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

[BaffLer]

3 more wins away from a championship. My God it's surreal just typing that. Take care of business at home.

[RRR3]

Let's face facts, bot brehz,
If Spo pulls this off this will be the greatest heat team of all time. Period.

-SHULA

Most incredible run, sure. But the 13 team when Wade was healthy would wipe this team.

[iamoti]

3 more wins away from a championship. My God it's surreal just typing that. Take care of business at home.

It's absolutely insane. I wrote this at the end of march : "I'm starting to get hyped again! If by some miracle we get a ring this year it will probably be the craziest story ever". I can't believe how close we are to this happening

[broke]

3 more wins away from a championship. My God it's surreal just typing that. Take care of business at home.

Protect home court and get a chip

[heatlejuice]

By the way, does the walrus ever miss shots, it looks like all the ugly shots he puts up go in. There must be at least a game he doesnt shoot at 100%

LMAO @ the walrus!!! I'm def stealing this

[ShulaDon92]

Let's face facts, bot brehz,
If Spo pulls this off this will be the greatest heat team of all time. Period.

-SHULA

Most incredible run, sure. But the 13 team when Wade was healthy would wipe this team.

Maybe. You never know.

-SHULA

[3ballbomber]

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Heat has perseverance & grit on roids

[miamiballer]

Agree that it’s unbelievable how walrus just throws up whatever and it somehow goes in

My wife calls him el grandulon

[3ballbomber]

I generally trust in Spo for all decisions, but maybe someone should tag him in this tweet...

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I agree. I honestly wonder though if Spo went 10 deep because of the altitude in Denver. He played more guys than he has in a while in these first two. Wouldn’t be surprised if he tightens things up in game 3 and 4.

Yeah, you still have to give Bam some rest for him to be his best version. We keep talking about Bam being a young guy and why were not playing him X number of minutes a game and Spo sucks. You realize the awesome comebacks and great close outs weve had as a team, because Bam and crew have been fresh to close it out accordingly. Spo knows that Bam works really hard on both ends, bigs expend more energy than guards/wings when moving their bodys around, imagine the amount of energy he expells on switches. Spo is ok, with risking some setbacks during the game to have his guy be ready to crank it to 200% in the last couple of minutes. I do Agree you almost have to figure a way for Bam to be on the floor when Jokic is there, however Jokic can afford to be off the floor, he isn't spending all his energy on the defensive end. its not the same for Bam, and also yes I agree the Zeller minutes are brutal we need to find something else, Yurt needs to be given a try, don't see why not give him those 5 minutes of death and see what happens at home.

Spo most def extended the rotation as we're also still rejuvenating our bodies from the Boston series. Spo & his coaching staff know wtf they're doing. We must give our players rest as it's a long series & we need to have that energy down the stretch. The way that we grind & claw back in the 2nd halves, just looking at our crazy 4th Q stats throughout these playoffs, if we don't rest our guys & run them to the ground wemay not be as successful simply because we'd be gassed in the 4th where we perform our best & out hustle everybody. Bam in particular is asked to defend & the many things he has to do on offense needs to sit & get a breather. Similar to Jimmy.

You noticed gm7 vs Boston instead of the usual 4Q rest to start the quarter Spo had Butler on the floor to help finish of the Celtics. Spo may tighten his rotations again once he finds what works and when games start to really matter. Denver on the other hand will run Jokic to the ground. They can't afford to sit him much. Malone is extremely inexperienced at this stage of the season - it'll be interesting how much legs Jokic will have by the final couple of games these finals..

[RexBoyWonder]

HUGE huge game here, get the W and keep the momentum going, Nuggets never fell behind in any series - that pressure will help us in game 4 too.

Need a big Jimmy game, Martin needs to step up, and as always - at least 2 shooters need to really deliver.

Between Duncan, Strus, Lowry, Martin, Love, maybe even Highsmith and Herro - someone HAS to step up and drain shots.

[MHeat0279]

Agree that it’s unbelievable how walrus just throws up whatever and it somehow goes in

My wife calls him el grandulon

You see his ugly shots and lumbering all over the floor and you just despise the guy, but then you see his post game interview and he looks like a good guy. Cant hate on the guy to be honest.

[IceColdCubano]

I agree. I honestly wonder though if Spo went 10 deep because of the altitude in Denver. He played more guys than he has in a while in these first two. Wouldn’t be surprised if he tightens things up in game 3 and 4.

