2023 NBA Finals, Game 3: Nuggets @ Heat, 6/7 @ 8:30pm

[contract]

If Herro was near ready to play then he should have played tonight when we were even with the Nuggets. We can't afford to lose game 4, so Herro needs to stay out.

[AirP.]

This may be a 5 game Finals, that effort was pathetic, only when it got halfway through the 4th did I see any effort from Miami's side, it was embarrassing to watch from a team in the Finals.

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[miamiballer]

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Can’t stand that cocky coach of theirs

[Spacely]

Strus, 5 for 27 in the Finals, too bad he's the better defender of all the 3pt shooters minus Martin.

He’s not a better defender than Gabe

[AirP.]

Strus, 5 for 27 in the Finals, too bad he's the better defender of all the 3pt shooters minus Martin.

He’s not a better defender than Gabe

Yes he is, just because of his size.

[oreon]

He's not in game shape nor has he been playing against anyone going near game speed. It's quite possible he could play next game with Miami losing this game to try to get him somewhat use to games peed.

Butler and Bam took 42 2pt shots and made 17 of them, not even a point per shot yet took 42 2s. <- that's where Miami lost the game, with both of them spamming 2s you end up taking the 3pt shooters out of the flow of the offense which is highly important for Miami's role-players.

If he plays it would limited minutes. I'd be surpised if he plays more than 15. Spo won't risk a game to get him rhythm. He'll be on a very quick leash. So I'm not worried about.

On the Butler/Bam thing someone needs to ask Spo that. I'm kinda pissed cuz that costs us a chance in the game. He had a very poor coaching game in my opinion. And Duncan needs to play more. This is another thing I don't understand. Why are his minutes low when he changed the last game.

Does our offense look like it has possessions to spare? A handful of possessions could be the game and the series.

Struss, Butler, Duncan, Caleb have gone through stretches where they haven't been able to make shots. It hasn't been the end of the world. 5 mins for Herro to get shots up is nothing. If he gets it going he plays more if he doesn't you bench him. This idea if Herro plays that game over makes no sense. Spo can manage the game to yank him if he's hurting the team. He's someone who can change the series, you need to see if give him a chance with a quick leash.

[Wiltside]

If our shooters shoot well, we win. When they dont, we lose. That’s how it has been in any game where Jimmy isn’t god mode.

They missed tonight. Hopefully game 4 they hit. Steal 5 on the road and try close it out at home in 6. Big ask. Huge ask. But it’s possible.

[MorbidHEAT]

We need a Jimmy game real bad.

I can’t stand Murray taunting after every little thing he does. Dude is super unlikeable.

[Lilseb93]

We have nothing to lose with Herro. Nobody expects us to win this series and if everyone is stinking up the place, let Herro swing for the fences if we're down. I don't give af. Go down swinging. That's all I can ask for if we're going to lose.

[Lilseb93]

If we win game 4, I think it goes 7.

[3ballbomber]

Bringing in Herro when series was tied was a luxury decision when we evidently haven't needed him throughout. Bringing in Herro because we're down 2-1 is desperation. We have enough.

[AirP.]

If our shooters shoot well, we win. When they dont, we lose. That’s how it has been in any game where Jimmy isn’t god mode.

They missed tonight. Hopefully game 4 they hit. Steal 5 on the road and try close it out at home in 6. Big ask. Huge ask. But it’s possible.

They didn't get the attempts tonight to get into an offensive flow, both Butler and Bam decided to spam 2s, you can't have both doing that unless one if not both of them are shooting well for the game which wasn't the case. IT IS A WIN FOR DENVER WHEN BUTLER AND BAM ARE SPAMING 2S, it's been the great 3pt shooting that's been winning most of the games for Miami.

[Wiltside]

We have nothing to lose with Herro. Nobody expects us to win this series and if everyone is stinking up the place, let Herro swing for the fences. I don't give af. Go down swinging. That's all I can ask for if we're going to lose.

I think Herro will be our Hail Mary if we drop game 4 and are down 3-1 heading to Denver.

[contract]

If he plays it would limited minutes. I'd be surpised if he plays more than 15. Spo won't risk a game to get him rhythm. He'll be on a very quick leash. So I'm not worried about.

On the Butler/Bam thing someone needs to ask Spo that. I'm kinda pissed cuz that costs us a chance in the game. He had a very poor coaching game in my opinion. And Duncan needs to play more. This is another thing I don't understand. Why are his minutes low when he changed the last game.

Does our offense look like it has possessions to spare? A handful of possessions could be the game and the series.

Struss, Butler, Duncan, Caleb have gone through stretches where they haven't been able to make shots. It hasn't been the end of the world. 5 mins for Herro to get shots up is nothing. If he gets it going he plays more if he doesn't you bench him. This idea if Herro plays that game over makes no sense. Spo can manage the game to yank him if he's hurting the team. He's someone who can change the series, you need to see if give him a chance with a quick leash.

I already know that he wasn't well enough to play today.

[miamiballer]

I wish it wasn’t true but I have a gut that we lose game 4 and 5

[Lilseb93]

We have nothing to lose with Herro. Nobody expects us to win this series and if everyone is stinking up the place, let Herro swing for the fences. I don't give af. Go down swinging. That's all I can ask for if we're going to lose.

I think Herro will be our Hail Mary if we drop game 4 and are down 3-1 heading to Denver.

Or if we are losing in game 4 and we need offense.

[Spacely]

Strus has already lost his check at this point

Gabe only had 1 bad game out of the 3 finals game so he’ll get something at least

[HeatFanDan]

This may be a 5 game Finals, that effort was pathetic, only when it got halfway through the 4th did I see any effort from Miami's side, it was embarrassing to watch from a team in the Finals.

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No, they came out with effort to start. The refs curtailed their level of defensive aggression with all of the ticky-tack calls for Denver.

[contract]

We have nothing to lose with Herro. Nobody expects us to win this series and if everyone is stinking up the place, let Herro swing for the fences if we're down. I don't give af. Go down swinging. That's all I can ask for if we're going to lose.

I'd rather go down swinging with the guys that got us here.

[dolphinatik]

lots of tentative shots, players were afraid to shoot. Their strategy as it should be was to dominate our paint. We played Jokic well but cant let the Browns on the world outplay you. Nuggets eared it with effort beating us to loose balls and overall effort and energy. We looked lost all game. Gotta get the next one.