He can surely get two more in Game 3. Halfway home: Lakers top Heat 124-114 for 2-0 Finals lead. Well that could have been a lot worse for the Lakers. A healthy Irving is a top 20 player, and he can live forever off his status as the motherf — who clutch-gened the three-pointer in 2016 that helped deliver Cleveland its first championship in more than half a century. Kuzma has 12 points, including three made three-pointers. :eyes::boom:#NBAFinals presented by YouTube TV pic.twitter.com/KIhsZI2txa, Kyle Kuzma hits three at first-quarter buzzer to cut deficit to three. Here are some of the best photos from the game. Anthony Davis punched his chest in celebration. Bam Adebayo and Goran Dragic missed the Heat’s loss to the Lakers in Game 2 of the NBA Finals.. Miami could get a boost in Game 3 Sunday. Tyler Herro and Kelly Olynyk each had 17 points for the Heat. Davis has just two shots and five points in 11 minutes. Lakers forward Anthony Davis commits a foul by charging into Heat center Kelly Olynyk during Game 3. LeBron James let out a huge scream. Jimmy Butler carried the Heat to a 58-54 lead at halftime as the Lakers were plagued by turnovers and foul trouble. 2020 NBA Finals: Lakers vs. Heat odds, picks, Game 3 predictions from proven model on 61-33 roll SportsLine's advanced computer model simulated Sunday's Heat vs. Lakers game … There’s nobody that’s excited in our locker room. Jimmy Butler later gave a sanitized summary of Haslem’s speech, the essence being that playing without injured center Bam Adebayo and guard Goran Dragic would require more focus and energy than the Heat had showed to that point. LeBron and AD genuinely like each other. Heat ahead by double digits in third quarter. Tyler Herro’s first three-pointer of the night forced a Lakers timeout. Kyle Kuzma made a three-pointer with 34.4 seconds remaining in the third quarter as the Lakers scored seven unanswered points. Fri 2 Oct Game 2: Lakers 124, Heat 114. He’s been swept twice. Lakers have twice the number of turnovers than made field goals. He isn’t taking anything for granted. The Lakers trail 38-37 with 7:00 left in the second quarter. Heat forward Jae Crowder and Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope battle for ar ebound during Game 3. After a somewhat dormant first two games, the Heat pulled off an improbable 115-104 win over the Lakers in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Sunday without two of … We're not backing down. Jimmy Butler said the Los Angeles Lakers are “in trouble” during the Miami Heat’s Game 3 victory Sunday night. The Los Angeles Lakers, after another dominating performance in Game 2, are now two wins away from a championship. GAME 3 OF THE NBA FINALS IS LIVE RIGHT NOW ON ABC!Rondo goes up top to AD for the REVERSE SLAM! The Lakers’ LeBron James grabs a rebound from the Heat’s Kelly Olynyk in Game 2 of the NBA Finals in Game 2 on Friday night. Open looks for Robinson and Herro here early in the 3rd and the Heat is up 12. The Lakers relied on LeBron James in the first half after Anthony Davis picked up three fouls and they committed 14 turnovers. Anthony Davis picked up his third foul on a charge taken by Kelly Olynyk at the 5:28 mark of the second quarter. The comparisons between the two pairings came into colorful focus Friday night when, during the Lakers’ 124-114 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 2, LeBron and AD became the first Lakers pair to score at least 30 points apiece in an NBA Finals game since Kobe and Shaq did it in 2002. Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem, center, and forward Jae Crowder (99) celebrate a win over the Pacers. So, being up 2-0 in this year’s series? The Lakers have 13 turnovers, which have led to 13 Miami points. He said it has a different meaning in South Florida. “They can be beat as long as we do what we’re supposed to do.”. Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press. Lakers guard Alex Caruso is sandwiched by Heat guard Tyler Herro, left, and forward Andre Iguodala while battling for a loose ball in Game 3. It shouldn’t take him telling us to do that,” Butler said after his 25-point, 13-assist performance over nearly 45 minutes. Again. “We’re up 2-0. Topics: Are you surprised Miami was able to get the best of LeBron last night? Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving (2) and forward LeBron James (23) celebrate after scoring against the Warriors in the first half Thursday night in Cleveland. With just 11 points combined between Dwight Howard, Danny Green and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, the Lakers needed help from their bench. The Lakers lost to the Miami Heat, 115-104, in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night. Those are defensive lapses. Big 1st half from Jimmy Butler has the @MiamiHEAT up at the break of Game 3 on ABC!19 PTS | 6 REB | 6 AST pic.twitter.com/QmX53YJUtR. @Lakers 40@MiamiHEAT 44#NBAFinals on ABC pic.twitter.com/DDW2T4GibE. The Miami Heat need reinforcements. LeBron James has 20 points and eight rebounds for the Lakers. Featured Columnist October 4, 2020 Comments. After a scoreless first quarter, Anthony Davis is trying to make up for lost time, scoring on each of his first two possessions after re-entering the game in the second quarter. The one and obvious similarity between the twosomes is that they both combined to lead the Lakers to greatness. pic.twitter.com/c5HO2SMm9B. Heat home game signage. The Heat’s aggressive defense has forced four Lakers turnovers already after L.A. turned it over just nine times in all of Game 2. Lakers center Dwight Howard finishes off a dunk to open the scoring in Game 3. Game 3 Betting Odds - Lakers vs. Heat. Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Carlton Davis tweeted a word used as an anti-Asian slur. James is coming off a big Game 2, when he had 33 points, nine assists and nine rebounds. As ESPN’s Kirk Goldsberry pointed out, James hit 42% of clutch shots — defined as the last five minutes of game, with a score margin of five points or fewer— when he was teamed with Irving, whereas the Mouthy One shot 37% in clutch situations alongside James, including 27% from three as opposed to James’ 37% from downtown. He’s come back from a 3-1 deficit — which almost never happens. I can tell you that right now.”. Here is a recap of the game. Line Movements. Anthony Davis, still playing with four fouls, has 11 points, while Jimmy Butler leads the game with 26 points for the Heat. Kobe and Shaq were taut. Butler has 19 points, six rebounds, six assists and two steals. There was a time — in the hours leading up to Game 3 of the N.B.A. The Lakers lost to the Miami Heat in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Sunday. The Lakers lost to the Miami Heat 115-104 on Sunday night in the best-of-seven NBA Finals series. Butler poured in his first career playoff triple-double with 40 points, 13 assists, and 11 rebounds on 14-of-20 shooting from the field and 12-of-14 at the free-throw line to make the series 2-1. #LALvsMIA INJURY UPDATE: Bam Adebayo (neck) & Goran Dragic (foot) have both been ruled out of tonight's #NBAFinals Game 3 vs the Lakers. Lakers forward LeBron James is fouled on a drive by Heat center Meyers Leonard during Game 3. Get a summary of the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Miami Heat basketball game Times NBA reporter Brad Turner has the pregame look at Anthony Davis and Dwight Howard warming up for Game 3. Lakers top Heat 102-96, take 3-1 lead in NBA Finals. Anthony Davis picked up his fourth foul in the opening two minutes of the second half, but Lakers head coach Frank Vogel left the forward in the game. Greatness is only thing Lakers’ dynamic duo shares with Kobe and Shaq. Anthony Davis, Dwight Howard begin pregame warmups. Butler is the 2nd Heat player with 30 points through 3 quarters of a Finals game, joining Dwyane Wade in 2006. pic.twitter.com/V2TeObPzoG, Lakers cut deficit to five points going into fourth quarter. Of all the criticisms that have shadowed the Kid from Akron — and they are legion — the tropes that he isn’t a killer, that he isn’t a closer, that he, in fact, needs a closer riding shotgun have been the most persistent. Lakers’ 2-0 series lead is no big deal to them. #HEATFirstFive | Game pic.twitter.com/QSTegYsqCf, Tipoff approaches as Lakers try to take 3-0 lead. Lakers forward Anthony Davis battles Heat guard Jimmy Butler and forward Duncan Robinson for rebounding position in Game 3. “We realized that we belong,” Butler said on the ABC broadcast after the game. I think that we’ve