Heat at Lakers on Monday Night: Miami's Next Game Is a 10 P.M. Tip in Los Angeles

The Miami Heat head west for their next game: a Monday night visit to the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena on November 2. Tip is set for 10 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. Pacific, in a regular-season meeting between the Eastern Conference's Heat and the Lakers on their home floor in downtown Los Angeles.

It is the Heat's next fixture on the published schedule, following the NBA Cup opening-night win over Indiana at Kaseya Center on Friday that started the club's Cup run. Miami's early season has been a mixed file - a big home win in the Cup opener against a slow start in the standings, as this desk reported earlier Saturday - and a road game at the Lakers is the kind of early test that tells a team where it stands.

The venue is one of the league's landmarks. Crypto.com Arena opened on October 17, 1999, as Staples Center and took its current name in December 2021; it has been the Lakers' home throughout. For Miami fans watching from South Florida, the late tip means a late night: 10 p.m. Eastern on Spectrum SportsNet's Lakers coverage and NBA League Pass, per the published listings read this cycle.

After Monday, the Heat's schedule turns back toward Kaseya Center later in November. First, though, comes Los Angeles - and a chance for Miami to bank a road win against a marquee opponent before the season's second week is out.