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

[BigMoneyGrip]

Nuggets by 15

 

[Weaver31]

Like the comment said....why not Kevin love over zeller

 

[CHICAGO]

I think he may go big instead and start Love instead of Caleb which would be a mistake. Bam and Highsmith have shown that they are capable of switching and that Murray/Joker pick and roll.

Putting in Love for “size” doesn’t solve the problem at all. Size is never the issue. It’s switchability

IF YOU START LOVE
YOU CAN SAG HIM OFF GORDON
AND PUT JIMMY ON MURRAY.

DENVER DOESNT HAVE
A BUNCH OF PERIMETER GUYS WHO
CAN CREATE FOR THEMSELVES
LIKE BOSTON...

MURRAY IS THE ONLY DUDE
THAT DOES THAT FOR DENVER
SO LOVE CAN BE HIDDEN
IN THIS SERIES.


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[In The Zone '98]

Miami is in trouble

They made more 3's and thoroughly outplayed them in the 4th, and still lost by double digits

They started the 4th down 20, lol...

 

[Ain't That Something]

That big Serbian cac post game ook so effortless in the 4th when the Heat started to make a run as he was backing down Bam. And he can shoot the 3. shyt is almost unfair

 

[fifth column]

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

Lakers ain’t do shyt but got swept

 

[Flex Grossman]

Jokic isn't just an elite screener but his ability to roll, short pass out of the roll, pop, pass out of the pop, gives him elite PnR versatility. I don't know if I've seen anything like Jokic before as a big. With the way the PnR is used in the modern NBA, actions are king and Jokic has more actions on the PnR than any other big I've seen. He's not the best roller or popper but he has the most available actions

Domantas shows a lot of this as well but he doesn't give you the isolation ability nor does he have the size to wear you down

Don’t forget he can also do almost everything and the PnR ballhandler too

 

[ikbm]

IT WORKS BOTH WAYS.

THEYRE EATING OFF
OF EACH OTHER.

THE POINT IS IF
JOKIC CAN HAVE A RUNNING MATE
AVERAGING 28, 6 & 6
ON 48/40/93 FOR THE ENTIRE
PLAYOFFS DENVER IS UNSTOPPABLE.

YOURE NOT GONNA STOP JOKIC
BUT IF YOU CAN STOP MURRAY
YOU GOT A CHANCE.


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well switching up their coverage would mean trapping him here and there....and are you sure letting jokic attack 4 on 3 is the move? lost in all this is the fact murray is adept at getting jokic the ball EARLY so he can attack an advantage
they were so terrified of the pick and roll they exclusively went to zone in the 4th
zone might confuse murray ....but that'll leave shooters and cutters open.
heat pulled out an even more exotic variant of their zone ...just to try something.

 

[FAH1223]

 

[madness]

Martin was due to come crashing back down to Earth and Strus been ass for a while now, still have to find a way to steal game 2

 

[duckbutta]

Jokic just kept getting better each year. It's honestly mirrors Steph progression chart

Yep he just kept leveling up until his shyt hit 100.

He one of the best screeners in the game to

Like damn is there ANYTHING this cac CANT DO

Everytime he do something great I be like OF COURSE HE DID

When he hit that dumb ass 3 against the lakers...that shyt was good the second it left his fingertips...the rotation was just fukking perfect on the shot

As soon as it started going up I was like Damn big Joke drilled that shyt

You know what Jokic is? He the basketball version of your friend with the 360 waves and the glistening white teeth even though the last time you and your boys went to vegas he aint even bring a toothbrush, and you just hoping this nikka dont start trying to hollah at the same chick you do cause you know if he do ITS A WRAP for you

You talking to the chick and he roll up like "oh who this " and she like "" and you just be like "aight breh you got it I'm going to move on to the next one"

Jokic is so good you just can't even hate him . You just can't deny the unbelievable skill and ability he got and how easy he make it look

Every single time he touch the ball I be like "its over here come some points for him or somebody"

Miami took ONE fukkING STEP toward him on a double team and he just instantly hit bruce fukking brown in the corner for a 3

fukk outta here...just mere thought of a double team...3 points from hustling ass bruce brown

Why bruce brown even right there

I be thinking that shyt to when Jokic drop one of these dimes...why the fukk that dude even right there

Jeff Greene a thousand fukking years old going bald in 3 different places cutting to the basket

Really Jeff Greene...YOU cutting to the basket...YOU...nikka you had OPEN HEART SURGERY ... nikka you might should be dead right now and you CUTTING TO THE BASKET OFF A DIME FROM JOKIC... fukk OUTTA HERE

 

[iamduval]

IF YOU START LOVE
YOU CAN SAG HIM OFF GORDON
AND PUT JIMMY ON MURRAY.

DENVER DOESNT HAVE
A BUNCH OF PERIMETER GUYS WHO
CAN CREATE FOR THEMSELVES
LIKE BOSTON...

MURRAY IS THE ONLY DUDE
THAT DOES THAT FOR DENVER
SO LOVE CAN BE HIDDEN
IN THIS SERIES.


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Jimmy can’t stay in front of Murray (fighting through screens) with his bum ankle and he definitely cant switch onto joker.

I’ve seen the Murray/Gordon screen and roll. I just don’t think you can hide Love. He’s better served in the 2nd unit where they can stay in Zone with joker off the floor

 

[Weaver31]

Gordon had a lot to do with that

I want Jimmy and Heat to win it all thus year but Gordon may be an x factor with match-ups this series plus Nuggs great role players

 

[T.he I.nformant]

Bam and fukking Highsmith came to play and no one else
I'm give it to game 2 before I call this series over

First to four not two, Boston-Miami series should have taught everyone that lesson

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

This should've been a Denver 25-30 point game win. If you're a Denver fan should be worried about the inability to execute large leads and put the game away. That 4th quarter exposed a lot of stuff they do wrong.

Those who said Denver in 4 or 5 changing their picks in the polls already.