To say the Lakers routed the Heat in their Summer League opener on Saturday against the Heat as part of the California Classic would be a vast understatement. The Lakers led wire-to-wire and flirted with a 40-point lead in the fourth quarter, eventually winning 100-66.
It wasn’t perhaps the expected suspects that did the damage as Max Christie, the Lakers No. 35 overall selection in the 2022 NBA Draft, struggled shooting the ball in his debut. Two-way signing Scotty Pippen Jr. got going more in the second half and fourth quarter, but fellow two-way player Cole Swider was one of the team’s top scorers with 13 points on 3-of-5 shooting from range.