The Los Angeles Lakers were dealt a massive blow prior to the game with the news of LeBron James sitting out of their game against the Miami Heat due to an illness. Regardless, the Lakers put on one hell of a fight in this matchup in a battle that went down to the wire.
The Lakers pulled off a hard-fought 109-112 win courtesy of Dennis Schroder’s 32-point performance, including clutch free throws and buckets in the fourth quarter. Russell Westbrook had a great performance as well, scoring a clutch layup to help the Lakers close the win out.
Fans were stunned to see the Lakers look good without LeBron James or Anthony Davis unavailable, praising Schroder for shrugging off an ankle injury and keeping the team alive.
MENANCE!!!!!!
— LeBron James (@KingJames) January 5, 2023
Home team takes care of business. #LakersWin
Dennis Schröder: 32 pts, 4 stl @nolimittb31: 21 pts (9/11 FG), 9 reb@russwest44: 21 pts, 8 reb, 9 ast, 3 stl pic.twitter.com/x6P4pbknxi
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) January 5, 2023
Dennis Schroder tonight:
32 PTS
4 STL
8-15 FG
4-7 3P
Joins LeBron and AD as the only lakers with multiple 30-point games this season. pic.twitter.com/UeVsc08Z55
— StatMuse (@statmuse) January 5, 2023
Heat Culture took an L and made Dennis Schroder play like prime Isiah Thomas and Thomas Bryant play like prime Hakeem Olajuwon tonight pic.twitter.com/mxwnJwr0se
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) January 5, 2023
DENNIS MOTHAF*CKIN SCHRODER!!!!!!
— Lakers Daily (@LakersDailyCom) January 5, 2023
Reminding you again that Dennis Schroder was the real sixth man of the year in 2019-20
— 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒆 🌩 (@Three_Cone) January 5, 2023
Westbrook and Schroder cooking in the backcourt pic.twitter.com/dJd4X44N2K
— 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒆 🌩 (@Three_Cone) January 5, 2023
https://twitter.com/bennybluechip_/status/1610872021239615489
A very good win for the Lakers with LeBron and AD out, beating Miami 112-109. Schroder 32p 4r 4s; Westbrook 21p 9a 8r 7tos 3s; T. Bryant 21p on 9-of-11 9r; Reaves 11p 5r 3a; Wenyen 10p on 4-of-6. LAL improves to 17-21.
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) January 5, 2023
Dennis Schroder when LeBron and AD are out… pic.twitter.com/Rfuf11DcbV
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) January 5, 2023
How the Heat have been looking at Thomas Bryant and Dennis Schroder all game 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ pic.twitter.com/rcdcdQ4Yl1
— 𝘼𝙇𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙨 ™ (@AIR305) January 5, 2023
Tyler Herro seeing a similar coverage to the Hawks series in the playoffs
Delon Wright just not leaving his side no matter the time stamp
That’s what Schroder is doing tonight to him
— Brady Hawk (@BradyHawk305) January 5, 2023
The best player in the world Dennis Schroder pic.twitter.com/6echDvcQi0
— 🎗NBA•Fan🎗 (@Klutch_23) January 5, 2023
If nothing else, I'm glad that we can now say "the Dennis Schroder game" without it referring to the time he went scoreless in the playoffs.
That's a cool thing to come out of this season.
— Sam Quinn (@SamQuinnCBS) January 5, 2023
Best win of the season by the @lakers tonight. Unbelievable effort by the entire team!
— Pau Gasol (@paugasol) January 5, 2023
The Lakers just beat a healthy Heat team without AD and LeBron tonight…
INSANE. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/b3MFvGn0lo
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) January 5, 2023
This is the win that turns around the Lakers season.
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) January 5, 2023
The Lakers said they are focusing on 2023 and I don’t blame them. They left that ridiculous basketball in 2022. That was on hell of a WIN tonight without Bron and AD. D-Ham had his squad prepared!!! Carry the hell on…
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 5, 2023
Darvin Ham coached the team really well tonight, drawing up intelligent plays as well as having a solid defensive scheme that held players like Tyler Herro to abysmal 4-14 shooting. This was a crucial win because the Minnesota Timberwolves won and now they’re 11th, ahead of the OKC Thunder.
Can The Los Angeles Lakers Make The Play-In Tournament?
The Lakers have many pieces that have been performing well as compared to their standard level of play. However, there are also massive negatives on the roster that have been hurting the Lakers. The reluctance of the front office to make trades has evidently been costing them.
Picking up a third consecutive win will be a massive morale boost to the Lakers as LeBron got to rest for one game before hopefully returning against the Atlanta Hawks and continuing this Lakers win streak.
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