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

[#1 pick]

Denver is a machine..

Never thought I would ever say some shyt like that before

The Nuggets are just too good

The Nuggets gonna be the favorite next year and everyone is going to be inching to put Murray in all NBA and fukk up Denver salary cap. Maybe Gordon as well.

 

[#1 pick]

The Nuggets want Bam to score

His offense isn’t impactful. Heat were down 10-15 points most of the game.

It's that shyt the Heat did to the Hawks last year with De'Andre Hunter. His production looked nice but his impact scores were in the gutter

 

[King Eros]

Lakeshow in here running victory laps

 

[Joe Sixpack]

The Nuggets gonna be the favorite next year and everyone is going to be inching to put Murray in all NBA and fukk up Denver salary cap. Maybe Gordon as well.

Murray is in the middle of $187 million deal now don’t know how many years he has left on it

But you right he’s gonna get that $300 million Super max

They might have to lose guys like KCP and Gordon because of the new CBA. They already gave MPJ $200 million

 

[HoldThisL]

Idk how Heat gonna stop AG, MJP, Jokic, that is just way too much size.

Lakers barely could handle that, idk what Heat gonna do.

 

[King Eros]

The overreactions are hilarious.

Miami should have lost this game by 50.

Denver
- was WAY more rested
- playing at home
- is the #1 seed

Miami
- was coming off LONG grueling series
- not adjusted to altitude yet (jumpers short)
- is the #8 seed

Efficient star games from Joker and Murray. Big games from Gordon and Bam. Trash games from Jimmy, Caleb, and Strus.

Next game...

More Highsmith
More Love
More hitting OPEN looks

Game 2 promises to be much more competitive.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Shaq trying to buy some grenades from his brothers???

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

The overreactions are hilarious.

Miami should have lost this game by 50.

Denver
- was WAY more rested
- playing at home
- is the #1 seed

Miami
- was coming off LONG grueling series
- not adjusted to altitude yet (jumpers short)
- is the #8 seed

Efficient star games from Joker and Murray. Big games from Gordon and Bam. Trash games from Jimmy, Caleb, and Strus.

Next game...

More Highsmith
More Love
More hitting OPEN looks

Game 2 promises to be much more competitive.

 

[SchoolboyC]

The Heat shot almost 60% on open 3s against the Celtics which was the highest percentage in a series in the last decade. That Caleb Martin bullshyt was bound to come down to earth

 

[T.he I.nformant]

The biggest thing that Jokic improved since I saw him as a rookie is athleticism. He always had a acceleration/decceleration ability. Bro used to be so slow and other bigs who were really fast for their size would just get up and down the court much faster and would run him off the floor.

He really worked on his foot speed and even his explosiveness a ton. Sure, he will never be someone who can jump but can get off the court and knows when to do it. Before the used to know when to do it but he was too fat to do it. He's not fast now but he can play at a nice pace, especially in Denver where he is flat out lethal and wears a defense down. I remember playing him last year and being like, oh oh. This nikka is different different. It reminded me of Steph in Mark Jackson's last year.

Everyone remembers 15 and 16. But 14 was when if your team played Steph, you were like oh my. I think 15 is when the rest of the team was finally ready to join Steph.

I learned this year that going back to like 208/2019 he’s been lifting weights after every game.

ESPN did this dope feature about him getting in shape, working on his body, and enhancing his condition so he can get to where he’s at now. shyt is pure motivation. Since that Game 7 loss to Dame’s Blazers he been trying to get better and to transform himself every year. As just a fan of sport, I don’t see how people fail to respect the grind.

A car ride and a Game 7 loss that activated Nikola Jokic into an MVP

He'll say he never expected to make it to the NBA, much less win two MVP awards. People assume he is just being modest, but then ... Denver's star figured it all out.

www.espn.com

 

[iamduval]

Lakeshow in here running victory laps has me...

Nasty work lol

 

[Eternal Tecate]

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

Yup

Jokic
Murray
Bam

 

[El Jefe]

Yall sure the HEAT didn't switch up X put the other Martin twin in the game , so caleb kould get some rest , after that long grueling Boston series


Koz the way this MF was shooting last night..... versus what he was doing in the Boston series

 

[King Eros]

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

Meanwhile, Miami has mowed down a 1, 2, and 5 seeds.

Even if the Heat get swept (they won't), it could be argued they have overachieved more than any team this year.

They're playing with house money.

 

[FAH1223]