Five takeaways from the Heat’s 131-113 blowout loss to the Los Angeles Lakers Thursday night at AmericanAirlines Arena:
1. The Heat was historically bad on defense. Los Angeles, which started the season 12-27 but has since won 15 of its last 22, has an athletic young roster and the Heat knew this game wasn’t going to be a cakewalk. But the Lakers made it look easy from start to finish.
L.A. scored 22 points in transition (all in the first half) and 48 in the paint while shooting 59.5 percent from the field and 16 of 29 from three-point range.