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This match was not like the first two in the series. The Heat and the Lakers had a good fight in Game 3 of the 2020 NBA Finals, with the Miami team giving the big surprise and getting the victory (115-104) that helped them reduce to 2-1 and put much more pressure. in Los Angeles.
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With Jimmy Butler delivering a shocking performance that we rarely see at this level, with Kelly Olinick filling the gap left by Bam Adebayo, who also lost this match, and with Tyler Hiro, Duncan Robinson, Jay Crowder Those good (not many) moments, Eric Spolstra took a deep breath and hopes that he will then have his main center, but also Goran Dragic who was also out of the game.
LeBron James, on the other hand, will want to forget tonight. From 9/33/33 in the second game he did not make a mistake, it went to 10/25/8 but with eight errors, he saw Anthony Davis suffer an early foul and if it weren’t for Kyle Kuzma – Markif offer Morris With 38 points off the bench, the Lakers would have lost the game by a much larger margin.
They relaxed? Did you think the 3-0 would come easily? One thing is for sure: they gave the Heat rights and the situation suddenly became very difficult, especially if Dragic – Adebayo returns for Game 4.
The MVP
Participation in a Jimmy Butler seminar. Words are poor to describe his leading presence in this game, but surely his stat line can say a lot: 40 points from 14/20 two points and 12/14 shooting, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 steals. and 2 blocks in 44:51, it is a performance that we will remember forever. A fantastic player who has unparalleled confidence, endures wood, injuries and trash talk, has taken the Miami Heat by the hand and who knows where to go.
THE WEAK LINK
Anthony Davis. He never got in the mood for the match, was charged early with a third foul that was still questionable, played 33 minutes and didn’t look like the reel we saw in Game 2 of the series. It showed how important it is to these Lakers and why, should the Los Angeles team win the championship, it will have a lead for the Finals MVP award.
He had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 5 errors and 4 fouls in the time he was on the court, with -26 in the +/- category being really impressive. In the last 9:42 of the game he had ZERO points, only one shot, only one rebound, only one assist. This Davis is a different player than the one we saw two nights ago.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
In his first leg of the game and at 7:44, Davis did not score, did not shoot, did not get rebounds, did not cut shots, committed four errors and two fouls! This largely explains the Heat’s 22-9 early in the game. At halftime Hiro – Robinson had 3/14 shots (1/6 of three points), but at the end of the night mistakes (12-19) and Jimmy Butler’s stat line covered it all.
Or maybe not; See also this statistic: His 26 points in the paint (from 13/14 attempts) constitute a career record in his 654 NBA game. In addition, the 73 points he had from his own shots and creations, is the second best performance in the history of the League finals. Truly, a night that will be remembered for decades, with the third triple-double in NBA Finals history achieved with at least 40 points.
THE RACE
The Heat entered the game with terrible stubbornness and with Megers Leonard scoring from short and long range to 16-89 in 4 ‘. It was there that Vogel got his first time out, to see James – Davis commit seven errors (!) At 8 ‘and his team count a total of nine errors, while Miami took advantage of the gifts, going to +13 (22-9 ) and showed that he will fight for his chances (the teams that started 2-0 have won 24 of the 28 series in the history of the League). Soon, however, he began to waste opportunities, with the Lakers reducing their errors and with a partial 4-14 reducing with a triple by Kuzma in the preparation of the first half to three (26-23).
Morris and Kuzma balanced the game and put their team ahead (28-29 at 14 ‘), at a point where everything showed that Miami would be disappointed. That did not happen, Butler took the team on its back and led it to 42-37 in the middle of the second half, Davis left in the 19th minute with three fouls, the game got tough and 58-54 of the time left accounts open and expect a thriller in the second part.
The Heat with a very fast 10-0 series in three minutes, built a 14-point lead (68-54) and immediately took Davis’ fourth foul, yet another outburst from the Lakers and their own 8-0 series reduced to six (68-62). This was followed by a new good period from Miami that went to +11 with a triple by Olinik, another response from the Lakers that took advantage of Robinson’s bad shots that found an iron and a narrow advantage (85-80) of the typical team local that kept warm. interest of those who saw the game.
Fourth period opened with a “brick” from Markif Morris, but he was stubborn and mostly supported by LeBron. He made two passes, two triples from the right corner, before Rondo put the Lakers ahead (89-91) in the 39th minute and saw James speaking on the podium. In an outburst game and a series, the Heat had other responses. They went to +6 (101-95) with the Olinik – Hiro to help Butler, who in the end took the team AGAIN on his back, scored with shots and layup 109-100, threw the Lakers to the canvas and gave one more … spicy flavor in this series of endings.
Especially since LeBron James decided to leave the field several seconds before the end of the game …
THE TWELVE MINUTES: 26-23, 58-54, 85-80, 115-104
HIT (Spolstra): Butler 40 (14/20 two points, 12/14 shooting, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks), Crowder 12 (2/8 three points, 8 rebounds), Leonard 7 (1), Robinson 13 ( 3/10 triples, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals), Hiro 17 (4/11 two points, 2/7 triples, 3/3 shots), Iguodala 2, Olinik 17 (3/5 triples, 7 rebounds), Nan 4, Hill 3 (1), Jones Jr.
LAKERS (Vogel): James 25 (8/11 two points, 1/5 three points, 6/9 shots, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 8 errors), Davis 15 (6/9 shots, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 errors), Howard 4, Green 2, Caldwell-Pope 5 (1), Kuzma 19 (4/8 triples), Rondo 4 (2/8 shots, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals), Caruso 8 (1), Morris 19 (5 / 11 three points, 6 rebounds), Smith 3 (1)
Heat’s group stats: 29/59 two points, 12/34 three points, 21/23 shots, 37 rebounds (34 defensive – 3 offensive), 25 assists, 8 steals, 3 blocks, 12 errors
Lakers team stats: 20/37 two points, 14/42 three points, 22/29 shots, 43 rebounds (32 defensive – 11 offensive), 23 assists, 8 steals, 2 blocks, 19 errors
The next match of the two teams: Game 4 of the 2020 NBA Finals will take place in the early hours of Wednesday (10/7) at 04:00.
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