Kobe Bryant banked in a three-pointer as time expired to give the Lakers a 108-107 victory over the Miami Heat tonight at Staples Center.
Bryant finished with 33 points and scored his last points over Dwyane Wade.
Wade scored 26 points, but he made just one of two free throws with 3.2 seconds left to leave the door open for Bryant.
The Lakers once trailed by four points late in the fourth, but a Derek Fisher three-pointer closed the Lakers to within one point, allowing them the opportunity to get the win.
The Lakers have won eight consecutive games.
Lakers 76, Heat 76 (third quarter)
The Lakers picked up their defense in the third quarter, forcing the Heat into taking bad shots and into a 24-second shot-clock violation.
But the Heat was equally tough against the Lakers on defense, making L.A. work for its points.
That made it a grind-it-out affair that was tied at 76-76 at the end of the third quarter tonight at Staples Center.
It became a half-court game for the most part in the third.
Neither the Lakers no the Heat was willing to give up much to the other.
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