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

Infinite Llamas · Post #441 » by **Infinite Llamas** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 6:11 am

zoyathedestroya wrote:
playa-hater wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:In before the role players get blamed again for our failures lol.

Stars Assists/Turnovers vs. Heat:
- Tatum & Brown: 62 assists to 51 turnovers
- Jokic & Murray: 86 assists to 34 turnovers

24 more assists in two less games as well.

zoyathedestroya · Post #442 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 6:14 am

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He's already guaranteed they'll bounce back for game 6 and still win the championship.

BRUNiNHO91 · Post #443 » by **BRUNiNHO91** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 7:21 am

zoyathedestroya wrote:

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He's already guaranteed they'll bounce back for game 6 and still win the championship.

That Heat Culture small talk BS only works against the ECF. Jokic laughed at that ****. We let them get in our heads..Jimmy Butler continues to not get anything done but beat a mentally fragile Celtics squad on his way to getting smoked in the finals..twice.

BostonCouchGM · Post #444 » by **BostonCouchGM** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 7:23 am

Green89 wrote:
BostonCouchGM wrote:still waiting for that GOAT coaching job by Spo I keep reading about. His team (Jimmy in particular) playing dumb basketball. Why does Spo get zero blame?

Spo's the reason the Heat won 1 game in the Finals. He's not why they lost. They didn't have the talent or team to compete. They shouldn't have had enough to beat us, yet Spo got it done because we didn't.

lol of course this take would be mass upvoted on here. Too funny. Yes, the team that has made at least Game 7 of the ECF in 3 out of the last 4 years doesn't have the talent or team to compete /s

So, when WE make bone-headed mistakes and lose games it's Joe's fault but when Miami does it's on the players not Spoelstra? please...

Post #445 » by **165bows** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 10:17 am

Hmm Miami put up a 106.4 offensive rating - just about exactly what Boston did last year in the Finals. Denver was better on offense than GS was though.

Jokic definitely underrated on defense.

Post #446 » by **165bows** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 10:18 am

Ps Denver going to do some lame joke about being Miami’s daddy at some Bs award show, or no?

zoyathedestroya · Post #447 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 10:54 am

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itrsteve · Post #448 » by **itrsteve** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 11:25 am

BRUNiNHO91 wrote:Caleb Martin scored 37 pts all series long.

Glorious. Welcome back to scrub hood you piece of ****.

Can't be mad at Martin that the Celtics were so awful that they made him look like a god.

Our team just blows.

Bird84 · Post #449 » by **Bird84** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:01 pm

itrsteve wrote:
BRUNiNHO91 wrote:Caleb Martin scored 37 pts all series long.

Glorious. Welcome back to scrub hood you piece of ****.

Can't be mad at Martin that the Celtics were so awful that they made him look like a god.

Our team just blows.

Amazing what happens when you make him speed up what he wants to do by playing defense.

Marvel · Post #450 » by **Marvel** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:22 pm

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Hal14 · Post #451 » by **Hal14** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:32 pm

Jokic is hilarious haha

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zoyathedestroya · Post #452 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:33 pm

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None were a top 5 pick. It's Grant Williams who will lead us to the title in 2024.

JaMarco · Post #453 » by **JaMarco** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:45 pm

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zoyathedestroya · Post #454 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:23 pm

^^Those four averaged 55.9 ppg against the Celtics. Down to 32.4 ppg vs. the Nuggets.

watsonthedragon · Post #455 » by **watsonthedragon** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:33 pm

Denver's gonna be a huge obstacle for this core to break through in the next couple years. Jokic is the best player in the league, he's still on the younger side (and should probably age well based on his playstyle), and they built the perfect team around him. I think we would have been more competitive than Miami, but still probably lost in 6. Need Tatum to make another leap.

BRUNiNHO91 · Post #456 » by **BRUNiNHO91** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:12 pm

itrsteve wrote:
BRUNiNHO91 wrote:Caleb Martin scored 37 pts all series long.

Glorious. Welcome back to scrub hood you piece of ****.

Can't be mad at Martin that the Celtics were so awful that they made him look like a god.

Our team just blows.

**** him. Dude was a goddamn sniper. He could shoot with his eyes closed, took everybody off the dribble, made some circus lay ups. Even the last few games where we wiped them dude was the only one still pulling some garbage out of his bag. He played WAY over his average and it wasn’t all on us. Strus, Robinson, Vincent, Love etc I’ll credit us for sleepin on back doors, not contesting, dropping etc. Martin was sick..he was a level above.

GWVan · Post #457 » by **GWVan** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:36 pm

Really happy for Denver, they stuck with their players and coach thru playoff disappointments, didn't panic, and got to the top.

JaMarco · Post #458 » by **JaMarco** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:36 pm

watsonthedragon wrote:Denver's gonna be a huge obstacle for this core to break through in the next couple years. Jokic is the best player in the league, he's still on the younger side (and should probably age well based on his playstyle), and they built the perfect team around him. I think we would have been more competitive than Miami, but still probably lost in 6. Need Tatum to make another leap.

Need Tatum AND Brown to make leaps to compete with Denver.

Triple7 · Post #459 » by **Triple7** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:58 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:

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He's already guaranteed they'll bounce back for game 6 and still win the championship.

Herro will definitely play game 6 lol.

Triple7 · Post #460 » by **Triple7** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 3:12 pm

JaMarco wrote:
watsonthedragon wrote:Denver's gonna be a huge obstacle for this core to break through in the next couple years. Jokic is the best player in the league, he's still on the younger side (and should probably age well based on his playstyle), and they built the perfect team around him. I think we would have been more competitive than Miami, but still probably lost in 6. Need Tatum to make another leap.

Need Tatum AND Brown to make leaps to compete with Denver.

What improvement can you think the Jays can work on? I think they are near their peak, especially JB.