The Lakers line the NBA ring

• NBA.The Lakers sweep Miami in the first round

• LeBron James - Pat Riley: Another Finals Duel

The

began losing the second game of the Finals a few hours earlier when they announced that

and

, two of their three best men, were not going to play it due to injury.

If they stood up, it was because it is part of their

.

If despite pressing the score, they never had any real options, it was because the

always found a jab to mark distances.

The Angelenos, with another exhibition of

and

, need only two more victories to conquer the ring (124-114).

For Davis, these Finals are being a crowning act.

'La Ceja' has been among the great stars of the NBA for years, but he lacked

like these to climb the last rung.

It is the pillar on which the Lakers defense is supported and a hammer in attack.

Because that's how they settled their 15 points in the third quarter, including seven in a flurry of just over a minute, which stretched the Los Angeles lead to the top at 18 (70-88).

He finished with 32 points, 14 rebounds and 15/20 shooting.

Declining

left a hole in the defense of the Lakers Miami cannibalized.

According to

, no other team this century had scored more points in the paint (56) with more than 70% accuracy.

And Davis was the main aggressor (22).

"This is why I brought him here," LeBron said a week ago to discuss his impact.

It was not even an open secret because it was always clear that it was he and his partner,

, who orchestrated his departure from

with only one possible destination: the Lakers.

From one of the boxes, Rich Paul was able to see his work for the first time in the Finals.

He saw how the Heat tried to take refuge in a zone and how the Lakers, despite an unfortunate night in shooting, tore it apart with Davis and two of the NBA's most privileged brains, LeBron (33 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists without losses) and

(10 assists, 1 loss).

James, generator in the first half and executor in the second, pulled the Lakers out of a jam with 10 points in the fourth quarter to put the finishing touches on the win.

Only in two of the 10 Finals he has played had he won the first game of the series and only in this one has he managed to win the second as well.

The advantage, in itself important, will be final if Miami does not recover Dragic or Adebayo for the next round.

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