Comforts of NBA bubble not lost on Lakers' Danny Green

Game 3 of NBA Finals would have been in Miami. re would have been 20,000 screaming fans in arena, along with short of or potential distractions in a city that ordinarily offers plenty of sun and fun.

se finals, of course, are at Walt Disney World.

That’s just fine with Los Angeles Lakers guard Danny Green.

rules that keep players on Disney campus — inside so-called bubble, as most say — and very few opportunities for anything to take focus off basketball are, in Green’s mind, beneficial. So, too, is lack of travel, which in case of this series between Lakers and Miami Heat would have meant five-hour cross-country flights.

“It’s a little easier to be locked in and t worry about guys going out,” Green said Sunday before Game 3 of title series. “We kw where everybody’s going. We kw what everybody’s doing. re’s t much to do here, which allows us to stay focused. ... All in all, it’s easier to stay more focused and be less distracted.”

Ro games in finals tend to suit Green well anyway.

He is one of two players in NBA Finals history to make at least five 3-pointers in a ro game without missing — he did it against Miami on June 9, 2013, two days before Mike Miller matched Green’s 5 for 5 on ro for Miami against San Antonio in Game 3 of that series.

Green entered Game 3 of finals ranked fourth in title-series history in ro 3-point shooting, among players with at least 30 tries from beyond arc.

Only Ray Allen (32 for 68, .471), Mario Chalmers (16 for 34, .471) and Rashard Lewis (14 for 31, .452) are better than Green on 3s in ro finals games with at least 30 total attempts; Green entered Game 3 shooting 22 for 49 (.449).

LEBRON’S RECORDS

Every game that Lakers forward LeBron James plays w basically requires updating of record books.

Sunday would be his 257th career postseason appearance, two shy of matching Derek Fisher for most in NBA history. He entered Game 3 of NBA Finals seven free-throw attempts shy of matching Shaquille O’Neal (2,317) for ar postseason record.

His first assist in Game 3 would match John Stockton (1,839) for second-most in playoff history, behind only Magic Johnson (2,346). With three assists in Game 3, he’d join only Johnson (584) and Bob Cousy (400) with 400 assists in a finals career.

And by simply getting into Game 3, he matches Tom Heinsohn (52) for fifth-most NBA Finals appearances behind Bill Russell (70), Sam Jones (64), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (56) and Jerry West (55).

HEAT FROM 3

Heat have a chance to post one of 10 most prolific 3-point seasons in NBA history, even after nine of ir regular-season games were canceled because of shutdown caused by coronavirus pandemic.

Miami entered Sunday with 1,200 3-pointers this season, by far a team record. It’s 13th-highest total by a team in any NBA season, with Cleveland (1,202 in 2017-18), Boston (1,214 in 2016-17) and Dallas (1,217 this season) keeping Heat out of top 10 in that department.

record for 3s in a season was set by Houston last year, when Rockets me 1,495.

GAME 3 REFS

Scott Foster, Tony Brors and Pat Fraher were selected as officials for Game 3. It’s 20th NBA Finals game for Foster, 10th for Brors and first for Fraher.

NBA picks 12 referees for finals, all getting one game out of first four barring some sort of unusual change to lineup. That means Zach Zarba, John Goble and Tony Brown are in line to get Game 4 on Tuesday. It’ll be eighth finals game for Zarba, fifth for Goble and first for Brown.

Im credits: AP

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