Miami Heat Vs. Los Angeles Lakers Start Time, Preview, TV
- Updated: January 13, 2015
(Courtesy of @Lakers)
The Miami Heat will travel to Los Angeles to take on the Lakers tonight. The Miami Heat have ben spending some time in LA waiting for this moment after beating the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday.
Kobe Bryant has now missed two straight games and coach Byron Scott has been repeating himself regarding the player’s game readiness.
“He said he feels a whole lot better. He said he’s ready to go,” Scott said. “Right now we’ll pencil him in for (Tuesday), but I want to see how he feels (before the game) and we’ll go from there.”
“Our guys are competing on a night-to-night basis,” Scott said. “But when it comes down to it at the end of the game, we still need that closer. And that’s where we miss (Bryant).”
“We’ve got to get him back rolling,” Scott said. “He can’t hang his head every time he misses a shot. He’s in a big slump, and he’s holding himself responsible for that. The only way to get out of it is to keep playing.”
“I know they’re not the Miami of old, but they’ve still go two All-Stars,” Scott said. “We’ve got to shut down one of those two.”
In the Heat’s game on Sunday, Chris Bosh was able to tie his season high of 34 points, while Dwyane Wade finished with 17 points and 10 assists. Miami is on a four game winning streak has won eight of nine against the Lakers, though seven of those wins came with a little help from LeBron James.
NBA.com reports:
Whiteside had 29 career points and 39 rebounds entering this season, but he finished with 23 and 16 against the Clippers.
“It means a lot,” Whiteside said. “It’s crazy that I’m on a team called the Heat because there’s always been a flame inside me. I always try to come in and just play as hard as I can and keep proving people wrong.”
Whiteside has averaged 14.5 points and 10.0 boards over the last four.
“He’s been a game changer ever since he put on a Heat jersey,” Wade said. “We needed that. We’ve been looking for that big guy for a while.”
Miami Heat Vs. Los Angeles Lakers
Date: January 13
Location: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Time: 7:30 p.m. PST
TV: LEAGUE PASS
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