Miami visits Los Angeles on Monday night with Luka Doncic on a historic scoring run.
The Lakers are 5-2. The Heat are 2-4 after losing their first four games of the season.
Doncic dropped 45 on Toronto and became the first player ever with a 15/5/5/5 stat line.
He averages 37.7 points per game, plus 8.2 rebounds and 7.3 assists. He shoots 43.2 percent from deep.
The Heat rank in the bottom five on defense and sit dead last in three-pointers allowed per game.
Last March, Doncic scored 60 points against Miami on the second night of a back-to-back.
"There is nothing he has not seen in this league," Erik Spoelstra said of Doncic this week.
Guard Doncic straight up with Andrew Wiggins. Let him score, but do not let him create for others.
Dropping the big man back on screens lets Doncic pull up and shoot over it all night.
Giannis and Bam must drive at the Lakers, force the defense to collapse, and free up shooters.
The Lakers played on Sunday. Miami must push the pace and make Doncic work on defense too.
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