The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Miami Heat (124-114) on Friday and lead two wins to zero in the final, thanks to several remarkable statistical performances.
Anthony Davis accumulated 66 points in the first two matches of this final. In the history of the Los Angeles Lakers, only two players were more productive in the first two games of a final: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1980 (71 pts) and Shaquille O'Neal in 2000 (83).
The Los Angeles Lakers attempted the trifle of 47 three-pointers in Game 2. This is a new record in the NBA Finals. But with just sixteen wins (up from 15 in 38 attempts two days earlier), they haven't broken the record for three-pointers in a final game.
This is the 21st time this season that Anthony Davis and LeBron James have scored more than sixty cumulative points in the same game (65 Friday with 33 for LeBron and 32 for Davis). In this configuration, the Lakers have lost only once this season.
This is the number of players to have scored more than 30 points in the first two final matches of their career. Anthony Davis joined in this very closed club Kevin Durant (in 2012), Michael Jordan (in 1991), Rick Barry and Hal Greer (both in 1967).
This is the number of defeats conceded this season by the Lakers when they lead to the start of the last quarter. 54 times they've been in this position, and 54 times they've won. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, in the history of the League, no team has managed to remain "undefeated" for a whole season. Not even the Chicago Bulls of Michael Jordan 1995-1996 who had lost one of the 79 games where they were leading with twelve minutes remaining.