Cyren will sure enough bring the actual game post when it happens, but
it’s time to get the predictions and observations rolling now.

I’m looking forward to this matchup, because it is a clear cliche of
David v. Goliath. Denver is long from guard to center. They have
length and height all day long, so the Heat will be the smaller team.


Murray: 6’4, Vincent: 6’3
KCP : 6’5 , Struss: 6’5
Martin: 6’5, Porter: 6’10
Butler: 6’7, Gordon: 6’8
Bam: 6’9, Jokic: 7’0

Denver clearly has a height advantage. The Porter/ Martin matchup
will be very interesting. Will Martin be able to be offensive against
the length of Porter, who has improved his defense?

Gordon will definitely be assigned to Jimmy. How will Jimmy fair against
a physical, excellent defender in Gordon?

KCP and Struss are similarly players, height and ability, but I find KCP
to be the more consistent and impactful player.

Vincent v Murray is a forgone conclusion

And last but not least, Bam having to deal with the offensive nuclear ability
of Jokic, who can kill you inside and out, plus facilitate like a premier PG.
Bam is the more athletic player, and will be able to attack Jokic on the
offensive end…But will he have the energy to do so, since he has to guard
Jokic?

Also, you have to look at the one big intangible: Denver’s high altitude atmosphere.
How much of an effect will that have on the energy and conditioning of the Heat?

Denver has a lot of advantages, so I’ll go Denver here. But I’m sure the Heat will
give it everything they got, and compete like honey badgers on every level. I wouldn’t
be surprised if it goes 7 games.

Who you got?

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staying with it. As much as I wanted to see JT break through...they weren't beating Denver, either. Denver in 5.

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As much as it would hurt me personally to see the Heat win the championship (mainly because I'm still holding onto those old Knicks/Heat rivalries from the late 90's), I have to respect how far the Heat have come these playoffs. Them beating the Bucks alone has made me not look past them this playoff run; specifically the runs Caleb Martin and Gabe Vincent have been on.

On paper, I don't can't see the Heat beating the Nuggets, but I've seen too much this post-season to want to count them out.

I mainly hope this Finals series will be competitive.

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But Murray is a bad boy

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These dawgs gone hunt!!

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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

Enlighten me.

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I'm drawing a blank

when is the last time we had a true PG and big man running the pick and roll / 2 man game all the way to an NBA title?

>Cyren will sure enough bring the actual game post when it
>happens, but
>it’s time to get the predictions and observations rolling
>now.
>
>I’m looking forward to this matchup, because it is a clear
>cliche of
>David v. Goliath. Denver is long from guard to center. They
>have
>length and height all day long, so the Heat will be the
>smaller team.
>
>
>Murray: 6’4, Vincent: 6’3
>KCP : 6’5 , Struss: 6’5
>Martin: 6’5, Porter: 6’10
>Butler: 6’7, Gordon: 6’8
>Bam: 6’9, Jokic: 7’0
>
>Denver clearly has a height advantage. The Porter/ Martin
>matchup
>will be very interesting. Will Martin be able to be offensive
>against
>the length of Porter, who has improved his defense?
>
>Gordon will definitely be assigned to Jimmy. How will Jimmy
>fair against
>a physical, excellent defender in Gordon?
>
>KCP and Struss are similarly players, height and ability, but
>I find KCP
>to be the more consistent and impactful player.
>
>Vincent v Murray is a forgone conclusion
>
>And last but not least, Bam having to deal with the offensive
>nuclear ability
>of Jokic, who can kill you inside and out, plus facilitate
>like a premier PG.
>Bam is the more athletic player, and will be able to attack
>Jokic on the
>offensive end…But will he have the energy to do so, since he
>has to guard
>Jokic?
>
>Also, you have to look at the one big intangible: Denver’s
>high altitude atmosphere.
>How much of an effect will that have on the energy and
>conditioning of the Heat?
>
>Denver has a lot of advantages, so I’ll go Denver here. But
>I’m sure the Heat will
>give it everything they got, and compete like honey badgers on
>every level. I wouldn’t
>be surprised if it goes 7 games.
>
>Who you got?
>
>
>

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I wanna go to where the martyrs went
the brown figures on the walls of my apart-a-ment...

