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

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

You gotta actually watch the game. Like you’re bringing up those regular season stats, Murray didn’t play in either one of those games and the nuggets/heat rotations were different.


Look at how Denver got their shots from the perimeter this game. Look at the type of shots Porter was taking. Look at who was actually taking the shots. I’m not saying they can’t get hot, I’m saying the Heat’s PLAYOFF defense forces teams to take low percentage perimeter shots.

No different to the types of shots he always takes.

Nobody on the Heat can defend him in those spaces. His 3-ball is almost entirely dependent on himself; he's a 6-10 wing with perfect catch-and-shoot mechanics. He'll have games where he can't miss against any type of defender, and then games where he misses open 3s for no explicable reason. That's just who he is.

Denver was generating the same type of looks from behind the arc as they've done all postseason, they just weren't falling. It wasn't anything the Heat did particularly well, especially since they were coming off a grueling seven-game series thrust straight into the attitude of Denver. The Nuggets' shooting tonight was largely based on them not playing for nine days than anything Miami did.

All the attention Jokic attracts in the post will generate great looks for them going forward, as seen here -

No different to the looks they were getting in the regular season against Miami.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

On one hand, this is the third Play in team Denver has faced.

On the other hand, they look like an all time well oiled machine with a 2 time MVP in his prime.

If they win the series this year and win next year and/or the year after, this team may enter ATG discussions.

 

[Slaimon Khan Shah]

I @Slaimon Khan Shah am sohh happy lol!

Alhamdulillah (all of the praises and thanks be to Allah -The One True God-)!

 

[skyrunner1]

Nuggets are a next generational team. Every player in their starting lineup is a bucket. They are tall, fast and can pass. It’s cooked. These nikkas might back to back. Might 3 peat if healthy.

Yea thats what I saw all playoffs, unless you got some elite shooting and win in shoot out, like Warrior retool or something.. They have size, they have shooting, they can score very easily and even elite defenses seem like they are tryna hold off a boat with with multiple gashing holes and cant plug em all.. Even with all that, Jokic will still be a problem..

They dont really break a sweat, they play with lead all game and just relaxed.. All their top players are resigned for next season also..

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]

 

[Roger king]

Jimmy butter had 13points on 14FGA. Please don't you ever compare this man to bron again not even in the same sentence. Even current lakers lebron never had any game this bad in This current playoffs and he is in year 20.

Jimmy butler is why they lost this game. You can't have your best player be that bad against a team like denver

 

[nightwing2016]

People are saying Miami just missed shots but are ignoring how the nuggets size and their ability to wear on the heat’s players bodies and legs impact their ability to shoot those threes.

 

[duncanthetall]

Ratings for this shyt bout to be trash. Whole Eastern conference should be ashamed of themselves.

 

[Theo Penn]

You going to far bro… Bron, Steph and KD still in the league

All old niccas though.

It’s a young man’s game

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

 

[Primetime]

Gm 1 is more or less what I expected. Denver been a very good team all year, i wouldn’t say they’re an all-time team or got the league title-locked or anything like that.

Moreso I kinda view them like I did the ‘21 Bucks: I had questions about their #2 and #3 best players (health and capability) and their ability to get past the superteams/juggernauts of their conf, but that when everything is humming they can be overwhelming.

 

[Primetime]

To Miami’s credit, they’d get consecutive stops but blow the opportunities with all the bricks, a number of them on very good looks. They have enough excuses for G1 that their confidence will be unwavering heading into G2.

However, they can’t afford another shyt shooting performance with no freethrow attempts again. And the Jekyll & Hyde ish with Jimmy will have to end. G2 will tell a lot now that MIA got punched in the face.

 

[#1 pick]

Murray isn’t injury prone, he just had one big injury. MPJ I kinda expect to miss every other season. But the nuggets are good enough to be contenders without mike, and with him they’re just scary good

Missing a full season and 10-12 games a year is a flag in the last two playing seasons.

MPJ back is still worrisome. One of the biggest reasons for GS dynasty is their big three maintain an elite bill of health. When you go through these physical playoff runs, injuries can really show its head.

Jokic health is special. Both you gotta have the core healthy and ask any fanbase, these long playoff runs have a tendency to get the players in the next season in the modern NBA. That said, Denver is all on the right timeline. All of these guys are in their prime

 

[Trojan 24]

Do the nuggets have the 2 best players in this series?

They've had the two best players for the series against all teams besides the Suns this run

 

[Roger king]

They've had the two best players for the series against all teams besides the Suns this run

This is cap . Jokic is better than durant and Murray is a better playoff performer than devin choker