{"id":80909,"date":"2020-10-03T07:10:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T04:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/anthony-davis-dominates-lakers-take-2-0-nba-finals-lead-over-heat\/"},"modified":"2020-10-03T07:10:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T04:10:29","slug":"anthony-davis-dominates-lakers-take-2-0-nba-finals-lead-over-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/anthony-davis-dominates-lakers-take-2-0-nba-finals-lead-over-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"#Anthony Davis dominates, Lakers take 2-0 NBA Finals lead over Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Anthony Davis dominates, Lakers take 2-0 NBA Finals lead over Heat<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Jimmy Butler had promised a Heat victory in Friday\u2019s Game<\/a> 2. What we got was another Lakers laugher \u2014 and nut-cutting time for the Miami.<\/p>\n

A dominant performance by Anthony Davis and all-around effort by LeBron James carried the Lakers to a 124-114 victory in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. It spotted them to a 2-0 Finals lead, and \u2014 considering how lopsided this series<\/a> has looked \u2014 could have them halfway to a sweep.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re talking about adversity. I mean, for us, we thrive in that,\u201d Butler said before the game. \u201cNobody picked us to be here. Like I said, we embrace it. We love it.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing into Game 2, all the adversity, backs against the wall, yadda, yadda, yadda. We\u2019re going to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

They didn\u2019t come close, despite Butler\u2019s best efforts. Because James and Davis were that much better.<\/p>\n

James flirted with a trip<\/a>le-double (33 points, nine assists, nine rebounds). And Davis followed up his 34 points from Wednesday with an even better encore. He had 32 points on 15 of 20 shooting, and snatched 14 rebounds. His 66 points are the third-highest total after a players\u2019 first two NBA Finals app<\/a>earances.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great team that we\u2019re playing. We understand that they put you in some really tough positions,\u201d James said. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to looking at film to see how we can be better \u2014 because we can be.<\/p>\n

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Anthony Davis slams the ball home in Game 2 of the NBA Finals<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt never gets old being on this stage. This is what I work my tail off, to play in June, July October. \u2026 I just try to take full advantage of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

They\u2019re in that position because they tore apart Miami\u2019s zone from the inside. The Heat played shorthanded without Bam Adebayo and Goran Dragic, and the Lakers outlasted Butler (25 points) and Kelly Olynyk (24 points).<\/p>\n

But most of all, James has the first 2-0 Finals lead of his career because the Heat couldn\u2019t stop them.<\/p>\n

The Lakers missed their first five 3-pointers and still led 14-13 early. But when James finally broke through, it sparked an 8-1 run that put them up by eight.<\/p>\n

It was still eight when James gave up his body to take a charge on Tyler Herro, forcing a second straight Heat turnover. On the other end, he bullied in on Andre Iguodala for a 37-25 lead 2:32 into the second quarter, and Danny Green\u2019s 3-pointer made it 40-27.<\/p>\n

The Lakers largely held Miami at arm\u2019s length from there.<\/p>\n

Davis beat a lollygagging Olynek and Herro downcourt for a halfcourt lob, his three-point-play padding the cushion to 64-49 with two minutes left in the half. And Miami simply had no answers whatsoever for him.<\/p>\n

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LeBron James is congratulated by Anthony Davis during Game 2 of the NBA Finals.<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Davis\u2019 corner 3 over the outstretched arms of Jae Crowder gave him 22 points in his first 21 minutes, and Los Angeles a 77-62 edge. James\u2019 and-one padded it to 82-64, and Miami never got closer than nine the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

The Heat \u2014 who long ago built their identity on teamwork and toughness \u2014 were bitterly disappointing on both counts. Udonis Haslem \u2014 with his three championship rings \u2014 lit into them during a third quarter timeout, railing about the non-effort. But it proved a day late and a couple defensive stops short.<\/p>\n

Miami shot 66.7 percent in the third quarter, getting nine points from Olynyk and eight from Butler and Herro. But they could get no closer than 100-91 on the latter\u2019s free throws with 37.2 seconds left in the third, and again at 108-99 early in the fourth.<\/p>\n

James and Davis, a pair of superstar alpha males, work because neither has succumbed to pettiness or envy. But the young big man did say he\u2019s jealous of one thing King James has. Or three things, to be more accurate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat he has a ring. But he made a promise to me, and so far he\u2019s kept it. Hopefully I don\u2019t have to be envious of that much longer,\u201d Davis said. \u201cI want a ring, and he has three of them. That would be the one thing for sure that I would be jealous about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davis is halfway there.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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