Heating Up Some Nuggets To Go With My 'Big-Face Coffee'! | Official Miami HEAT (#8) vs. Denver Nuggets (#1) | 2023 NBA Finals Thread

[Professor Emeritus]

That's basically who he is. A center Bird. He doesn't waste possessions like Trae or Luka. Every possession, the ball is always moving

Yup, I've been saying that since even before he was MVP Jokic.

Jokic does some of the things that Magic did, but more of his passes remind me of Sabonis. Just no one was smart enough to give Sabonis the keys like they should have or we would have seen a lot more of that shyt.

Actually Larry Bird is probably a better comp to Jokic than Magic is.

They're honestly not very comparable [Jokic and Duncan].

Better comp for Duncan would be a much smarter, more polished Embiid.

Better comp for Jokic would be a bigger Bird with less mobility. Or Bill Walton with no D but a jump shot. Less athletic Sabonis with more refined offensive skills.

 

[Green Ranger]

Had a lot of open looks. Hard to pass up open 3’s if the alternative isn’t open looks in the paint.

just like when Houston missed 27 straight at some point you got to say to yourself i don't got the shot tonight let me do something different

 

[ikbm]

THEY DID...

JOKIC WAS PRETTY REGULAR
FOR THE REST OF THE SERIES.
LAKERS JUST COULDNT CLOSE.



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????????

 

[MarcP]

9 pt loss with Jimmy playing his most passive game since year 1 in Chiago and the shooters being booty butt cheeks. I'll take it.

Heat in 5 is the motto.

 

[#1 pick]

Bam really offers nothing as a rim protector. I think that will stand out on film. He doesn’t even contest

Bam is a phenomenal defender but he's at his witz with Jokic. Capela used to give hell to Jokic. I remember AD would kill him but now that he's in shape. Everyone is getting that work.

The question is, how many titles can Jokic win. The new CBA will be something to look for

 

[iamduval]

I know Jimmy is in the locker room looking at his stats and thinking he had an efficient game. nikka had the worst +/- on the team.

How can you be an elite player and be -17 in a finals game

They were literally better without him and might have made a run if he didn’t play the 4th

 

[Left.A1]

Denver has to feel like they have a better game in them than that …they only shot 29% from 3 ..actually should have been the kind of game Miami was more competitive in but shyt they shot 40% from the floor themselves …missed way too many wide open shots

 

[Jplaya2023]

It's a 6-7 game series stop this game 1 shock statement.

How is miami winning 2 games? Are they gonna send south beach finest to the nuggets hotel rooms in game 3 and 4

 

[Germms]

Denver is a tall ass team.

 

[Theo Penn]

The Jokic Dynasty is on tap

 

[JSS]

He's not wierd at all. You can't spam switches and pump fakes on the nuggets they have to many long and persistent defenders

Yea Jimmy's bread and butter is bully ball into the midrange. He can't do that much against this team. Maybe against KCP.

 

[CHICAGO]

He's not wierd at all. You can't spam switches and pump fakes on the nuggets they have to many long and persistent defenders

LMAO

THATS NOT WHAT HAPPENED AT ALL.

I DONT RECALL ONE PUMP FAKE...

2 DEFENDERS WERE STAYING
WITH JIMMY ON THOSE SWITCHES
SO HE WAS LOOKING FOR HIS SHOOTERS.

IT LOOKS GREAT WHEN THEYRE
SHOOTING LIGHTS OUT
AND IT LOOKS HORRIBLE
WHEN THEYRE 2-22


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[ALonelyDad]

Chuck and Shaq on NBATV

 

[Bathing Ape]

Lowry was +2 and it felt like Miami played better with him on the floor

He keeps up the pace of the game and all he needs to do is pass to the rim

 

[jaydawg08]

????????

Uhhh do you not realize that Jokic was much less efficient due to certain matchups/schemes... And honestly each of those games he hit some ridiculous shot that in the end were key points in their win

Lakers played some good defense to slow down Jokic to an extent in the games after Game 1