Floyd Mayweather takes his father to watch LA Lakers loss courtside

  • Floyd Mayweather Junior and Senior were sat courtside for LA Lakers game
  • Miami Heat beat LA Lakers by one point as they stopped their rot on the road
  • Isiah Thomas uncharacteristically missed a chance to win the game at the death

Floyd Mayweather was unable to inspire his beloved LA Lakers to a win as they fell to a one point defeat at the hands of Miami Heat.

Mayweather took Floyd Senior to the game with courtside seats but the Lakers fell to a 92-91 defeat.

Miami Heat ended a losing streak that saw them lose nine consecutive games on the road on Friday night as the game went right down to the wire.

Floyd Mayweather Junior took his father to watch the LA Lakers as they lost to Miami Heat

Miami trailed 91-90 after Kyle Kuzma made a 3-pointer for Los Angeles with 1:23 left.

But Goran Dragic got the lead back for the Heat with a 10-foot floater in the lane. Isaiah Thomas then missed a fallaway jumper for the Lakers, and the Heat grabbed the rebound to close it out.

“It was a tough stretch, but finally tonight the basketball gods were on our side,” Dragic said. 

Mayweather has been known to attend Lakers games but this time he brought Floyd Senior

Mayweather has been known to attend Lakers games but this time he brought Floyd Senior

The road win left the Heat 15 1/2 games back in the Eastern Conference, in a virtual tie with Milwaukee for seventh. Miami (37-33) has played two more games than the Bucks.

“We thought it was very fitting that this road trip ended on a defensive stop,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “That’s all we talked about the last 48 hours.”

Miami got some help Friday when the officials reviewed a shot by Dragic that they originally said missed the rim. 

The Heat called timeout, and the shot clock showed 0.5 seconds remaining. When the replay showed the shot had nicked the rim, the Heat got a full 24 seconds to set up Dragic’s winning shot.

“We were definitely fortunate,” Spoelstra said. 

The Lakers were unable to put in a winning performance though as they lost by one point

The Lakers were unable to put in a winning performance though as they lost by one point



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