Yeah, you still have to give Bam some rest for him to be his best version. We keep talking about Bam being a young guy and why were not playing him X number of minutes a game and Spo sucks. You realize the awesome comebacks and great close outs weve had as a team, because Bam and crew have been fresh to close it out accordingly. Spo knows that Bam works really hard on both ends, bigs expend more energy than guards/wings when moving their bodys around, imagine the amount of energy he expells on switches. Spo is ok, with risking some setbacks during the game to have his guy be ready to crank it to 200% in the last couple of minutes. I do Agree you almost have to figure a way for Bam to be on the floor when Jokic is there, however Jokic can afford to be off the floor, he isn't spending all his energy on the defensive end. its not the same for Bam, and also yes I agree the Zeller minutes are brutal we need to find something else, Yurt needs to be given a try, don't see why not give him those 5 minutes of death and see what happens at home.

Spo most def extended the rotation as we're also still rejuvenating our bodies from the Boston series. Spo & his coaching staff know wtf they're doing. We must give our players rest as it's a long series & we need to have that energy down the stretch. The way that we grind & claw back in the 2nd halves, just looking at our crazy 4th Q stats throughout these playoffs, if we don't rest our guys & run them to the ground wemay not be as successful simply because we'd be gassed in the 4th where we perform our best & out hustle everybody. Bam in particular is asked to defend & the many things he has to do on offense needs to sit & get a breather. Similar to Jimmy.

You noticed gm7 vs Boston instead of the usual 4Q rest to start the quarter Spo had Butler on the floor to help finish of the Celtics. Spo may tighten his rotations again once he finds what works and when games start to really matter. Denver on the other hand will run Jokic to the ground. They can't afford to sit him much. Malone is extremely inexperienced at this stage of the season - it'll be interesting how much legs Jokic will have by the final couple of games these finals..

I am really glad were getting lots of rest between games these finals, its a godsend for our team, especially with how aggressive we play and have older vets who play important roles.

This long layoff between Game 2 and 3 is only helping Miami more so than Denver, as they are way healthier at this point than we are. Think about all the compression, icing, and therapy to Butlers ankle, lowry's knees/hamstring, Calebs back, Herro's hand, Bams shoulder, Vincents ankle, Love's back, Struss hamstring. Our guys have been dealing with a lot of these injuries all playoffs long. Some of them are playing through them, and people don't realize the strain they keep putting on these nagging injuries.

[3ballbomber]

Spoiler:

Yeah, you still have to give Bam some rest for him to be his best version. We keep talking about Bam being a young guy and why were not playing him X number of minutes a game and Spo sucks. You realize the awesome comebacks and great close outs weve had as a team, because Bam and crew have been fresh to close it out accordingly. Spo knows that Bam works really hard on both ends, bigs expend more energy than guards/wings when moving their bodys around, imagine the amount of energy he expells on switches. Spo is ok, with risking some setbacks during the game to have his guy be ready to crank it to 200% in the last couple of minutes. I do Agree you almost have to figure a way for Bam to be on the floor when Jokic is there, however Jokic can afford to be off the floor, he isn't spending all his energy on the defensive end. its not the same for Bam, and also yes I agree the Zeller minutes are brutal we need to find something else, Yurt needs to be given a try, don't see why not give him those 5 minutes of death and see what happens at home.

Spo most def extended the rotation as we're also still rejuvenating our bodies from the Boston series. Spo & his coaching staff know wtf they're doing. We must give our players rest as it's a long series & we need to have that energy down the stretch. The way that we grind & claw back in the 2nd halves, just looking at our crazy 4th Q stats throughout these playoffs, if we don't rest our guys & run them to the ground wemay not be as successful simply because we'd be gassed in the 4th where we perform our best & out hustle everybody. Bam in particular is asked to defend & the many things he has to do on offense needs to sit & get a breather. Similar to Jimmy.

You noticed gm7 vs Boston instead of the usual 4Q rest to start the quarter Spo had Butler on the floor to help finish of the Celtics. Spo may tighten his rotations again once he finds what works and when games start to really matter. Denver on the other hand will run Jokic to the ground. They can't afford to sit him much. Malone is extremely inexperienced at this stage of the season - it'll be interesting how much legs Jokic will have by the final couple of games these finals..

I am really glad were getting lots of rest between games these finals, its a godsend for our team, especially with how aggressive we play and have older vets who play important roles.

This long layoff between Game 2 and 3 is only helping Miami more so than Denver, as they are way healthier at this point than we are. Think about all the compression, icing, and therapy to Butlers ankle, lowry's knees/hamstring, Calebs back, Herro's hand, Bams shoulder, Vincents ankle, Love's back, Struss hamstring. Our guys have been dealing with a lot of these injuries all playoffs long. Some of them are playing through them, and people don't realize the strain they keep putting on these nagging injuries.

Absolutely, the 2 days rest is huge for our guys to rejuvenate their bodies. We're very fortunate to win one in that altitude in Denver considering the short turnaround. We truly are a tough & well conditioned team.

