The first sign that Danny Green might have been more hurt than he and the Lakers were letting on during the NBA Finals came during Game 2 against the Miami Heat. Los Angeles won the game, but Green did not look to be moving well and got subbed out early for J.R. Smith, who had barely played any meaningful minutes in the playoffs prior to that moment.
Lakers head coach Frank Vogel chalked that substitution up to hip soreness that Green was dealing with — but was never listed on the injury report — in addition to the finger injury that Green was being listed with prior to every game.