How Miami Heat’s Twitter Reacted To Wednesday’s Win Over Los Angeles Lakers

The Miami Heat defeated the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday night to bounce back from an ugly Clippers loss.

This time, it was the production outside of the star players that made the difference. The Heat had eight players in double figures in the absence of Jimmy Butler and Caleb Martin. Amongst these scorers were Kyle Lowry, Josh Richardson and Nikola Jovic.

“Big bounce back win, total team effort,” one user said. “Jaime stepping up to his matchup against LeBron, Duncan big 4th [quarter], Love much needed help on both ends huge lift for us, Herro with 21 pts, Bam consistent scoring and defense.”

Big Bounce Back win total Team effort
Jaime stepping up to his matchup against LeBron
Duncan big 4th
Love much needed help on both ends huge lift for us
Herro 21pts
Bam consistent scoring and defense
— Jordan (@BringTheHeat17) January 4, 2024

Fans are starting to push for Jovic to be in the main rotation after another solid performance as a starter. He had 15 points and eight rebounds, shooting a team-high 60 percent from 3-point range.

He balled out. Showed what he can offer on offense. Defense is gonna be a big work in progress but I hope he pans out at the future 4.
— idk (@itweetpoop123) January 4, 2024

After having one of his worst season performances Monday night, Tyler Herro responded with a 21-point game. Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Duncan Robinson combined for 18 points in the fourth quarter to stretch the lead and ultimately clinch the victory.

The Heat reunited with former guard Gabe Vincent, who shined as Miami's primary point guard the last few postseasons. The split was seemingly detrimental to both parties, as the Heat lost backcourt production and Vincent has struggled since arriving in Los Angeles.

you can tell Gabe misses the boys 🫡
— . (@Herrojuku) January 4, 2024

On the other end, former Heat superstar LeBron James was not spared the same grace by Heat fans after scoring just 12 points on 0 of 6 shooting from 3-point range.

Bam got outplayed by AD but Bron got outplayed by Nikola Jovic pic.twitter.com/8msPY5PMrA
— Austin (@ChefTrillie) January 4, 2024

The Heat play the Phoenix Suns (18-16) Friday night.

Jayden Armant is a contributor to Inside the Heat. He is a student at Howard University. He can be reached at or follow him on Twitter @jaydenarmant.

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