Miami Heat vs Los Angeles Lakers Final — November 2, 2026
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Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before tip-off. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
Last five results this season, oldest to newest. Records are season to date, with home and road splits. Against-the-spread (ATS) and over–under records use the consensus closing line.
Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.
Distance is a straight-line estimate from each team's home arena, not the team's actual itinerary; time-zone change is at game time. Days of rest are full days off since each team's previous game this season (0 = back-to-back); preseason games do not count. Schedule facts only: no fatigue adjustment is applied.
Key players only. Injury report as of November 2, 9:40 a.m. ET.
The pre-game matchup
The Heat (2-4) visited the Lakers (5-2) on Monday, November 2 at 10:10 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Heat scored 120.9 points per game (2nd of 30) and allowed 118.5 (22nd). The Lakers scored 116.2 points per game (11th of 30) and allowed 114.3 (11th).
Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Heat 115.8 (12th), Lakers 117.1 (10th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Heat 113.6 (13th), Lakers 115.3 (19th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Heat +2.2 (13th), Lakers +1.8 (14th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The Heat are 2-4 and 2-4 against the spread; their last game was a 145-125 win over the Pacers. The Lakers are 5-2 and 4-3 against the spread; their last game was a 131-125 win over the Raptors.
The Lakers closed as 2.5-point favorites at home against the Heat. The spread closed where it opened. The total closed at 237.5, down from 238.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Heat +112, Lakers -135) prices the Heat at 45% and the Lakers at 55%.
Written from the numbers available before tip-off.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Miami Heat 117, Los Angeles Lakers 138
Los Angeles Lakers won by 21.
- Against the closing spread (Los Angeles Lakers -2.5): Los Angeles Lakers covered.
- Combined score 255 vs the closing total of 237.5: Over.
- Los Angeles Lakers closed at -135 on the moneyline (a 55% no-vig market-implied chance).
Market
Closing line and line movement
Heat +2.5 (-115)
Heat +2.5 (-115)
Lakers -130 54%
Lakers -135 55%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at tip-off. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
Members
G&W Line
G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics
Matchup
Players to watch
- Points per game27.69th
- Rebounds per game9.812th
- Assists per game5.435th
- Minutes per game28.9
- Points per game20.142nd
- Rebounds per game10.011th
- Assists per game3.2109th
- Minutes per game32.4
- Points per game33.51st
- Rebounds per game7.730th
- Assists per game8.34th
- Minutes per game35.8
- Points per game23.324th
- Rebounds per game4.7133rd
- Assists per game5.532nd
- Minutes per game34.5
Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 392 players with at least 20 games.
Head-to-head
The teams have met 8 times since 2022: the Heat won 4 and the Lakers 4.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2026 | Lakers 134, Heat 126 Lakers won | ||
| Nov 2, 2025 | Heat 120, Lakers 130 Lakers won | ||
| Jan 15, 2025 | Heat 108, Lakers 117 Lakers won | ||
| Dec 4, 2024 | Lakers 93, Heat 134 Heat won | ||
| Jan 3, 2024 | Heat 110, Lakers 96 Heat won |
Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.
Teams
Miami Heat
- Miami Heat team stats
- Miami Heat 115, Utah Jazz 109 (Nov 10)
- Miami Heat 114, Sacramento Kings 108 (Nov 8)
- Miami Heat 100, Golden State Warriors 120 (Nov 5)
Los Angeles Lakers
- Los Angeles Lakers team stats
- Los Angeles Lakers 123, Milwaukee Bucks 112 (Nov 11)
- Los Angeles Lakers 124, Atlanta Hawks 114 (Nov 9)
- Los Angeles Lakers 121, Detroit Pistons 116 (Nov 8)
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More NBA games on November 2, 2026
- Oklahoma City Thunder 117, Cleveland Cavaliers 112 (Nov 2)
- Detroit Pistons 124, Charlotte Hornets 91 (Nov 2)
- Atlanta Hawks 108, Indiana Pacers 104 (Nov 2)
- Brooklyn Nets 90, New York Knicks 103 (Nov 2)
- Washington Wizards 103, Orlando Magic 94 (Nov 2)
- Chicago Bulls 107, Philadelphia 76ers 126 (Nov 2)
- Sacramento Kings 115, Dallas Mavericks 100 (Nov 2)
- New Orleans Pelicans 135, Memphis Grizzlies 134 (Nov 2)
- Milwaukee Bucks 100, Minnesota Timberwolves 112 (Nov 2)
- Boston Celtics 93, Houston Rockets 109 (Nov 2)
- Utah Jazz 97, San Antonio Spurs 119 (Nov 2)
- Portland Trail Blazers 118, Denver Nuggets 110 (Nov 2)
- Phoenix Suns 113, Golden State Warriors 116 (Nov 2)
- Toronto Raptors 125, Los Angeles Clippers 118 (Nov 2)
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