The Heat have to be feeling good after their NBA Finals Game 3 win against the Lakers while playing without starting center Bam Adebayo and starting point guard Goran Dragic. But the Lakers are still in the driver’s seat. Here’s the LA Times reporting:
It’s true that a 3-0 series lead has proved to be insurmountable in NBA Finals history. But a 3-1 lead is also nearly impossible to overcome. Only the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers managed it in 2016 against the Golden State Warriors.
That’s what the Lakers are noting in the aftermath of their 115-104 loss to the Miami Heat in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. LeBron James noted that even though the Lakers lost on Sunday, they’ll still be able to take a commanding lead if they win on Tuesday in Game 4, which would put them up 3-1…
[In NBA Finals Game 3], the Lakers took 42 three-pointers and only made 14 of them. Kuzma was the most productive, making four of eight from long range. It was the second-most three-pointers attempted by the Lakers in the postseason this year — their highest number of three-point attempts came in Game 2 of the Finals against Miami, when they attempted 47 and made 16. Before Sunday, the three times the Lakers shot the most threes in the playoffs were all games they won.
NBA Finals Game 4 is Tuesday night on ABC.
