Who’s Playing
Miami Heat @ Los Angeles Lakers
Current Records: Miami 20-18, Los Angeles 20-17
How To Watch
- When: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10 p.m. ET
- Where: Crypto.com Arena — Los Angeles, California
- TV: Spectrum SportsNet
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
- Ticket Cost: $36.00
What to Know
The Miami Heat’s road trip will continue as they head out to face the Los Angeles Lakers at 10:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Crypto.com Arena. The Heat are expected to lose this one by five points, so we’ll see if that gives them a bit of motivation.
The Heat are headed into this one after the oddsmakers set last week’s over/under low at 215, but even that wound up being too high. They took a 109-98 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Clippers on Monday. Miami got off to an early lead (up 13 with 2:02 left in the first quarter), but sadly they weren’t able to maintain that momentum.
The Heat’s loss shouldn’t obscure the performances of Tyler Herro, who dropped a double-double on 32 points and 11 rebounds, and Kel’El Ware, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 13 rebounds.
Meanwhile, the Lakers’ recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Monday after their third straight defeat. They suffered a grim 126-102 loss to the Spurs. Los Angeles didn’t live up to their potential and found themselves falling short of the advantage oddsmakers thought they had coming into the game.
The Lakers might have lost, but man, Anthony Davis was a machine: he dropped a double-double on 30 points and 13 rebounds. What’s more, Davis also racked up eight offensive rebounds, the most he’s had since back in March of 2024.
Even though they lost, the Lakers smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. That’s a new trend for them: they were averaging 9.2 offensive rebounds per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they’ve averaged 12.4.
Miami’s defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 20-18. As for Los Angeles, their loss dropped their record down to 20-17.
Everything came up roses for the Heat against the Lakers in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, as the squad secured a 134-93 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Heat since the team won’t have the home-court advantage this time around. We’ll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Odds
Los Angeles is a 5-point favorite against Miami, according to the latest NBA odds.
The line has drifted a bit towards the Lakers, as the game opened with the Lakers as a 3.5-point favorite.
The over/under is 217.5 points.
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Series History
Miami has won 7 out of their last 10 games against Los Angeles.
- Dec 04, 2024 – Miami 134 vs. Los Angeles 93
- Jan 03, 2024 – Miami 110 vs. Los Angeles 96
- Nov 06, 2023 – Miami 108 vs. Los Angeles 107
- Jan 04, 2023 – Los Angeles 112 vs. Miami 109
- Dec 28, 2022 – Miami 112 vs. Los Angeles 98
- Jan 23, 2022 – Miami 113 vs. Los Angeles 107
- Nov 10, 2021 – Los Angeles 120 vs. Miami 117
- Apr 08, 2021 – Miami 110 vs. Los Angeles 104
- Feb 20, 2021 – Miami 96 vs. Los Angeles 94
- Oct 11, 2020 – Los Angeles 106 vs. Miami 93
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