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Miami Heat vs. Los Angeles Lakers

March 19, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Lakers beat the Heat 134-126 on 2026-03-19 on the road against the Heat. The Heat started Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Davion Mitchell, Simone Fontecchio, and Pelle Larsson. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Austin Reaves. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 16 points (7/13) in his matchups, with Pelle Larsson as his primary defender. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 9 points (1/3) in his matchups, with LeBron James as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

MIA

Miami Heat 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bam Adebayo GS	37:47	28	10	2	1	0	0	3	9-19	3-8	7-10	-12
Pelle Larsson GS	33:19	11	2	5	0	0	4	3	3-8	0-2	5-6	-16
Tyler Herro GS	32:43	21	8	5	0	0	4	3	8-19	4-10	1-1	-12
Davion Mitchell GS	32:22	16	3	6	1	1	1	1	7-10	2-5	0-0	-14
Simone Fontecchio GS	19:24	7	3	2	0	0	1	2	3-6	1-3	0-0	-9
Norman Powell	32:31	20	2	3	1	1	1	6	7-13	1-5	5-5	+6
Kel'el Ware	20:36	14	9	1	0	0	0	1	7-11	0-2	0-0	+8
Kasparas Jakučionis	15:40	7	2	3	1	0	0	3	3-5	1-3	0-0	+3
Dru Smith	15:38	2	2	4	0	0	0	4	1-3	0-0	0-0	+6
Totals		126	41	31	4	2	11	26	48-94	12-38	18-22

Did not play: Myron Gardner (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jaime Jaquez Jr. (DND - Injury/Illness), Keshad Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nikola Jović (DNP - Coach's Decision), Andrew Wiggins (DND - Injury/Illness)

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 134

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Austin Reaves GS	39:59	18	5	4	0	0	2	2	5-12	2-7	6-10	+13
LeBron James GS	37:52	19	15	10	0	0	3	2	8-12	0-0	3-5	+4
Luka Dončić GS	37:36	60	7	3	5	0	2	1	18-30	9-17	15-19	+7
Deandre Ayton GS	29:10	6	4	0	0	0	1	5	3-5	0-0	0-0	+13
Marcus Smart GS	27:31	13	2	4	2	0	2	2	2-6	1-4	8-9	+15
Jaxson Hayes	18:48	6	5	1	0	2	0	0	2-6	0-0	2-2	-7
Jake LaRavia	18:08	5	6	1	0	1	0	5	2-3	1-1	0-0	+5
Rui Hachimura	17:34	7	1	0	1	0	1	3	3-6	1-2	0-0	-5
Luke Kennard	13:22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Totals		134	47	23	8	3	11	20	43-81	14-32	34-45

Did not play: Kobe Bufkin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bronny James (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalton Knecht (DNP - Coach's Decision), Adou Thiero (DNP - Coach's Decision), Drew Timme (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jarred Vanderbilt (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIA

Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Bam Adebayo · Tyler Herro · Davion Mitchell · Simone Fontecchio · Pelle Larsson Starter 12.8 min
Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Tyler Herro · Davion Mitchell · Pelle Larsson 12.2 min
Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Dru Smith · Kel'el Ware · Kasparas Jakučionis 9.9 min
Norman Powell · Tyler Herro · Davion Mitchell · Pelle Larsson · Kel'el Ware 2.6 min
Norman Powell · Dru Smith · Pelle Larsson · Kel'el Ware · Kasparas Jakučionis 2.4 min

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Austin Reaves Starter 21.3 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Austin Reaves · Jake LaRavia 6.2 min
Luke Kennard · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jaxson Hayes · Jake LaRavia 4.7 min
LeBron James · Luke Kennard · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jaxson Hayes 2.9 min
LeBron James · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jaxson Hayes · Austin Reaves 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Heat defense

Luka Dončić 16 pts (7/13) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Pelle Larsson (31 %, 2 pts) · Simone Fontecchio (15 %, 2 pts) · Davion Mitchell (15 %, 0 pts)
LeBron James 6 pts (2/5) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Simone Fontecchio (23 %, 0 pts) · Pelle Larsson (19 %, 0 pts) · Bam Adebayo (16 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Bam Adebayo	Deandre Ayton: 36 poss., 15 pts (5/11) · LeBron James: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Pelle Larsson	Luka Dončić: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · LeBron James: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyler Herro	Marcus Smart: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Austin Reaves: 16 poss., 13 pts (5/7)
Davion Mitchell	Austin Reaves: 26 poss., 9 pts (4/4) · Luka Dončić: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Norman Powell	Rui Hachimura: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Marcus Smart: 13 poss., 9 pts (2/3)
Simone Fontecchio	LeBron James: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kel'el Ware	Jaxson Hayes: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · LeBron James: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kasparas Jakučionis	Luke Kennard: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Austin Reaves: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dru Smith	Jake LaRavia: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Dončić: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Norman Powell 9 pts (1/3) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (19 %, 1 pts) · Austin Reaves (14 %, 1 pts) · Rui Hachimura (14 %, 0 pts)
Bam Adebayo 35 pts (12/17) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Deandre Ayton (38 %, 2 pts) · LeBron James (16 %, 5 pts) · Luka Dončić (15 %, 22 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Pelle Larsson: 33 poss., 7 pts (2/6) · Davion Mitchell: 13 poss., 13 pts (5/5)
Austin Reaves	Davion Mitchell: 36 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Tyler Herro: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
LeBron James	Simone Fontecchio: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Norman Powell: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Deandre Ayton	Bam Adebayo: 30 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kel'el Ware: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Smart	Tyler Herro: 31 poss., 7 pts (1/4) · Norman Powell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes	Kel'el Ware: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Bam Adebayo: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jake LaRavia	Norman Powell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bam Adebayo: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Rui Hachimura	Norman Powell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Simone Fontecchio: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Luke Kennard	Norman Powell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kasparas Jakučionis: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)