Miami Heat 96, Los Angeles Lakers 94 — Recap

February 20, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 96, Los Angeles Lakers 94. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 36-23 LAL; Q2 MIA 23-29 LAL; Q3 MIA 22-25 LAL; Q4 MIA 15-17 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Kendrick Nunn (MIA) 27 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-14 shooting; Jimmy Butler (MIA) 24 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists on 8-of-20 shooting; Kyle Kuzma (LAL) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-21 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 19 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-21 shooting; Montrezl Harrell (LAL) 18 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIA

Kendrick Nunn

27 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 10-14 FG

Scoring · MIA

Jimmy Butler

24 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST · 8-20 FG

Scoring · LAL

Kyle Kuzma

23 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 4 3PM · 8-21 FG

Season highs

Kyle Kuzma · Season-high 23 pointsDuncan Robinson · Season-high 10 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIA	36	23	22	15		96
LAL	23	29	25	17		94

🧮 How They Scored

MIALAL

52Points in the paint38

7Fast-break points5

11Second-chance points12

21Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

47.1%Effective FG%47.0%

12.8%Turnover %13.3%

21.3%Offensive rebound %13.3%

0.271Free-throw rate0.202

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kendrick Nunn G	40	27	5	3	2	1	1	10-14	5-6	2-2	+9
Bam Adebayo C-F	36	16	10	6	2	1	2	8-16	0-1	0-0	-8
Jimmy Butler G-F	34	24	8	5	2	0	5	8-20	0-0	8-10	0
Duncan Robinson F	33	11	10	1	0	0	1	3-8	1-5	4-6	0
Kelly Olynyk F	29	4	3	4	0	1	1	1-5	0-2	2-2	+14
Andre Iguodala G-F	25	3	2	2	1	0	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	-9
Tyler Herro G	14	5	4	3	0	0	1	2-5	1-3	0-1	+2
Precious Achiuwa F	12	4	4	0	0	0	1	2-4	0-0	0-2	+10
Max Strus G	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-9	0-8	0-0	+1
Gabe Vincent G	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-9

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	37	19	9	9	1	1	5	7-21	1-8	4-4	+11
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	35	11	3	4	1	1	2	3-5	3-5	2-2	+4
Kyle Kuzma F	34	23	4	0	0	0	0	8-21	4-11	3-5	-6
Wesley Matthews G-F	31	10	8	1	1	1	0	4-10	2-7	0-0	+6
Montrezl Harrell F-C	24	18	10	1	2	0	1	7-12	0-1	4-4	-7
Marc Gasol C	24	6	5	3	0	2	1	2-6	2-6	0-0	+3
Alex Caruso G	20	0	1	4	0	0	2	0-3	0-2	0-0	-5
Talen Horton-Tucker G	17	5	2	3	0	1	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	-8
Markieff Morris F	17	2	1	0	0	0	2	0-3	0-3	2-2	-8

🔬 Advanced Stats

Miami HeatTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kendrick Nunn	Bench	40	27	90.7	17.8	+12.6	18.9
Jimmy Butler	Bench	34	24	49.2	38.2	-2.8	14.3
Bam Adebayo	Bench	36	16	50.0	22.0	-11.1	18.5
Duncan Robinson	Bench	33	11	51.7	15.9	+1.5	7.4
Tyler Herro	Bench	14	5	46.0	17.6	+10.8	11.8
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	29	4	34.0	10.4	+24.5	2.8
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	12	4	41.0	21.4	+45.2	3.2
Andre Iguodala	Bench	25	3	75.0	6.5	-19.6	4.1
Max Strus	Bench	12	2	11.1	32.1	+0.9	-20.0
Gabe Vincent	Bench	5	0	0.0	11.8	-69.2	0.0

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	34	23	49.6	30.7	-5.9	7.2
LeBron James	Bench	37	19	41.7	30.7	+13.1	12.8
Montrezl Harrell	Bench	24	18	65.4	29.4	-12.7	29.6
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	35	11	93.5	10.4	+5.8	10.4
Wesley Matthews	Bench	31	10	50.0	14.7	+11.5	11.5
Marc Gasol	Bench	24	6	50.0	13.2	+10.5	10.5
Talen Horton-Tucker	Bench	17	5	83.3	10.0	-19.2	11.5
Markieff Morris	Bench	17	2	25.8	15.0	-19.2	-7.1
Alex Caruso	Bench	20	0	0.0	10.0	-14.1	-2.7