Schedule and 2019-20 Results
Regular Season Records: Los Angeles Lakers 52-19, Miami 44-29
Game 1 on Wednesday, 30 September: Miami loses at Los Angeles Lakers, 116-pts-98
Game 2 on Friday, 02 October: Miami loses at Los Angeles Lakers, 124-pts-114
Game 3 on Sunday, 04 October: Los Angeles Lakers lose at Miami, 115-pts-104
Game 4 on Tuesday, 06 October: Los Angeles Lakers win at Miami, 102-pts-96
Game 5 on Friday, 09 October: Miami wins at Los Angeles Lakers, 111-pts-108
Game 6 on Sunday, 11 October: Los Angeles Lakers win at Miami, 106-pts-93

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Los Angeles Lakers visited and bested the Miami Heat 106-pts-93 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1448 victory. With the series 1448 win, the Los Angeles Lakers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 72-31 (with an active four-series winning streak befitting a newly crowned NBA champion) overall and 12-14 in the Finals round. With the series 1448 loss, the Miami Heat see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 26-12 overall and 3-3 in the Finals round. The win order for the victorious Los Angeles Lakers in series 1448 was WWLWLW: Series 1448 thus becomes the eighth NBA Finals-round series, the 21st NBA series (all rounds), and the 48th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 5: The Miami Heat visited and defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 111-pts-108 to drop the Los Angeles Lakers best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1448 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Los Angeles Lakers have a series record of 31-4 (with an active seven-series winning streak) and a Game 6 record of 21-14. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Miami Heat have a series record of 4-4 and a Game 6 record of 6-2 (with an active four-Game 6 winning streak).

After Game 4: The Los Angeles Lakers visited and bested the Miami Heat 102-pts-96 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1448 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Los Angeles Lakers have a series record of 34-1 (with an active seven-series winning streak) and a Game 5 record of 23-12. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Miami Heat have a series record of 1-4 (with an active four-series losing streak) and a Game 5 record of 1-4 (with an active four-Game 5 losing streak). The sole Lakers series loss in the wake of a 3-games-1 lead in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series occurred in series 977, in the 2006 NBA Preliminary round against the Phoenix Suns. The sole Heat series win in the wake of a 3-games-1 deficit in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series occurred in series 739, in the 1997 NBA Quarterfinals against the New York Knickerbockers.

After Game 3: The Miami Heat hosted and bested the Los Angeles Lakers 115-pts-104 to reduce the Los Angeles Lakers best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1448 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Los Angeles Lakers have a series record of 45-5 (with an active 14-series winning streak) and a Game 4 record of 28-22 (with an active four-Game 4 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Miami Heat have a series record of 4-4 and a Game 4 record of 5-3.

After Game 2: The Los Angeles Lakers hosted and defeated the Miami Heat 124-pts-114 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1448 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Los Angeles Lakers have a series record of 43-1 (with an active 36-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 20-24. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Miami Heat have a series record of 1-4 and a Game 3 record of 2-3. The sole Lakers loss in the wake of a 2-games-nil lead in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series occurred in series 215, in the 1969 NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics.

After Game 1: The Los Angeles Lakers hosted and defeated the Miami Heat 116-pts-98 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1448 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Lakers have a series record of 58-7 (with an active 23-series winning streak) and a Game 2 record of 44-21. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Miami Heat have a series record of 8-8 and a Game 2 record of 11-5 (with an active seven-Game 2 winning streak). Trailing 1-game-nil in the NBA Finals (as they now do in series 1448), the Miami Heat have a 3-1 Finals series record. Leading 1-game-nil in the NBA Finals (as they likewise now do in series 1448), the Los Angeles Lakers have a 7-5 Finals series record (with an active four-series winning streak).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2019-20 NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers finished nine games ahead of the Miami Heat. From 1947 through the 2020 NBA Semifinals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by nine regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 26-4 (.867) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1448 is the 103rd best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Los Angeles Lakers, and the 38th for the Miami Heat. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Los Angeles Lakers have an all-rounds series record of 71-31, a Finals-round series record of 11-14, and a Game 1 record of 65-37, while the Miami Heat have an all-rounds series record of 26-11, a Finals-round series record of 3-2, and a Game 1 record of 21-16. Series 1448 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat.