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[QUIZ]

LeBron looks so cooked out there

[eddieheatfan]

LeBron looks so cooked out there

happens to all of us

[3ballbomber]

Foster bout to have a Wade bloodied lip game lol

He might save it for us though. Especially if we go up 3-0

I cld see Foster for gm4. Hopefully he just leaves us the hell alone lol

[3ballbomber]

LeBron looks so cooked out there

No heart. THey cld easily win this game but None of these Lakers have any real determination in them. Just going through the motions w/ their playoff lives on the line. Leadership from Davis & Lebron is piss poor.

[Kobewade11]

Tough win by the Nuggets. Very satisfying to have been wrong about them in this series

[Lilseb93]

If ESPN gave us a 3% chance to beat Boston, they are going to give us -50% against Denver lol.

[Shewasfly]

Is it wrong to say that game 3 is a must win for us now that Denver has won tonight?

In combination with not wanting to give the Celtics ANY shred of life or hope, if we’re to make it to the finals, we don’t want Denver more well rested and with more time to prepare.

[oreon]

Denver is just way better. Lakers flaws got exposed. 3 games where it was close in the 4th but they couldn't get over the hump. The fact that Reaves, Rui and Walker were closing games for them should have been a red flag. Lebron can't, he doesn't have the legs to attack rim constantly like he used to. And its clear AD isn't a no 1 option. He's top 15 player but not top 10. If you are top 10, the offense gotta be built around you and I don't think you can build an offense around AD. He doesn't bully defenders to the rim. Most of his buckets come from rolling to the rim and offensive rebounds.
I don't see Lakers winning a chip with just these 2. They probably go after Kyrie.
As for Denver, they are heavy favorites to win the chip. It would be impressive if we could upset them. But I don't think we have enough big bodies to contain Joker

[oreon]

Is it wrong to say that game 3 is a must win for us now that Denver has won tonight?

In combination with not wanting to give the Celtics ANY shred of life or hope, if we’re to make it to the finals, we don’t want Denver more well rested and with more time to prepare.

I wouldn't say must win. But Heat need to finish this in 4 or 5. We need as less miles on Butler as possible. We would be massive underdogs for us to pull of upset, Butler and Bam gonna have to play 40 mins. And Butler is gonna have to go nuclear. So less miles on these 2 the better. If it goes 6 or 7, I don't think we would have a chance in finals

[marson]

Denver is just way better. Lakers flaws got exposed. 3 games where it was close in the 4th but they couldn't get over the hump. The fact that Reaves, Rui and Walker were closing games for them should have been a red flag. Lebron can't, he doesn't have the legs to attack rim constantly like he used to. And its clear AD isn't a no 1 option. He's top 15 player but not top 10. If you are top 10, the offense gotta be built around you and I don't think you can build an offense around AD. He doesn't bully defenders to the rim. Most of his buckets come from rolling to the rim and offensive rebounds.
I don't see Lakers winning a chip with just these 2. They probably go after Kyrie.
As for Denver, they are heavy favorites to win the chip. It would be impressive if we could upset them. But I don't think we have enough big bodies to contain Joker

We are the underdog in the finals again if we get there indeed. But I'm not gonna doubt this team anymore, I've been doubting them since the Hawks playin again and time and time again they rose to the occasion.

The last time I check, Bam did well against Jokic, what concerns me is their passing but I believe our aggressive zone D can somehow rattle their offense.

Also, Jimmy won't have any issues with their wings (KCP and Brown) He torched KCP in that Lakers series, and we're gonna attack Murray on switches. Then once we get Herro back off the bench then all bets are off.

We can definitely win with the right game plan and luck from our shooters. I can see an angle of Heat in 6 once we get there.

[heatlejuice]

Is it wrong to say that game 3 is a must win for us now that Denver has won tonight?

In combination with not wanting to give the Celtics ANY shred of life or hope, if we’re to make it to the finals, we don’t want Denver more well rested and with more time to prepare.

Yes. But we need to win one of the two home games

[3ballbomber]

Is it wrong to say that game 3 is a must win for us now that Denver has won tonight?

In combination with not wanting to give the Celtics ANY shred of life or hope, if we’re to make it to the finals, we don’t want Denver more well rested and with more time to prepare.

We've gone for the kill every gm in every round, it will be no different here. It don't matter wether Nugs won tonight or not we're playing every gm to win regardless. We've only dropped 3 gm's We are not f*cking around.

[Umbooki]

Assuming we make it to The Finals, I’m in no position to doubt this team. Nnamdi alone had made me look stupid more times than I can count.

Muck around and he’ll have Murray in Hell. Basketball is weird.

[oreon]

Denver is just way better. Lakers flaws got exposed. 3 games where it was close in the 4th but they couldn't get over the hump. The fact that Reaves, Rui and Walker were closing games for them should have been a red flag. Lebron can't, he doesn't have the legs to attack rim constantly like he used to. And its clear AD isn't a no 1 option. He's top 15 player but not top 10. If you are top 10, the offense gotta be built around you and I don't think you can build an offense around AD. He doesn't bully defenders to the rim. Most of his buckets come from rolling to the rim and offensive rebounds.
I don't see Lakers winning a chip with just these 2. They probably go after Kyrie.
As for Denver, they are heavy favorites to win the chip. It would be impressive if we could upset them. But I don't think we have enough big bodies to contain Joker

We are the underdog in the finals again if we get there indeed. But I'm not gonna doubt this team anymore, I've been doubting them since the Hawks playin again and time and time again they rose to the occasion.

