51pts
LeBron James
LALvsMIA
Nov 18, 2018
NBA head-to-headModern Rivalry
Los Angeles Lakers vs Miami Heat Head-to-Head
Los Angeles Lakers lead the all-time record 46-36 across 82 recorded meetings.
Matchup fact
The widest margin between these two is 47 points: the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Miami Heat 138-91 on November 23, 1988.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced Apr 16, 2026LAL
46
vs
MIA
36
82 meetings
All-time
LAL lead 46-36
Recent form
LAL 5-5 over the latest 10
Last meeting
LAL won 134-126 on Mar 19, 2026
Closeness
10 wins separate the teams
Series context
The average winning margin is 11.5 points across decided games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Mar 19, 26
MIA 126-134 LAL
LALNov 2, 25
LAL 130-120 MIA
LALJan 15, 25
LAL 117-108 MIA
LALDec 4, 24
MIA 134-93 LAL
MIAJan 3, 24
LAL 96-110 MIA
MIANov 6, 23
MIA 108-107 LAL
MIAJan 4, 23
LAL 112-109 MIA
LALDec 28, 22
MIA 112-98 LAL
MIAJan 23, 22
MIA 113-107 LAL
MIANov 10, 21
LAL 120-117 MIA
LAL| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2026 | MIA | LAL | 126–134 | LAL |
| Nov 2, 2025 | LAL | MIA | 130–120 | LAL |
| Jan 15, 2025 | LAL | MIA | 117–108 | LAL |
| Dec 4, 2024 | MIA | LAL | 134–93 | MIA |
| Jan 3, 2024 | LAL | MIA | 96–110 | MIA |
| Nov 6, 2023 | MIA | LAL | 108–107 | MIA |
| Jan 4, 2023 | LAL | MIA | 112–109 | LAL |
| Dec 28, 2022 | MIA | LAL | 112–98 | MIA |
| Jan 23, 2022 | MIA | LAL | 113–107 | MIA |
| Nov 10, 2021 | LAL | MIA | 120–117 | LAL |
Last Meeting
Mar 19, 2026Final
MIA
126
HOME
LAL
134
AWAY
Lakerswon by8
Lakers' 3rd straight in this series·Game 82 of all-time series
Matchup context
The latest 10 scored meetings are split 5-5. Los Angeles Lakers lead the complete decided record 46-36. The 11.5-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.
- History span
- 1988 to 2026
- 37 seasons
- Average margin
- 11.5 points
- Across decided games
- Playoff history
- 6
- 6 playoff meetings across 1 postseason
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
46W
36W
LAL
MIA
56%44%
Los Angeles LakersMiami Heat
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season76 games
42
34
Playoffs6 games
4
2
Los Angeles Lakers Biggest Win
138–91+47
Nov 23, 1988
Miami Heat Biggest Win
134–93+41
Dec 4, 2024
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | LAL ↕ | MIA ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024–25 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023–24 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022–23 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021–22 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017–18 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
17-24
LAL
AWAY
12-29
MIA
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Los Angeles Lakers: 3 consecutive wins
3
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 11.5 pts on average
11.5pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
LAL-Neutral
Last 1050%
All-Time56.1%
MIA-Neutral
Last 1050%
All-Time43.9%
Last 10 Results
LAL / MIA
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 43 of 82 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
4
LAL OT Wins
3
MIA OT Wins
1
Biggest OT Game
120-117 on Nov 10, 2021 (1OT)
Largest Leads
LAL Biggest Leads
+32pts
Sep 30, 2020
#2:+27 pts·Jan 6, 2017
#3:+22 pts·Dec 28, 2022
MIA Biggest Leads
+36pts
Oct 11, 2020
#2:+26 pts·Jan 23, 2022
#3:+25 pts·Jan 12, 2003
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
33
Nov 10, 2021
Average per Game
6.6
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
18
Mar 10, 2011
Average Ties per Game
5.7
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
20,283
Dec 25, 2006
