Hachimura and Davis help Lakers end 3-game skid with 117-108 win over Heat

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

LeBron James finished with 22 points and nine assists and Austin Reaves added 14 points and 14 rebounds as the Lakers won for the first time since the two games were postponed due to the deadly wildfires in Southern California.

Tyler Hero shot 7 for 12 from 3-point range and scored 34 points for the Heat, who lost both games in a Los Angeles sweep after falling to the Clippers on Monday. Haywood Highsmith and Nikola Jovic each scored 12 points.

Trailing by 12 points at halftime, the Lakers pulled ahead at 88-87 with 10:47 left after going on a 15-4 run.

Takeaways

Heat: Miami went 3-3 on its West Coast trip without Jimmy Butlerwho has now completed his seven-game suspension for what the team called “conduct detrimental to the team.”

Lakers: The three-game losing streak that ended Wednesday matched the team’s longest of the season. Two other three-game skids came when Los Angeles went 2-7 from Nov. 21-Dec. 6.

Key moment

lakers’ Jackson Hayes came away with a steal, passed the ball to Reaves near halfcourt to start a fast break, then trailed the play to score on a dunk off a feed from Reaves to give Los Angeles a 90-87 lead with 10:27 back.

Key state

Herro was 7 of 8 from the floor in the first half, including 5 of 5 from 3-point range and 3 for 3 from the line, for 22 points.

Next

The Heat host Denver Nuggets on Friday. The Lakers are hosting Brooklyn Nets on Friday.

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