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Goran Dragic and Bam Adebayo were ruled out for injuries, the Lakers “smelled blood” and like sharks they returned to devour the Heat (124-114) to make it 2-0 in the 2020 NBA Finals held in the “bubble”. at Disney World, Orlando.
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The team of LeBron James and Anthony Davis, the team of Razon Rondo withstood the circumstances, achieved the result in relative comfort and will have five chances of the two victories necessary to achieve their goal, win the championship and to dedicate it to the memory of Coby Bryant .
The Heat were really moving. Without two of their five, they played the best they could in attack, but they didn’t have the bodies to stop James and Davis and especially the second who did what he wanted as if he was playing with opponents, his children and nieces. His appearance was impressive, but also that of Rondo who, with his experience, really makes a difference in games of such criticality.
At the age of 20 years and 256 days, Tyler Hiro became the youngest starter in the final in League history, breaking Magic Johnson’s eight-day record in Game 1 of the 1980 finals. Bam Adebayo On the other hand, he asked to be active not to wear a mask to give instructions to his colleagues. It was the second match he lost since early 2018.
Or MVP
Ready for the final MVP, Anthony Davis had no opponent in the second final. In 39:33 he scored 32 points from 14/19 two points, 1/1 three points and 1/1 shot, collected 14 rebounds in the absence of Bam Adebayo, had an assist and a steal. In the third period he appeared to play defenseless around him, disbanded the Heat on the offensive rebound (he had eight) and continues for the first title of his career, enjoying the first finals of his career.
THE WEAK LINK
Duncan Robinson. He doesn’t have the image he had in the regular season in the regular season and with Dragic-Adebayo out of the game he had to do something big to help the Heat draw 1-1. It was wrong. He made a shot without balance, he never found a rhythm, he has a long way to go to reach the level of judging such great games. There are times when he thinks he’s the Clay Thompson clone. It is not. In 22 minutes he had 9 points from 2/7 triples and 3/3 shots.
THE STATISTICS THAT stood out
Jimmy Butler closed the first period with 5/4/4 (points / rebounds / assists), while Kyle Kuzma had three of the Lakers’ five errors and the points in the tie were 18-6. For some unknown reason, the Vogel’s team insisted too much on the long shot in the second twelve minutes, but without “paying it” and by the end of the night had made a record in the history of the NBA Finals with 47 shots taken behind. from the 7m line 25. At 39:09, LeBron James was not wrong (the Lakers had 9 in 48 minutes!) And lost the triple-double for a rebound and a final pass.
THE RACE
It was clear from the start that the Lakers were playing without pressure. In the fourth minute the score was 14-8, with Spolstra calling for his first time out early but not achieving much. Howard did a good job at the end of the phases, Kuzma scored five consecutive points for 22-14 in 8 ‘and the 29-23 of the first period seemed worse for the typical hosts than for the Heat, who stayed close with a tremendous effort .
The dispute was not long in opening. In just four minutes into the second period, the Lakers went to +13 (40-27), with Spolstra calling for a critical timeout and turning into a zone defense. The Heat found strength through the misplaced shots of their opponents, bit the difference, stayed close to the scoreboard and the game did not lose its interest, however every time the Los Angeles team felt threatened, they scored and cut. the few feet of Miami.
The 68-54 of the time was heavy for a team that did not have two starters in its lineup, of course the Lakers were quite excessive since they closed the first half with 20 executed two points and 27 executed three points (record in the history of the NBA finals) in while their opponents had no bodies on the racket.
With Davis scoring eight consecutive points from all points on the court and James scoring a free throw for 81-64 in 28 ‘, the Lakers maintained a difference that allowed them to continue playing without stress and enjoy the game. . In minute 32 and with the score at 92-79, Judonis Haslem “threw” them to his teammates during a time-out, in an attempt to push them to make more difference, his image was very good, but in 103 -93 he was not it left them room to really believe in being overthrown, as every minute seemed like an extra tone on their backs.
The fourth period did not hide emotions. No matter how hard the Heat tried, the Lakers found answers. With the score 111-101, Miami wasted his chances, James hit two consecutive baskets and scored 117-104 in the 45th minute, which finally decided the game. As good as Spolstra’s team was, Vogel’s was even better.
THE TWELVE MINUTES: 29-23, 68-54, 103-93, 124-114
LAKERS (Vogel): James 33 (11/17 2 points, 3/8 3 points, 2/5 shooting, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, no error at 39:09), Davis 32 (14/19 two points, 1/1 three points, 14 rebounds), Howard 6, Green 3 (1/8 three points), Caldwell-Pope 11 (2/11 three points), Kuzma 11 (2), Rondo 16 (2/5 two points, 3/4 three points), 4 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 error in 26 minutes), Caruso 6 (2), Morris 6 (2 triples, 5 rebounds), Smith
ΧΙΤ (Spolstra): Butler 25 (7/16 2 points, 11/12 shots, 8 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 errors), Crowder 12 (2 3 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists), Leonard 7 (1), Robinson 9 (2/7 triples), Hiro 17 (5/12 shots, 7 rebounds, 3 assists in 42:50), Olinik 24 (6/9 shots of two, 3/7 shots of three, 3/5 shots, 9 rebounds , 2 assists), Nan 13 (1 point, 4 rebounds, 3 assists), Iguodala 7 (1), Jones, Hill
Lakers team stats: 33/50 two points, 16/47 three points, 10/17 shots, 44 rebounds (28 defensive – 16 offensive), 32 assists, 6 steals, 3 blocks, 9 errors
Heat’s group stats: 25/44 two points, 11/27 three points, 31/34 shots, 37 rebounds (31 defensive – 6 offensive), 29 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 9 errors
The next match of the two teams: The third game of the finals series will take place in the early hours of Monday (5/10) at 02:30.
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