Lowest
15,200
Nov 25, 1997
Average
18,966
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
LAL44.9%
MIA45.2%
MIA +0.3 pp
3P%
LAL36.5%
MIA34.7%
LAL +1.8 pp
FT%
LAL73.0%
MIA72.8%
LAL +0.2 pp
TS%
LAL54.2%
MIA53.6%
LAL +0.6 pp
Top Scorers (1996-present)
Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
LAL Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobe Bryant | 637 | 25 | 25.5 | 42 |
| LeBron James | 390 | 13 | 30.0 | 51 |
| Shaquille O'Neal | 240 | 10 | 24.0 | 40 |
| Anthony Davis | 233 | 9 | 25.9 | 34 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 187 | 14 | 13.4 | 28 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 156 | 12 | 13.0 | 33 |
| Derek Fisher | 143 | 16 | 8.9 | 20 |
| Pau Gasol | 134 | 9 | 14.9 | 22 |
| Lamar Odom | 106 | 8 | 13.3 | 24 |
| Andrew Bynum | 96 | 9 | 10.7 | 24 |
| Nick Young | 89 | 6 | 14.8 | 20 |
| Russell Westbrook | 85 | 4 | 21.3 | 25 |
| Eddie Jones | 73 | 4 | 18.3 | 25 |
| Nick Van Exel | 73 | 4 | 18.3 | 23 |
| Julius Randle | 72 | 4 | 18.0 | 25 |
MIA Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwyane Wade | 438 | 19 | 23.1 | 40 |
| Jimmy Butler | 335 | 14 | 23.9 | 40 |
| Bam Adebayo | 249 | 16 | 15.6 | 30 |
| Tyler Herro | 176 | 13 | 13.5 | 27 |
| Goran Dragic | 158 | 11 | 14.4 | 30 |
| Alonzo Mourning | 154 | 9 | 17.1 | 33 |
| Duncan Robinson | 154 | 12 | 12.8 | 26 |
| Tim Hardaway | 126 | 8 | 15.8 | 22 |
| Kelly Olynyk | 120 | 11 | 10.9 | 24 |
| Chris Bosh | 116 | 5 | 23.2 | 31 |
| Kendrick Nunn | 116 | 9 | 12.9 | 27 |
| Udonis Haslem | 114 | 14 | 8.1 | 20 |
| Eddie Jones | 110 | 7 | 15.7 | 26 |
| LeBron James | 98 | 4 | 24.5 | 27 |
| Mario Chalmers | 93 | 9 | 10.3 | 19 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
42pts
Kobe Bryant
LALvsMIA
Dec 25, 2004
40pts
LeBron James
LALvsMIA
Oct 9, 2020
40pts
Jimmy Butler
MIAvsLAL
Oct 4, 2020
40pts
Dwyane Wade
MIAvsLAL
Dec 25, 2006
Rivalry Fingerprint
Focus or tap a row to compare the exact gap. Every value is an average from matched game-level records, not a projection.
Quarter scoring pulse
49 games with complete quarter lines
LALMIA
How they create points
40 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Fast-break points: MIA +2.4 points40 games
LAL highest-scoring quarter
Q1 · 26.5
MIA highest-scoring quarter
Q2 · 25.5
Widest fingerprint gap
MIA +2.4 fast-break points
Questions about this record: Los Angeles Lakers vs Miami Heat
What is the Los Angeles Lakers vs Miami Heat NBA playoff record?
The playoff subset contains 6 games: Los Angeles Lakers have 4 wins and Miami Heat have 2. Those games are already included in the complete all-time total.
How do recent Los Angeles Lakers vs Miami Heat results compare with the complete record?
The latest 10 decided meetings are split 5-5. Los Angeles Lakers lead the complete decided record 46-36. The recent window is a subset of the complete history, so the page reports the two separately.
Methodology & Data Sources
Last updated
Every head-to-head record on SharkBetting is computed from scored game logs. Regular-season and playoff results come from the balldontlie API and historical records cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. All-time records, recent form, postseason splits, margins, streaks, decades, and seasons are calculated from the same listed results. Records without a final score are excluded from decided-game statistics.
Stats are refreshed after completed game days when new source data is available. Each page's Last updated date shows when its underlying data was actually synced. If you spot an error, head to our contact page with the game date and we will verify against the source feeds.
Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.