The Miami Heat held on for the 113-107 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in a rematch of the 2019-20 NBA Finals at FTX Arena on Sunday evening.
The Heat led by 26 with 2:55 left in the second quarter and led by at least 15 points throughout the entirety of the third.
But the Lakers crawled back over the game’s final 12 minutes with the help of former Heat players LeBron James and Avery Bradley, plus the ever-so polarizing Russell Westbrook.
(Yes, Westbrook played in the fourth quarter.