The Miami Heat defeat LeBron James and the visiting LA Lakers 112-98, improving to 18-17 on the season. Miami is above the .500 mark for the second time this year and head into the 5 game road trip winners of back to back outings. Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo were originally listed as questionable this morning but ended up being good to go. Kyle Lowry was a late scratch due to personal reasons but Gabe Vincent got the starting nod and was solid.
#HEATWin final - Miami 112, LA Lakers 98
Butler: 27pts, 6stls, 5rebs & 4rebs
Adebayo: 23pts & 14rebs
Herro: 18pts, 9asts & 4rebs
Martin: 13pts (5/6 FGM) & 6rebs
Vincent: 12pts pic.