The Miami Heat earned their 20th victory of the season, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers on their homecourt in L.A.
The Heat won the game 110-96 to improve to 20-14 overall and 11-8 on the road. During the postgame interview, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra spoke about the team’s performance.
How it feels when 8 different players score in double-digits 🔥🔥🔥 #WINNING pic.twitter.com/NHa2eI1GQP
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) January 4, 2024
“Duncan’s first-half 3s were more wide open than the one that he hit in front of their bench at the end of the clock. I think that’s where he’s dangerous. He’s ignitable. He sees one go and I think that’s where it changed for him,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “We ended up running our offense through him and Bam on the catch and shoot-off ball movements in the fourth quarter because of that.”
That L.A. crowd was cheering LOUD…
…for us 😏 pic.twitter.com/oVX5KttBqy
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) January 4, 2024
Duncan Robinson was on an absolute roll in the fourth quarter against the Lakers.
Robinson’s offense was virtually non-existent for the majority of the game, scoring only two points heading into the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter though, he caught fire, hitting three 3-pointers in a row. The threes came when the Lakers began to make a run to get back in the game.
Robinson finished with 13 points and two assists off the bench. Robinson spoke on his performance postgame.
Duncan got rolling in the 4th quarter and helped us pull away with the W 🔥 pic.twitter.com/7cfEBf0vs3
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) January 4, 2024
“Tonight was a better late than never situation. I was pretty non-existent for three quarters but came around and kept on letting it fly,” Robinson said. “It was a good fourth. We had good activity on both ends and made it difficult for them to guard.”
Tyler Herro led the way for Miami, scoring 21 points on 7-for-19 shooting. He also grabbed six rebounds, dished out four assists, and recorded three steals.
Tyler did his thing & led us in scoring with 21 points, 4 triples & tied his season high with 3 steals on defense pic.twitter.com/4t5ryR4san
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) January 4, 2024
More Heat Contributions
- Nikola Jovic scored 15 points, grabbed eight rebounds, dished out an assist, and recorded a steal.
- Bam Adebayo scored 15 points, grabbed seven rebounds, dished out five assists, and recorded three steals.
- Kyle Lowry scored 10 points, grabbed three rebounds, dished out six assists, and recorded four steals.
- Kevin Love scored 10 points, grabbed 14 rebounds, dished out three assists, and recorded a steal off the bench.
- Josh Richardson scored 10 points off the bench.
The Miami Heat wrap up their road trip in Phoenix against the Phoenix Suns on Friday, 1/5. Tip-off from the Talking Stick Arena is at 9 p.m. Eastern/ 6 p.m. Pacific.
Old friends reunited 🥹 pic.twitter.com/I9TzPWWTHV
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) January 4, 2024