The Miami Heat beat the Los Angeles Lakers in game 5 in a tight match by beating the Lakers by 3, pushing the series to game six as the heat will return from their previous 3-1 loss. . Miami will need the same scoring mentality from star Jimmy Butler becoming unstoppable at the end of the fourth halforder of game 5. Miami got a huge yield from the shooting guard Duncan Robinson scored 26 points made 7 shots three points. Miami is scoring from the players who play their part, 6 of the 7 players who played on Friday scored double digits, the Lakers finished with just 3 of their 9 players scoring over 10. The Heat need to continue their tough aggressive defense against Los Angeles. LeBron James played a near-perfect game with 40 points, 13 rebounds, seven assists, three steals as well as six three-pointers while shooting 71% away. Aside from the key games of LeBron James and Anthony Davis, the Lakers didn’t get much from the players playing their part, aside from Caldwell-Pope, who scored 16 points, the top three scorers combined at 86 out of 108 of the Lakers. With both teams needing more to finish off the series that team has what it takes.
The Los Angeles Lakers will need big plays from the likes of Danny Green, Kyle Kuzma, Alex Caruso and Rajon Rondo, each of whom have displayed opportunistic flashes in this series but have at times failed to play well to give the Lakers a win. The players who play their part are there to take the shot and that’s not what they’re getting from them. James and Davis did their best to keep the Lakers ahead but a three-point miss from the men served as an opportunity for the Heat to win the series. Attribution when the credit was due, the Heat made it difficult for the Lakers to face a strong defense. If the Lakers can get past the Heat, they’ll definitely win, they’ll need to control their pace, not allow the Heat to push the ball, and find corner kickers to limit them from attacking and controlling the game with speed. If the game gets hot, the Heat can steal the game at best pace for the Lakers. LeBron needed to find his shooter soon, someone who had to take their shots no matter who it was. Find someone who can deliver continuous hits that create a shooting threat for the Heat to focus on. Los Angeles has everything it takes to win the NBA championship.
The Miami Heat need to win two games in a row to beat the Lakers and they have a weak mindset, playing with passion throughout the series when taken down by their two top players, they have to keep playing. His team, especially the play of frontman Jimmy Butler coming back from the 3-1 Low is a tough feat against any team but it will be even more difficult when they have LeBron James. The Heat have enjoyed playing success on the back of their star while also beating the sloppy attacks of marksmen Robinson, Herro and Crowder, their defence has been outstanding with much of that thanks to Andre Igoudala, He has the experience of being in the finals to lead this team through the tough times he got his hands on in the face of Anthony Davis that took him down making the Lakers much easier to beat. much if not for Davis’ production, Miami has a real chance to complete the comeback. The key to the comeback is solid defense and maximum effort, you don’t have to be better than the Lakers you have to be better than them to take them down and finish them off, ultimately limiting the shooters for Los Angeles, don’t let a gunman heat up or it will be hard to slow down the crime.
Taking everything into consideration, the Heat would not have been able to continue their hard work and play and lose to the Lakers in game six without the intensity that the Lakers would have beaten when they brought the Heat home. The Heat needed too much to work in their favor in a nasty win over an incredibly strong NBA team, a team that included two of the best players in the world. The Los Angeles Lakers are your 2019-20 NBA champions.
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