In terms of shots from downtown, the Miami Heat's terrific 40.1% rate of sunk threes settles in as the 5th-strongest in the NBA over the last 5 games.Since the start of last season, opposing clubs have shot 34.5% on 3-pointers (3rd-worst in the NBA) against the Los Angeles Lakers, marking this as a tough matchup.The 10th-most up-tempo tempo team in the NBA over the last 5 games has been the Heat.Josh Richardson has sunk 89.2% of his free throw attempts since the start of last season, placing him in the 94th percentile among all players in the NBA.This matchup is a difficult one for getting to the charity stripe; opposing teams have attempted just 20.2 foul shots per game when the Los Angeles Lakers have the home court advantage since the start of last season (least in the league).
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