The Los Angeles Lakers made their first step towards tying the record for the Boston Celtics, when Anthony Davis and LeBron James scored 59 points in the 116-98 victory over the Miami Heat in the inaugural NBA final.
The Lakers, who won the title 16 times, trailed one title behind Celtics, (1-0) in the series, which is decided on the basis of the best in 7 games.
The Lakers began their first final since 2010 badly, with Heat scoring 13 straight points to lead (25-12), forcing Frank Vogel to request a time-out to stop his team's decline.
And the matter paid off thanks to the brilliance of Kentavius Caldwell Bob and Davis and James's passes to score the Lakers 19 points compared to 3 points for Heat, to end the first quarter ahead (31-28).
The Lakers continued their dominance at the start of the second quarter, before Heat snatched the lead (43-41) after about four and a half minutes.
But the Heat uprising did not last long, and the Lakers used the three-pointers to end the second quarter by scoring 24 points, compared to 5 points for his opponent, who had no solutions to the defense of the giant Lakers led by Dwight Howard.
The Lakers set a team record by scoring 11 three-pointers in the first half, the team's highest in any half in its history in the knockout rounds.
Het was affected by injuries to Goran Dragic and Pam Adebayo, who were knocked out of the match.
Dragic suffered a foot problem in the second quarter, Adebayo suffered a shoulder injury, and their colleague Jimmy Butler was affected by a sprained ankle that he suffered at the end of the second quarter, which was repeated again in the third quarter.
The Lakers began the third quarter from where it ended, scoring 22 points, compared to 7 points for his opponent in the first 6 minutes, to lead 87-55, which is the biggest difference for him in the match.
Butler did not play for long in the final quarter as Heat coach Eric Spolstra decided to count on the substitutes.
Heat reduced the lead to 13 points with the Lakers retreating, but James scored 6 straight points to ensure his team clinched victory in the first game.
Davis topped the Lakers scorers list with 34 points, followed by James, in his 50th match in the series final, with 25 points and 13 rebounds.
James was only one of 3 double-digit assists away as he hit 9 assists.
Butler scored 23 points for Hit and substitute Kendrick Nunn added 18 points.
The second match will be held on Friday.
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