NBA Finals Thread, 2023 – Nuggets, NBA Champions (4) vs Heat (1)

Grooverider · Post #41 » by **Grooverider** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:17 am

Malone called out the Nuggets..now they are going to blow the door off these scrubs

Marvel · Post #42 » by **Marvel** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:18 am

Jokic's slowness on offense is his strength combined with elite skill and IQ. No weakness offensively.

Marvel · Post #43 » by **Marvel** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:19 am

Mmm Mmm mmmm what a pass

Post #44 » by **Parliament10** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:19 am

The Heat Won their 1 game.
I don't think that they'll get another one.

leper-con · Post #45 » by **leper-con** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:21 am

Ainge should have drafted Murray

Post #46 » by **Shak_Celts** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:34 am

name one time in the ecf we had someone doing good off the bench. mia and den keep finding a guy off the bench to step up. (den is better so there's that)

Lee Van Cleef · Post #47 » by **Lee Van Cleef** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:34 am

They found their 3rd scorer in Braun.

leper-con · Post #48 » by **leper-con** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:35 am

Ugh!
Watching the nuggets penetrate and carve up the zone for easy scores makes me sick to think we couldn’t do the same

MaxwellSmart · Post #49 » by **MaxwellSmart** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:36 am

After last year's first round, I wanted Bruce Brown badly on the C's....he's from Boston??...Denver got him cheap and we got injured Gallo and Brogdon.....Ugh. He would have fit perfectly on our team.

NYCelticsfan136 · Post #50 » by **NYCelticsfan136** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:36 am

This series shouldn’t be close. The fact that the heat won a game is a joke.

Post #51 » by **Shak_Celts** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:37 am

lowry has been much better than last season. still as dirty tho.

playa-hater · Post #52 » by **playa-hater** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:37 am

Marvel wrote:Jokic's slowness on offense is his strength combined with elite skill and IQ. No weakness offensively.

You could put larry bird in that same sentence literally controlled everything..

exculpatory · Post #53 » by **exculpatory** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:37 am

Crush these frauds - excellent

Which of course reflects on how fraudulent our team was

NYCelticsfan136 · Post #54 » by **NYCelticsfan136** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:38 am

Any early ratings on this finals yet?

NYCelticsfan136 · Post #55 » by **NYCelticsfan136** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:39 am

exculpatory wrote:Crush these frauds - excellent

Which of course reflects on how fraudulent our team was

It reflects how our team screwed up. Miami has overachieve the last couple of years in the playoffs. They have no business being here.

playa-hater · Post #56 » by **playa-hater** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:40 am

Lee Van Cleef wrote:They found their 3rd scorer in Braun.

You think Braun even gets off the bench if he was on Boston?

But they say get veterans they say... How about recognize talent.. And feed that player confidence..

leper-con · Post #57 » by **leper-con** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:41 am

MaxwellSmart wrote:After last year's first round, I wanted Bruce Brown badly on the C's....he's from Boston??...Denver got him cheap and we got injured Gallo and Brogdon.....Ugh. He would have fit perfectly on our team.

Joe would not have played him
Doesn’t know how to use his personal

Mr_Mojo_Risin · Post #58 » by **Mr_Mojo_Risin** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:42 am

Shak_Celts wrote:name one time in the ecf we had someone doing good off the bench. mia and den keep finding a guy off the bench to step up. (den is better so there's that)

Name the time Joe gave a real chance in non-junk minutes to Hauser or Muscala to find out if someone would?

Hell, Al and Rob weren't setting the world on fire, even trying Griffin or Kornet as surprise tactics in spots to see if they could give us something.

I like coaches who have the courage to try things when plan A and plan B are not working. Miami role players do well because Spo gives them the confidence that he believes in their strengths and supports them by telling them it's up to him to best hide their weaknesses. Many other coaches (it seems including Joe) are just too afraid to play some players because of their weaknesses despite their strengths. This approach is fine with a strong roster that's playing well but not great when things aren't.

leper-con · Post #59 » by **leper-con** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:42 am

I hope the players are watching how to beat a zone

Post #60 » by **Shak_Celts** » Thu Jun 8, 2023 2:45 am

jokic better get ready, they upped hitting him in this one, wait til game 3. Things will get dirtier.

they look like they are trying to do to jokic what we did to kd last season, the difference is, we bothered KD. Jokic is just playing through it like they are gnats. they make everyone bump and push him every time down and he's still dominating.