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Booker was better for at least half the series, and at least it was close. You didn't even need to mention KD
Heating Up Some Nuggets To Go With My 'Big-Face Coffee'! | Official Miami HEAT (#8) vs. Denver Nuggets (#1) | 2023 NBA Finals Thread
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Booker was better for at least half the series, and at least it was close. You didn't even need to mention KD
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Man it’s a shame Herro is Hurt. I know he may be back Game 3 . But not saying he’s the end all be all, but in a series against this Denver team he would be a reliable guy to have.
Lord Jesus. Aaron Gordon gone kill Wembayama
Gonna take a few years for wemby to pack on the meat. Just like giannis
Miami WASTING a great Bam performance is going to haunt them
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Definitely a mismatch there. As a Nuggets fan, pleased that Denver seemed to recognize that from the beginning they had an advantage down low with AG’s size and strength and that they were intent on trying to exploit that. Jokic was patient with those entry passes. And AG played with great control in that first quarter when he received them. He had a variety of different finishes—pausing to throw off the timing of a contest by his defender, going immediately to not allow the defender to contest, spinning, twisting, euro-stepping. He just seemed very controlled in his finishes. When Miami had Jimmy on AG he didn’t have the same success. AG can’t bully Jimmy. It forces Miami to pay more attention to its defensive rotations and to make sure a smaller defender is not on AG. There will be ripple advantages in that those smaller defenders will wind up guarding someone else who has a size/height advantage. Will be interesting to see how Spo tries to counter the height disadvantage his team has—does he think Hightower is the answer? Will Love stay on the bench? I’m also interested if this “HeatCulture” continues to have faith in Caleb, Duncan Robinson, and Strus if they’re throwing up bricks.
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I voted Nuggets in 6 but unless Spoelstra can come up with some coaching mama's cooking this might be a sweep
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My money is that we’ll see a more attacking Heat offense. Maybe they try to finish at the rim instead of settling for jumpers. I think they’re maybe embarrassed at the free throws because they know that says something about how they played Game 1. I expect Jimmy in particular to be more aggressive. Sometimes it seemed he could’ve just easily finished at the rim. There were moments it seemed he could’ve pressed more and taken advantage. But he didn’t. Some of that being passive was because he had teammates open but boy were they off with their shots. Does he pass less? And how does that help/hurt the team? We’ll see. I just know he will be trying to get to the free throw line. Denver has to play disciplined D—no jumping at shot fakes, staying in front of him, help defenders being ready when he goes to the post, doubling to get the ball out of his hands if he starts to get going, not losing him when he cuts. Defending without fouling.
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Yeah he’s a stat padding fraudIs it me or Jokic be getting triple doubles without even trying???
Spo is gonna try to shut down the Jokers passing in game 2 and he’s gonna drop like 40
He hasn't a been a stat padder in years. That said, he had flaws every year that were obvious and you can say Denver did a good job of putting players around him to make those flaws harder to expose, Jokic has gotten better, every single year. He just adds little things each year without losing much. Last year, his 3 was inconsistent af and broke at times. This year, he's lighten that bytch up and his shot is faster too. It's like he just improves man. It reminds me so much like Curry.Yeah he’s a stat padding fraud
He came into the NBA a special playmaker and having a tremendous feel for the game but he has so many flaws and guys like Clint Capela would abuse him. Now, lol. Even on my reign for going against him for 3x MVP in a row, I said he was clearly the best RS player this year and it was obvious. But now, he's just clearly the best overall player and it's looking like 86 Bird if not better