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The Miami Heat decreased the Los Angeles Lakers’ lead in the NBA Finals. The team dominated all the quarters today, in the Disney bubble in Orlando (USA), avoided suffering the return at the end and won by 115 to 104. Now, the updated score of the series is 2 to 1.
Jimmy Butler was the scorer of the game with 40 points, and the second best was LeBron James, with 25. Anthony Davis, on the other hand, did not repeat the great performance of Game 2 and made too many errors.
It should be remembered that the Miami Heat played again without Bam Adebayo and Goran Dragic, a situation that makes their tough performance today even more heroic.
The fourth match of the final phase will take place the day after tomorrow (6), at 8:00 p.m. (Brasilia time) in the same place. However, if necessary, the series between the two teams can continue until game 7.
Butler rivals James and pushes the Heat
LeBron James and Jimmy Butler dispute the third game of the NBA final, between Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat
Image: Douglas P. DeFelice / Getty Images
In the first quarter, the Miami Heat opened the 26-23 lead with a spark from Jimmy Butler, who was fighting LeBron point-to-point for the basket. But there was still a long way to go, and the Lakers lost steam with their ace out for part of the second quarter.
Best for Butler, who continued to lead the Miami franchise in Q2 and more than doubled his first-quarter score; however, this time, the partial score was more balanced: the Heat made 32-31 and went into halftime with a four-point lead overall.
The Lakers’ apparent calm in the first two games was put to the test, and the Los Angeles team’s dominance fell apart, at least for one night. The Miami team confirmed it with 27-26 in the third quarter; By now, before the fourth quarter, Butler already had 30 points (and wanted more).
The problem is that the other side also wanted a lot: the California team had its strongest reaction in the fourth quarter, took a 14-point deficit and, for a moment, even went ahead.
But LeBron’s nervousness became increasingly apparent in heated discussions and even at a time when the winger walked the ball like a rookie. The Miami Heat played point by point, made 30 to 24 and closed everything at 115 to 104.
Heroically!
LeBron loses, but makes history again
LeBron James in action in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat
Image: Douglas P. DeFelice / Getty Images
Does not stop! Only in the first half of the game, without much effort, LeBron had already climbed in three different rankings:
The winger became the second most assisted player in NBA playoff history, beating John Stockton (1,839) and only surpassed by Magic Johnson (2,346).
And also the second most attended in the NBA Finals, with 401, leaving Bob Cousy behind with 400.
The legend went further. LeBron is now the sixth most blocked athlete in NBA Finals history, just below Robert Parish and Hakeem Olajuwon, who are 54 each, and well below Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, at 116.
Finally, James is the new runner-up on the list of players with the most field goals in the NBA Finals.