Hopefully also, if Jimmy's father is in bad health, i hope he's able to deal w/ that during the layoff so he then can come in & play w/ as clear as mind as one can in that kind of situation.

[3ballbomber]

This game 3 is a crucial game gentlemen. When the NBA Finals have been tied 1-1, the winner of Game 3 has gone on to win the series 32 out of 40 times (80%).

I expect this handsome guy. . .

[Wiltside]

Need Bam to continue to assert himself offensively and carry some of the load if Jimmy continues to struggle. He needs to make Jokic work defensively and try get him tired or in foul trouble.

[goodboys lats]

Need Bam to continue to assert himself offensively and carry some of the load if Jimmy continues to struggle. He needs to make Jokic work defensively and try get him tired or in foul trouble.

They aren't calling fouls on Jokic unfortunately. He pushes off as badly as Tatum but the refs only care if you do that and you're Duncan lol

[BBallFreak]

Miami needs Playoff Himmy on this one. He just needs to go off in a big way. Don't get me wrong I loved watching Vincent and Bam leading alongside Jimmy, but we need a herculean effort from Himmy, here. I just have a bad feeling about this one. I think Malone is the best coach we've gone up against and he'll have made adjustments and have his guys ready to run through a brick wall. The way to stop that is for Jimmy to turn back into Himmy.

I'm calling for 38 points, 7 assists, and 9 boards.

[MettaWorldPanda]

This definitely lightens the blow of my AC going out at my house and having to watch this glorious dub in a hotel lobby

PandaMod, hope you've made plans to be at that hotel lobby in 53 hours!

I can't do this all on my own

Getting brand new AC at the house right now but I do have the hotel room for one more day

[greg4012]

Yeah, you still have to give Bam some rest for him to be his best version. We keep talking about Bam being a young guy and why were not playing him X number of minutes a game and Spo sucks. You realize the awesome comebacks and great close outs weve had as a team, because Bam and crew have been fresh to close it out accordingly. Spo knows that Bam works really hard on both ends, bigs expend more energy than guards/wings when moving their bodys around, imagine the amount of energy he expells on switches. Spo is ok, with risking some setbacks during the game to have his guy be ready to crank it to 200% in the last couple of minutes. I do Agree you almost have to figure a way for Bam to be on the floor when Jokic is there, however Jokic can afford to be off the floor, he isn't spending all his energy on the defensive end. its not the same for Bam, and also yes I agree the Zeller minutes are brutal we need to find something else, Yurt needs to be given a try, don't see why not give him those 5 minutes of death and see what happens at home.

Spo most def extended the rotation as we're also still rejuvenating our bodies from the Boston series. Spo & his coaching staff know wtf they're doing. We must give our players rest as it's a long series & we need to have that energy down the stretch. The way that we grind & claw back in the 2nd halves, just looking at our crazy 4th Q stats throughout these playoffs, if we don't rest our guys & run them to the ground wemay not be as successful simply because we'd be gassed in the 4th where we perform our best & out hustle everybody. Bam in particular is asked to defend & the many things he has to do on offense needs to sit & get a breather. Similar to Jimmy.

You noticed gm7 vs Boston instead of the usual 4Q rest to start the quarter Spo had Butler on the floor to help finish of the Celtics. Spo may tighten his rotations again once he finds what works and when games start to really matter. Denver on the other hand will run Jokic to the ground. They can't afford to sit him much. Malone is extremely inexperienced at this stage of the season - it'll be interesting how much legs Jokic will have by the final couple of games these finals..

I am really glad were getting lots of rest between games these finals, its a godsend for our team, especially with how aggressive we play and have older vets who play important roles.

This long layoff between Game 2 and 3 is only helping Miami more so than Denver, as they are way healthier at this point than we are. Think about all the compression, icing, and therapy to Butlers ankle, lowry's knees/hamstring, Calebs back, Herro's hand, Bams shoulder, Vincents ankle, Love's back, Struss hamstring. Our guys have been dealing with a lot of these injuries all playoffs long. Some of them are playing through them, and people don't realize the strain they keep putting on these nagging injuries.

I'm already stressing the shorter turnaround between games 3 and 4

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Miami needs Playoff Himmy on this one. He just needs to go off in a big way. Don't get me wrong I loved watching Vincent and Bam leading alongside Jimmy, but we need a herculean effort from Himmy, here. I just have a bad feeling about this one. I think Malone is the best coach we've gone up against and he'll have made adjustments and have his guys ready to run through a brick wall. The way to stop that is for Jimmy to turn back into Himmy.

I'm calling for 38 points, 7 assists, and 9 boards.

Things have been set up perfectly for him to have a monster game and take control of this series. These are the moments he talks about all season, he’s the one saying we’re going to be the first to 4. Come through on your word and dominate, it’ll inspire the rest of the team