got to do it from the jump, though. J.R. Smith, who replaced Davis in the second quarter, has three points, one rebound and one assist with all points coming on a shot from long distance. The Heat took a halftime lead for the first time of these NBA Finals, but Paul Pierce said the Lakers should be thrilled with just a 58-54 deficit. New York Jets trade quarterback Sam Darnold to Carolina Panthers. Weird stat: Jimmy Butler is the 3rd player in NBA history to have a 40-point triple double but just the first to win. Jerry West and LeBron James both lost, Jimmy Butler reaches triple-double trying to hold off Lakers. Lakers forward Anthony Davis makes a pass over Heat forward Andre Iguodala during Game 3. Jimmy Butler has 30 points, nine rebounds and nine assists to lead the Heat. Davis, who picked up four fouls early in the third quarter, finished with 15 points, five rebounds and five turnovers. Green and Caldwell-Pope have missed five shots from the field combined, including four three-pointers. Markieff Morris coming up big off bench as Lakers take lead. Taking the floor together. Lakers guard Rajon Rondo and Heat center Kelly Olynyk chase after a loose ball during Game 3. The Lakers lead the best-of-seven series, 2-1 heading into Tuesday’s Game 4. Davis has 15 points, four rebounds and two steals after playing most of the third quarter with four fouls. AD stays battling (: ABC) pic.twitter.com/B83Z8RFS4t. The Lakers have scored eight straight points to take their first lead since the first quarter. Trailing 22-9 with 4:16 left to play in the first quarter, the Lakers are just four-of-eight shooting from the field. LeBron James arrives for Game 3 pic.twitter.com/NhNxHEgFr1, Lakers take court for warmups pic.twitter.com/CucCu0tTVk. finals, ... Butler thrives under duress — and he was special for the Heat in their 115-104 victory over the Lakers on Sunday. 2 fouls, 4 turnovers a minus-11 and no shot attempts. With the Heat down two starters in Bam Adebayo and Goran Dragic, most were thinking the Lakers would be in line for an easy NBA Finals sweep. Jimmy Butler’s game-high 15 points and four assists have paced the Heat to a 42-37 lead at the 6:05 mark of the second quarter. We’ve got to be three places at once. All five Heat starters have scored, including four points and three assists for Jimmy Butler. That is a total of 27 in this particular prop bet, for those counting. “It’s nothing to be excited about,” Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma said after Friday night’s 124-114 victory over Miami. Sun 4 Oct Game 3: Heat 115, Lakers 104. He got off to a fast start with a dunk on the opening possession. Kobe and Shaq genuinely did not. Lakers-Heat 2020 NBA Finals Game 3 prop bets: LeBron James keeps doing his thing, Duncan Robinson does not There's no telling what's to come in Game 3, but some stats are easier to predict than others #NBAFinals @Lakers 54@MiamiHEAT 66 pic.twitter.com/A1L40GcoNn, Paul Pierce says Lakers should be happy with halftime deficit. https://t.co/Fq0Puz3cma, Heat up six as turnovers come back to bite Lakers. The Heat started the third quarter on a 10-0 run, opening up a 14-point lead that was their largest of the series, but a three-pointer from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, his first points of the night, awakened the Lakers. Lakers forward LeBron James is fouled on a drive by Heat center Meyers Leonard during Game 3. Jimmy Butler has 15. Lakers vs. Heat: Live stream, watch NBA Finals online, TV channel, Game 3 time, odds, prediction, pick LeBron James has never lost a postseason series after taking a 2-0 lead WHAT A PLAY! Here are the best photos from the game. Jimmy Butler led the way in Game 3 with his first playoff career triple-double to give the undermanned Heat a 115-104 win. After a three-pointer from Jae Crowder, Butler scored six straight points for the Heat, forcing the Lakers to call another timeout. Wed 30 Sept Game 1: Lakers 116, Heat 98. That’s what it’s going to take to beat this team,” Butler recounted. I'm 90 percent sure J.R. Smith yelled "Still got it" after he just made his first three of the Finals. Game 3 of NBA Finals looms, Lakers leading Heat 2-0 so far Los Angeles Lakers' Dwight Howard, left front, Kyle Kuzma, left rear, and JaVale McGee, right, celebrate