The last time I check, Bam did well against Jokic, what concerns me is their passing but I believe our aggressive zone D can somehow rattle their offense.

Also, Jimmy won't have any issues with their wings (KCP and Brown) He torched KCP in that Lakers series, and we're gonna attack Murray on switches. Then once we get Herro back off the bench then all bets are off.

We can definitely win with the right game plan and luck from our shooters. I can see an angle of Heat in 6 once we get there.

Not to undermine what this team did. But the Bucks and Celts are coached by idiots and make dumb ass mistakes in the clutch. Malone is a great coach and he's got Denver executing at a high level. It will be extremely tough to beat them. I think we need 3 things. One Butler to have a massive series, average atleast 30. Second Bam will have to guard Joker 1 on 1, anytime you double him it ends up in an open shot for another Denver player. And 3rd, we need to win the 3 point shooting battle decisively. I don't think Bam will have a great offensive series so we will need the shooting to compensate for that. And frankly in a potential Denver matchup, don't really care what Bam does on offense, he's gotta spend most of his energy defending Joker. Joker will still get numbers, but if he does it reasonably well so we don't have to double team we might win

[3ballbomber]

Spoiler:

Denver is just way better. Lakers flaws got exposed. 3 games where it was close in the 4th but they couldn't get over the hump. The fact that Reaves, Rui and Walker were closing games for them should have been a red flag. Lebron can't, he doesn't have the legs to attack rim constantly like he used to. And its clear AD isn't a no 1 option. He's top 15 player but not top 10. If you are top 10, the offense gotta be built around you and I don't think you can build an offense around AD. He doesn't bully defenders to the rim. Most of his buckets come from rolling to the rim and offensive rebounds.
I don't see Lakers winning a chip with just these 2. They probably go after Kyrie.

As for Denver, they are heavy favorites to win the chip. It would be impressive if we could upset them. But I don't think we have enough big bodies to contain Joker

Does Jimmy have to walk on f*cking water as well to have this fan base believing in this team! Does Spo have to cure cancer for us to stop fearing other teams! We dismantled the 1 seed, allowing just ONE gm. We pummeled a gritty & more talented Knicks unit & we're about to potentially sweep the #2 seed as well and we're still fearing other teams? THEY SHOULD BE FEARING US!

This ain't reg season, this is the playoffs mate. It doesn't matter wtf teams did during reg season....Playoffs is a totally different beast. This isn't march madness lose 1 go home...this is a 7 gm series filled with adjustments, chess moves & mental games. This is where Spo does his best work. We are highly battle tested & experienced. We've had the harder road. Nuggets ain't proved sh*t. They gotta run through us bro!

[MorbidHEAT]

We need to finish Boston in 5, at most. Lebron will probably ball out next game and get the win and then lose in 5. Nuggets are looking hard to beat.

[Wiltside]

Assuming we make it to The Finals, I’m in no position to doubt this team. Nnamdi alone had made me look stupid more times than I can count.

Muck around and he’ll have Murray in Hell. Basketball is weird.

If Nnamdi could shoot it at 44-45%, got he’d be such a better player. He’s come up clutch a few times and defends hard, but has occasional brain farts and is at 37.8% these playoffs. Needs to hit the open ones.

[spectrec130]

If ESPN gave us a 3% chance to beat Boston, they are going to give us -50% against Denver lol.

Seems like if Miami wins game 3 vs Boston then ESPN's percentage may double to 6% for the Heat to win the series!

[contract]

Denver is just way better. Lakers flaws got exposed. 3 games where it was close in the 4th but they couldn't get over the hump. The fact that Reaves, Rui and Walker were closing games for them should have been a red flag. Lebron can't, he doesn't have the legs to attack rim constantly like he used to. And its clear AD isn't a no 1 option. He's top 15 player but not top 10. If you are top 10, the offense gotta be built around you and I don't think you can build an offense around AD. He doesn't bully defenders to the rim. Most of his buckets come from rolling to the rim and offensive rebounds.
I don't see Lakers winning a chip with just these 2. They probably go after Kyrie.
As for Denver, they are heavy favorites to win the chip. It would be impressive if we could upset them. But I don't think we have enough big bodies to contain Joker

We are the underdog in the finals again if we get there indeed. But I'm not gonna doubt this team anymore, I've been doubting them since the Hawks playin again and time and time again they rose to the occasion.

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So why not stick with what's been working?

[eddieheatfan]

Is it wrong to say that game 3 is a must win for us now that Denver has won tonight?

In combination with not wanting to give the Celtics ANY shred of life or hope, if we’re to make it to the finals, we don’t want Denver more well rested and with more time to prepare.

yes i want a sweep by the heat