The Miami Heat's hot start fizzled out in the second half as they fell to the Los Angeles Lakers. They finished their six-game road trip during Jimmy Butler's suspension 3-3 and dropped to 9th place in the Eastern Conference.

Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick likes what he sees from Miami Heat point guard Tyler Herro. In fact, Redick acknowledged teams need to gameplan around Herro the way they do for an NBA great. “You gotta treat this guy like Steph Curry,

Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro tweaked his game this season in order to take more threes and fewer midrange attempts to replicate 10-time NBA All-Star Stephen Curry’s shot profile. It has resulted in the best season of Herro’s career and serious consideration for his first NBA All-Star Game appearance.

Heat past and present both had their moments Wednesday night at Crypto.Com Arena, with LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers pushing past Tyler Herro and the Heat 117-108.

Trailing by 14 points against a Miami team that beat them by 41 points a month ago, the Lakers clawed their way back in the second half to snap a three-game losing streak, beating the Heat 117-108 at Crypto.

Rui Hachimura scored 23 points and Anthony Davis had 22 points and 11 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a three-game skid with a 117-108 victory over the Miami Heat.

Tuesday’s five-game NBA slate features four double-digit spreads, including a 13.5-point spread in the Philadelphia 76ers-Denver Nuggets matchup in Denver. Joel

Los Angeles Lakers (20-16 ... 0.9 more makes per game than the Lakers allow. TOP PERFORMERS: Anthony Davis is averaging 25.8 points, 11.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.1 blocks for the Lakers. Tyler Herro is averaging 24 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.1 assists ...

The Miami Heat are 2.779 underdogs on 1xbet, with the LA Lakers at 1.83 to overcome the (-4) handicap. Over 215.5 is at 1.69 on Betway, which has the under at 1.89 odds. LeBron James is at 1.86 to score over 22.5 on Bet365, while Anthony Davis is priced at 1.90 to hit over 25.5. Read more here.

Nikola Jokic had 27 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for his fourth straight triple-double and the host Denver Nuggets beat the reeling Philadelphia 76ers 144-109 on Tuesday night.

Nikola Jokic delivered his fourth straight triple-double on Tuesday, a league-leading 19th of the season, to propel the Denver Nuggets to a 144-109 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.

With under three weeks to the deadline, we looked at all 30 teams to see who should be buying or selling for the second half.