in the closing seconds of Game … Former USC standout quarterback Sam Darnold, drafted No. He has won a Finals series after going up 2-1, and he’s lost one. Rajon Rondo has five rebounds and four assists with his only basket coming off this high-arcing shot. Not so fast: Short-handed Heat win Game 3 behind Jimmy Butler’s triple-double. Bucs’ Carlton Davis apologizes after using anti-Asian slur he thought meant ‘lame’. AD having a rough start. James delivered 16 points, six rebounds and six assists. “Oh, yeah. Tue 6 Oct Game 4: Lakers 102, Heat 96. Davis scored the other four points in the streak with a mid-range jumper and a dunk. Davis has just five points with four turnovers and two fouls. The Lakers went on to score eight consecutive points, which included two field goals from Danny Green. Anthony Davis got most of his points with a feathery shooting touch. In the wake of the Lakers’ NBA Finals domination, it has become trendy to link the tandem of LeBron James and Anthony Davis to their celebrated predecessors Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal. Jimmy Butler joins Dwyane Wade and LeBron James as the only Heat players with 30 points in an NBA Finals game. That’s what it’s going to take for us to win a championship, play hard.”. A view from The Times’ NBA reporters Dan Woike and Brad Turner as the Lakers go through final warmups before Game 3. Lakers fall behind by 13 in first quarter. Lakers first lead since 29-28 early in the second quarter. Anthony Davis, who starred in Game 2 with 32 points, has no shot attempts with four turnovers and two fouls. Markieff Morris scored 19 points off the bench in the Lakers' 115-104 loss to the Miami Heat in Game 3 of the NBA Finals but wishes he could have done more. Lakers forward LeBron James blocks a shot by Heat guard Tyler Herro during Game 3. Lakers forward LeBron James flips a pass over Heat defenders Jimmy Butler and Kendrick Nunn during Game 3. Death of ‘Miracle on Ice’ standout Mark Pavelich ruled a suicide. Lakers forward LeBron James blocks a shot by Heat guard Tyler Herro during Game 3. LeBron and AD are tight. Teams come back every game. Four of them are here tonight: Butler, James, Rondo and Jason Kidd. Jimmy Butler is dominating for the Heat with 32 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds. LeBron James flexed his muscle to bulldoze his way to damage. Imagine struggling to lead a team to a .400 record and still being comfortable taking a shot at a man, a former teammate, who has led a team to the NBA Finals in all but one of the years you’ve been in the league. Lakers guard Rajon Rondo and Heat center Kelly Olynyk chase after a loose ball during Game 3 on Sunday night. “Everybody’s got to lock in. Udonis Haslem couldn’t contain his anger. Miami’s Jimmy Butler drives for a layup past Lakers guard Danny Green during Game 3. Jimmy Butler is locked in with 15 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST for Miami! 3 overall by the New York Jets in 2018, was traded to the Carolina Panthers on Monday. Earlier this week former Cleveland teammate Kyrie Irving reignited this flat-earth-level conversation when he went on the podcast “Boardroom” and, in reference to his anticipated partnership with Kevin Durant, told Durant, the host: “I felt like I was the best option on every team I’ve played for down the stretch. Heat guard Jimmy Butler attempts a fadeaway jumper over Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma during Game 3. We take it game by game. The Lakers have committed 18 turnovers, including seven from James, who has 23 points, eight rebounds and nine assists. Yet in every other way they are polar opposites, conducting their relationships in styles as different as AD’s sweet smile and Shaq’s sweaty scowl. Here are three keys to watch in Game 3. The Lakers have now won the first two games of this series by double digits, but the oddsmakers in Las Vegas are projecting Frank Vogel’s team to come up just short of that mark on Sunday evening – setting the spread for Game 3 at Los Angeles -8.5. LeBron getting that work in #NBAFinals pic.twitter.com/prNhW13fqJ, Adebayo, Dragic remain out for Heat in Game 3. Shall we continue? He’s won a Finals series after going down 2-1, and he’s lost one too. 26-23 heading into the second