The Los Angeles Lakers are NBA champions, and there is little reason to think that title wasn’t earned. The team was dominant before the COVID-19 hiatus, then looked similar dominant in the NBA playoffs at Walt Disney World.
However, Miami Heat president Pat Riley has something to say about the one series the Lakers didn’t win in five games.
Pat Riley: Heat could have pushed series to 7 games at 100 percent
In an interview with the Miami Herald, Riley was asked about the Heat’s six-game Finals loss. While he praised the Lakers and said they beat the Heat “fair and squarely,” he also used the word “asterisk.