LL Cool J, Richard Sherman and Fat Joe watch (virtually) as LeBron James stars for Los Angeles Lakers - in pictures

Lakers take a two game lead in NBA Finals

Virtual fans, including LL Cool J, Richard Sherman, Fat Joe, Kyrie Irving and Guillermo are seen during Game Two of the 2020 NBA Finals between Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers. AFP

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers during the second half. AFP

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers after defeating the Miami Heat 124-114. AFP

Virtual fans, including Snoop Dogg and Derek Fisher are seen during Game Two of the 2020 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers. AFP

Los Angeles Lakers' Rajon Rondo (9) and Alex Caruso (4) celebrate their 124-114 win against the Miami Heat. AP

Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler looks to make a pass from beneath the basket. AP

Los Angeles Lakers' Anthony Davis (3) and LeBron James talk on the court. AP

Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat loses the ball against LeBron James and Dwight Howard. AFP

Miami Heat's Kelly Olynyk (9) reaches up to collect a loose ball in front of Jimmy Butler, left, and Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James. AP

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers dribbles during the second half. AFP

Former US President Barack Obama (C, front) appears as a virtual fan as he watches the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers in NBA Finals. EPA

Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat drives to the basket against LeBron James. AFP

Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers gets up off the court. AFP

LeBron James shoots the ball during the second half against the Miami Heat. AFP

Anthony Davis and LeBron James powered Los Angeles Lakers to a 124-114 victory over the Miami Heat  that put the Lakers two wins away from their first NBA title since 2010.

The injury depleted Heat hung on as best they could, but 33 points from James and 32 from Davis were too much.

Davis, playing in his first NBA Finals, overpowered a Heat defence sorely missing injured Bam Adebayo. He added 14 rebounds as the Lakers took a two games to nothing lead in the best-of-seven NBA Finals in the league's quarantine bubble in Orlando, Florida.

"He's a big-time player," James, playing in his 10th championship series, said of Davis. "He understands the position we're in."

Davis made 14 of his first 15 shots from the field, finishing with 15 baskets in 20 attempts.

For the second straight game James approached a triple-double, adding nine assists and nine rebounds.

Jimmy Butler led the Heat with 25 points and Kelly Olynyk added 24 off the bench as the Heat had to make do not only without Adebayo but with star guard Goran Dragic, who was sidelined by a left foot injury.

Even without them, James said, Miami remained a dangerous team, adding that the Lakers need to clamp down harder defensively.

"They have five guys on the floor that's a threat, as they showed tonight," James added of Miami. "So we have to continue to stay on our P's and Q's and cross our T's and dot our I's through the course of a game."