{"id":387160,"date":"2026-07-05T18:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/387160\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T18:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:46:20","slug":"lakers-vs-heat-california-classic-preview-tv-stream-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/387160\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers vs Heat California Classic Preview: TV Stream, How To Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">After an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverscreenandroll.com\/lakers-scores-results\/121457\/lakers-vs-warriors-final-score-recap-stats-summer-league-adou-thiero-cameron-carr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">underwhelming debut<\/a> in this year\u2019s California Classic tournament, the Lakers look to bounce back against the Miami Heat on Sunday. This is their first game of a back-to-back with the finale against the San Antonio Spurs taking place on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Start time and TV schedule<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">When: 1:30 p.m. PT, July 5<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Watch: ESPN, League Pass, Prime Video<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Lakers opened their summer campaign with a rather forgettable performance. Not only were they blown out by the Golden State Warriors on Friday night, but they looked exactly like a team that just played a basketball game together for the first time. Thankfully, they won\u2019t have to dwell on that loss for long.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">To be fair to the Lakers\u2019 first game of the summer, it wasn\u2019t all that bad. The biggest positive takeaway was how this year\u2019s 24th pick in the NBA Draft performed. Cameron Carr wasted no time in proving his potential. The 21-year-old from Baylor University put up 19 points in 23 minutes, showing signs that he is indeed NBA-ready.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">As for Adou Thiero, well, let\u2019s just say he had an off night, but it certainly wasn\u2019t for a lack of effort. It seemed like he forced a lot of possessions and it didn\u2019t help that his shots weren\u2019t going in either. On top of that, he also had a bad fall in the second quarter, but the sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/khobi_price\/status\/2073293545545568523\" rel=\"nofollow\">confirmed<\/a> that he\u2019s alright. Hopefully, we see him bounce against the Heat like the rest of the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Speaking of the rest of the team, Coachella Valley Lakers forward Arthur Kaluma \u2014 who tallied 12 points, six rebounds and two blocks\u2014 performed well. But outside of him, nobody really played great. There was a clear lack of floor general and proper execution, which should be cleaned up as this team continues to play together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">On Sunday, the Lakers will face a Heat team that\u2019s coming off a thrilling 88-87 victory against the San Antonio Spurs. Their 37th overall pick this year, Ryan Conwell, scored 21 points in his debut and had some help from the likes of Jahmir Young and Trevor Keels. The Lakers will have their hands full again in this one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">But hopefully Los Angeles responds with a stronger all-around team effort in this one and gives us more reason to be excited about this year\u2019s Summer League. Let\u2019s see if they can do just that on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After an underwhelming debut in this year\u2019s California Classic tournament, the Lakers look to bounce back against the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,156108],"class_list":["post-387160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-los-angeles-lakers-discussion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}