#Lakers look like different team in NBA Finals as Anthony Davis flops

Lakers superstar Anthony Davis was an unstoppable force in the first two Finals games, averaging 33 points, as the Lakers built a 2-0 lead.

Then came Sunday’s Game 3, a 115-104 loss, and the Lakers looked a lot like the club that had not made the playoffs for six straight years. A club without Davis.

Burdened by foul trouble, Davis had a dud of a 17-point, five-turnover performance and was a minus-26.

Davis got two quick fouls. Then midway through the second quarter, he picked up No. 3 on a questionable charge on the perimeter against Kelly Olynyk. Davis sat on the bench the final 5:30 of the half. Hounded with double and triple teams, Davis scored just five and had five turnovers in 11:16 first-half minutes.

“It had an impact,’’ Davis said. “Picked up two early, come in and get the third. So it takes away the aggressiveness on both ends of the floor that I’m used to playing with, and those guys like to take charges. It took away the aggressiveness. I still got to be better and still got to find ways to affect the game on both ends of the floor, but it definitely took me out and put a little bit too much pressure on the other guys.’’

Lakers coach Frank Vogel said Davis’ first-half foul trouble was a factor but not why they lost.

“You have to play through it,’’ Vogel said. “That’s part of the game.’’

Davis took ownership of the loss in his first Finals.

“The team relies on me bringing the energy to start the game, and when you pick up two fouls, guys come in earlier,’’ Davis said. “I just have to be better. But it’s one loss. We’re still up in the series.’’

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With the Heat back to a 2-1 deficit, they still could get Miami PG Goran Dragic (torn plantar fascia) and center Bam Adebayo (neck/shoulder strain) back for Game 4, with coach Erik Spoelstra not ruling them out.

“I can see the anguish in their eyes — both of them,’’ Spoelstra said before the game. “But they’re making progress. We have to be responsible tonight.’’

Dragic, Miami’s leading scorer in the playoffs, didn’t play the second half of Game 1 after taking a bad step. Adebayo, who made the All-Star team for the first time, left in the third quarter of Game 1. If they return, that could put a chill in the Lakers’ spines after their lackluster performance Sunday.