but the other 3 periods went 90-79 against them.
11/08 @ HOU — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Houston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 107, shooting 49 percent and 39 from three, 22 free throws a game; Ja. Green at 20 and Sengun at 19 a game. That is 3 straight wins. Without Thompson (2 straight), Eason (4 straight). One day's rest. The Lakers come in 2-3 over their last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 118, shooting 49 percent and 31 from three, 25 free throws a game; James at 27 and Davis at 24 a game. Without Hachimura (4 straight), Vincent (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: Houston wins, and the game turns on the arc, Houston at 39 percent from three to the Lakers' 31 and the defense, Houston allowing 107 a night to the Lakers' 118. Call it Houston 115, the Lakers 110.
11/10 @ PHX — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Phoenix comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 116, shooting 46 percent and 40 from three, 26 free throws a game; Durant at 30 and Allen at 17 a game. Without Booker (3 straight). One day's rest. The Lakers come in 2-3 over their last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 117, shooting 49 percent and 30 from three, 23 free throws a game; James at 25 and Davis at 22 a game. That is 3 straight losses. They have lost the glass by 8 a night. Without Vincent (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: Phoenix wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Phoenix has been plus-3 a night and the Lakers minus-8 and the arc, Phoenix at 40 percent from three to the Lakers' 30. Call it Phoenix 116, the Lakers 110.
11/12 vs POR — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
The Lakers come in 2-3 over their last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 120, shooting 48 percent and 33 from three, 26 free throws a game; James at 28 and Davis at 20 a game. They have lost the glass by 9 a night. Without Vincent (5 straight). One day's rest. Portland comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 108, shooting 44 percent and 32 from three, 26 free throws a game; Grant at 27 and Sharpe at 20 a game. Without Simons (7 straight), Henderson (3 straight), Rupert (5 straight). 3 days' rest.
So: Portland wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Portland allowing 108 a night to the Lakers' 120 and the glass, where Portland has been minus-1 a night and the Lakers minus-9. Call it Portland 112, the Lakers 111, the Lakers keeping it close.
11/14 vs MEM — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
The Lakers come in 2-3 over their last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 117, shooting 48 percent and 31 from three, 26 free throws a game; James at 26 and Davis at 21 a game. They have lost the glass by 9 a night. Without Vincent (6 straight). One day's rest. Memphis comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 110, shooting 45 percent and 34 from three, 18 free throws a game; Bane at 28 and Jackson Jr. at 22 a game. Without Morant (10 straight), Williams Jr. (4 straight), Jackson (6 straight). One day's rest.
So: The Lakers win, and the game turns on the glass, where Memphis has been minus-1 a night and the Lakers minus-9 and the line, where the Lakers take 26 free throws a game to Memphis's 18. Call it the Lakers 113, Memphis 112, Memphis keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MIABA B. Adebayo
BU Butler
DR D. Robinson
HH H. Highsmith
JB J. Butler III
JJ J. Jaquez Jr.
JR J. Richardson
KL K. Lowry
TB T. Bryant
TH T. Herro
LALAD A. Davis
AR A. Reaves
CR C. Reddish
CW C. Wood
DR D. Russell
LJ L. James
MC M. Christie
TP T. Prince
MIA/LAL the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Adebayo has triple-double, Butler scores 28, Heat hold off LeBron and the Lakers 108-107
MIAMI -- — Bam Adebayo took charge. Kyle Lowry took a charge.
Both were absolutely required for the Miami Heat to hold off LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night.
Adebayo had the first 20-rebound triple-double in Miami history, Jimmy Butler scored 28 points and the Heat survived a big offensive drought at the end to beat the Lakers 108-107 — a game in which no points were scored in the final 2:38.
Adebayo had 22 points, 20 rebounds and 10 assists for Miami in his sixth regular-season triple-double. Tyler Herro also scored 22 for the Heat and Duncan Robinson added 12 for Miami — which won despite having no field goals in the final 4:14.
“Kudos to Miami,” James said. “They played some really good ball tonight. We were able to match their intensity. We played some really good ball as well."
James led all scorers with 30 points for the Lakers, who fell to 0-4 on the road. Austin Reaves was an assist shy of a triple-double, finishing with 23 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.
“Bron was phenomenal. ... That's a tough team to go against,” Lakers coach Darvin Ham said.
The Lakers didn’t have Anthony Davis for the final 14 minutes; he left the game twice with a left hip spasm and finished with nine points and six rebounds.
“Let it calm down, get treatment, get ready to suit up on Wednesday,” Davis said.
Adebayo was called for traveling with 8.9 seconds remaining, giving the Lakers a final chance. The inbounds pass went to James, who drove right and found a wide-open Cam Reddish for what would have been a game-winning corner jumper.
It bounced off the rim, Butler secured the rebound and time expired.
“LeBron's going to be LeBron and pass the ball to the open man,” Butler said. “He did that. He literally whipped it to the corner ... Cam shot it and missed it. Good for us.”
Another huge play late: Lowry taking a charge against James with 1:57 left, with the listed difference in height and weight among those players being nine inches and 55 pounds.
“In those kind of moments, he’ll figure out how to make a winning play," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of Lowry.
Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell got ejected with 7:52 left for picking up a pair of technical fouls for arguing, and the free throws by Herro put the Heat up 100-88 — just 32 seconds after the Lakers had a chance to get within three points.
Taurean Prince missed a 3-pointer that would have cut Miami’s six-point lead in half, and the game quickly changed. Jaime Jaquez Jr . had a layup, then Russell had a turnover, and Jaquez Jr. had another layup. Adebayo had assists on both of those scores by Jaquez, giving him the triple-double, and Russell was ejected for arguing after the second basket.
Ham also got a technical late in the third, and the Lakers had a delay-of-game technical — those free throws all proving costly in a one-point loss.
“All I want is an explanation sometimes,” Ham said. “To not get that for the rest of the game once I got my technical ... Miami plays a physical brand of basketball. We're not complaining about how physical they are. We just want balance and consistency. That's it.”