quarter. The forward, who is working on back-to-back 30-point performances, was scoreless in the first quarter with four turnovers and two fouls that limited him to just eight minutes. Markieff Morris contributed 10 points and two assists off the bench. The Miami Heat are back in the series after securing a 115-104 win over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3, thanks to a monster perofrmance from Jimmy Butler. Consider, the former NBA champion said on the ABC halftime show, that the Lakers are trailing by just four points, despite committing 14 turnovers and getting just five points from Anthony Davis. I’m not sure when this first became a thing, but I do know when it most recently became a thing again. Lakers forward Anthony Davis commits a foul by charging into Heat center Kelly Olynyk during Game 3. Lakers center Dwight Howard is fouled by Heat forward Duncan Robinson on an entry pass during Game 3. Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope fouls Miami’s Jimmy Butler as he drives to the basket in the fourth quarter of Game 3. He might be right. The Heat, who are without Bam Adebayo (neck) and Goran Dragic (foot), stayed with their emergency starting lineup with Tyler Herro and Meyers Leonard. At 40, the three-time NBA champion can’t scare anyone on the court anymore, but his tone and message got his teammates’ full attention. Miami forced a quick Lakers timeout, leading 16-8 at the 7:31 mark of the first quarter. Herro scored 17 points on 5-for-12 shooting, went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line, and finished with seven rebounds and three assists. After losing their lead momentarily, the Heat have jumped back in front with a 101-95 lead with 4:40 left in the fourth quarter. Despite the 10 turnovers, the Lakers are shooting 53.8% from the field. The Lakers’ LeBron James, left, talks with Anthony Davis after the Game 2 win over the Miami Heat on Oct. 2, 2020. The Lakers lost to the Miami Heat 115-104 on Sunday night in the best-of-seven NBA Finals series. “That’s what he said: Play harder. For the last five weeks or so around the Heat, Erik Spoelstra has constantly talked about his team's commitment to winning -- first five minutes here, they've shown they're going to keep fighting in this series, even with a bubble exit looming. Rising to his feet — the better to see and be seen by his Miami Heat teammates during a third-quarter timeout — he used pointed fingers and pointed words to scold them about their unacceptable effort against the Lakers in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Friday. James has eight points, two assists and three turnovers. The Lakers trailed by as many as 14 in the third quarter. The Los Angeles Lakers seem in control of the NBA Finals but need to ward off complacency and counter the Miami Heat's resilience in Game 3. The Heat extended their halftime lead with eight consecutive points to start the third quarter, jumping ahead 66-54 with 9:17 left to play in the third. LeBron James has eight points, two rebounds, two assists and two blocks, but Anthony Davis was almost non-existant in the first. Live is a debate; his clutch play is not. So maybe he should just start the game off cussing people out.”, LeBron James the G.O.A.T. Jimmy Butler off the window in #PhantomCam! Despite their worst quarter of the season when it came to turnovers (10) the Lakers trail by only three points after the first as Kyle Kuzma made a three-pointer at the buzzer. Get to the NBA Finals as many times as LeBron James has and you’ve seen pretty much everything. They lead the best-of-seven series, 2-1, heading into Tuesday's Game 4. Jimmy Butler starred for the Heat with eight points, three assists and two steals. #NBAFinals @Lakers 95@MiamiHEAT 995:41 left in Game 3 on ABC pic.twitter.com/I2eeTgYZPQ. The Lakers’ offense started to roll again in the second half, but they haven’t caught the Heat, who lead 81-70 with 2:48 remaining in the third quarter. Green also struggled in Game 2 with three points on one-of-eight shooting, all from long distance. Mark Pavelich, a standout player on the gold-medal winning 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, died by suicide, according to a Minnesota medical examiner.

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