Dragic has led the Heat in scoring, while Adebayo leads the team in rebounding, assists, blocks.
The Miami Heat, already down 1-0 in the NBA Finals, listed the team’s starting point guard, Goran Dragic, and starting center, Bam Adebayo, as doubtful ahead of Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers, a brutal blow for Miami that makes L.A. massive favorites Friday night. It’s difficult to overstate the importance of Adebayo and Dragic to Miami. Over the first three rounds of the 2020 postseason, Dragic led the Heat in scoring, pouring in 20.9 points per game, and was second in assists, while Adebayo led the team in rebounding, assists, blocks and field goal percentage. The two also lead Miami in many advanced statistical categories, including Box Plus/Minus. In these playoffs, the Heat have outscored their opponents by 77 points in the 500+ minutes they played with Adebayo or Dragic on the floor, and the team has been outscored by 20 points in the 200+ minutes they’ve spent on the bench.
