This is a 10* on OVER

Both the Heat and Lakers come into this series on a bit of an “Over roll.” Miami has gone Over in four straight and the Lakers three in a row. The Over was 5-0-1 in the Eastern Conference Finals. It was 4-1 in the Western Conference Finals. Miami’s shooting, which had begun to cool off as the ECF progressed, got hot again in a major way Sunday night in the close out game. They shot 56.3% overall and 48.1% from three against one of the better defensive teams in this league. The Lakers shot better than 50% three times against the Nuggets. LeBron James has not faced his former team in some time. You’d have to go all the way back to December when the Lakers won 113-110 down in Miami. Before that, the previous meeting was November of 2019! If you’re looking at playoff averages, Heat games are seeing 219.4 points/game scored. Lakers games are at 220.4. There were just two instances in LA’s last nine games where they did not score at least 110 points. Miami has hit 112 or higher seven times in its last 11 games. Play on OVER

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