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GAME PREVIEW: Heat hope to keep season alive in Game 5 matchup with Lakers

The Miami Heat are aiming to extend their NBA Finals series with the L.A. Lakers trailing 3-1 when they play Game 5 on Friday night.

Despite being close and having opportunities to win in Game 4, the Heat fell to the Lakers 102-96 and dropped into a 3-1 series deficit—only one team has ever come back from 3-1 in the Finals and that team was led by LeBron James in 2016.

The Denver Nuggets erased 3-1 deficits twice already in this postseason, but the Lakers squashed their last attempt.