Tyler Herro spent All-Star weekend last year vacationing. He would very much like to have other plans this season.
Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick likes what he sees from Miami Heat point guard Tyler Herro. In fact, Redick acknowledged teams need to gameplan around Herro
Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro tweaked his game this season in order to take more threes and fewer midrange attempts to replicate 10-time NBA All-Star Stephen Curry’s shot profile. It has resulted in the best season of Herro’s career and serious consideration for his first NBA All-Star Game appearance.
Rui Hachimura scored 23 points and Anthony Davis had 22 points and 11 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a three-game skid with a 117-108 victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night.
Trailing by 14 points against a Miami team that beat them by 41 points a month ago, the Lakers clawed their way back in the second half to snap a three-game losing streak, beating the Heat 117-108 at Crypto.
Finney-Smith came to the Lakers in a Dec. 29 trade with the Brooklyn Nets. He has supplied them with a legitimate 3-and-D wing who can guard players at multiple positions and space the floor on offense. Since arriving, he's averaging 6.8 points and 3.2 rebounds in 23.7 minutes a game while shooting 40.9% from 3-point range.
Tyler Herro shot 7 for 12 from 3-point ... Two other three-game skids came when Los Angeles went 2-7 from Nov. 21-Dec. 6. The Lakers' Jaxson Hayes came away with a steal, fed the ball to Reaves ...
O'Connor: Tyler Herro. He has completely changed the way he plays basketball. He has nearly eliminated early-clock midrange jumpers in favor of more at-rim chances, 3-pointers, and playmaking looks. With better off-hand finishing, passing vision, and perimeter scoring, he looks like a borderline All-Star.
James — a pick for 21 straight years — now has two more All-Star selections than anyone else in NBA history (Abdul-Jabbar was a 19-time pick) and is three years clear of anyone else for the longest streak of consecutive selections. Kobe Bryant was picked for 18 consecutive All-Star Games, the second-longest such streak.
Anthony Davis led LA with 24 points, eight rebounds and three assists. Austin Reaves had 23 points, three rebounds and six assists. LeBron James finished with 20 points, 14 rebounds and six assists. Kristaps Porzingis led Boston with 22 points, seven rebounds and two assists.
PARIS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama scored 30 points in his first NBA game on his native French soil, Devin Vassell added 25 and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Indiana Pacers 140-110 on Thursday night.