Miami Heat vs Los Angeles Lakers Match Player Stats On Mar 16, 2018

Kelly Olynyk came off the bench to add 17 for Miami, which tied Milwaukee for the Eastern Conference's seventh playoff spot. James Johnson contributed 12 points and rookie Bam Adebayo chipped in 11.

Julius Randle led Los Angeles with a 25-point, 12-rebound double-double, while Brook Lopez hit for 18 points. Reserve Travis Wear and rookie Kyle Kuzma each scored 11 points.

Kuzma drained a 3-pointer with 1:23 left to give the Lakers a 91-90 edge, but they failed to score for the game's remainder. Randle missed a hook shot that would have given them a three-point lead, and Isaiah Thomas couldn't connect on a stepback jumper with 3.5 seconds remaining.

Josh Richardson's 3-pointer gave Miami an 88-81 lead with 5:51 left, but the Heat only scored two points until Dragic supplied the game-winner. They missed 7 of 8 shots down the stretch prior to Dragic's heroics.

The teams went back-and-forth in the first quarter, neither leading by more than four until a Justise Winslow driving layup with 1:26 left gave Miami a 25-20 lead. But Randle's driving layup capped his 12-point first quarter and pulled Los Angeles within 25-24 after 12 minutes.

The second quarter was more of the same, the margin not going past four points either way. The Lakers did manage a 50-46 lead with 54.3 seconds left in the half on two foul shots by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, but Dragic finished a 22-point first half with a couple of jumpers that forged a 50-50 tie at recess.

To start the third quarter, the Heat rattled off the first six points for the game's biggest lead. Predictably, Los Angeles rallied and regained a four-point edge before Miami peeled off a 9-2 run, capped by an Adebayo jumper that gave it a 74-71 edge after three.

--Field Level Media