The Miami Heat defeated the old, inept, and kinda funny Los Angeles Lakers 107-97 Sunday because, well, they can. While the game was pretty close throughout and a spectacle to watch, the Lakers seemed to do that thing they only do once in awhile and try really hard as the Heat did that thing that they do the entire regular season and just toy around with their opponent. Lesson learned kids, toying around wins when you have the best player in the world on your team.
Lebron James was spectacular, starting the game 5-5 and ending with 32 points on 12-18 shooting while his partner in crime Dwyane Wade had 30 on the same attempts. Wade was in vintage form like we haven't seen all season, slicing through the lethargic Lakers defense with his patented Euro-step and drilling mid-range step-back jumpers with relative easy and a nice "TWAP" sound. The King is continuing his ridiculous tear, becoming the first player in NBA history to shoot 60% from the floor in 5 straight contests.
Chris Bosh added 12 and 11 for the Heat while Mario Chalmers did something weird and played extremely efficiently. Shane Battier went 3-5 from the arc to round out a solid Heat attack that leads the league in FG percentage.
Disgruntled and "injured" Lakers big man Dwight Howard had a relatively quiet night (considering he's the size of the Empire State Building he should average about 40 and 20 every night) with 15 points and 9 rebounds while Earl Clark became the latest nobody to have a career game against the Heat. Kobe Bryant shot at an efficient 11-19 clip for 28 points and actually passed the ball deftly for 9 assists in about the lone bright spot for the inferior LA squad.
Also, this happened.
The Heat are rolling right now and next play Portland and OKC before the All-Star Break. Yawn.
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