>when is the last time we had a true PG and big man running the pick and roll / 2 man game all the way to an NBA title?

-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

Malone and Stockton for sure..they got to the title game

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run. Plus living in Denver helps, same way living in Kenya and Ethiopia helps
Africans in running.

Denver Players are used to playing in it.

Now imagine you’re the Heat, and you just came off a long, physical series,
and now you got to go play in high altitude, that will make you even more tired.

That’s a shocking transition.

If the Heat pull that shit off??…might be the greatest PO run ever

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Jimmy might not go quietly

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is Denver likely to take it easily? sure.

has every team that Miami has played (maybe not the Knicks i guess) supposed to have beaten them easily? yes.

i just think the Heat match up better than people think they do except for Jokic. but hey, while unlikely, it's possible Bam goes on a heater and that's not such a one sided matchup either.

like, if Miami steals one on their court then Herro comes back for Game 3? i dunno...weirder shit has happened.

>i just think the Heat match up better than people think they
>do except for Jokic. but hey, while unlikely, it's possible
>Bam goes on a heater and that's not such a one sided matchup
>either.
>
>like, if Miami steals one on their court then Herro comes back
>for Game 3? i dunno...weirder shit has happened.

..Heard the same speculation ahead of the '20 Finals, with Miami being the young, scrappy, unconventional team. In the end, size and experience were the difference (even though Spo was the better coach). The same can be said here with the same results.

I don't see Miami winning more than a game (maybe 2).


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

Dragic tore his foot tendon, and Bam tore the soft tissue in his
Ligament. They both couldn’t compete due to those severe
injures.

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..Injuries are par for the course at this point in the season. As it stands, Miami will still be nursing significant injuries.

Denver will be well-rested, as they've earned.

No excuses.


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..and miles to go before i sleep...

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Two of the best.

I think, like most, that the Nuggets have some considerable advantages... but if the Heat are making 50% from 3 on volume, as they've done at times in these playoffs, I wouldn't take them lightly.

I do wish Bam was a *little* better at shooting the ball from distance, because defensively I think he can hang with Jokic, but the best way to neutralize Jokic is to make him defend on the perimeter on the other side of the floor. I kinda think Boston would've been a better matchup for that exact reason, because Horford can pick and pop away from the basket. I still expect them to use Bam to set a *lot* of screens, because if Jokic tries to help while the defender recovers, it'll put him in a disadvantageous defensive position and make him have to fight in space a lot more than he'd prefer.

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>I think, like most, that the Nuggets have some considerable
>advantages... but if the Heat are making 50% from 3 on volume,
>as they've done at times in these playoffs, I wouldn't take
>them lightly.
>
>I do wish Bam was a *little* better at shooting the ball from
>distance, because defensively I think he can hang with Jokic,
>but the best way to neutralize Jokic is to make him defend on
>the perimeter on the other side of the floor. I kinda think
>Boston would've been a better matchup for that exact reason,
>because Horford can pick and pop away from the basket. I still
>expect them to use Bam to set a *lot* of screens, because if
>Jokic tries to help while the defender recovers, it'll put him
>in a disadvantageous defensive position and make him have to
>fight in space a lot more than he'd prefer.


Although the Lakers did get swept, Jokic struggled with his shooting when Darvin Ham made the adjustment to get Rui Hachimura to guard Jokic instead of AD as Rui had better lateral quickness to give Jokic issues getting to his spots before the ball got in his hands.

I wonder if Bam could give Jokic similar problems. Offensively, Bam is seemingly feast or famine, so I think he's going to have to challenge Jokic defensively, not offensively, especially since I'm guessing the Heat are going to try to use multiple screens to sniff out potential defensive mismatches to get 'the others' clean looks from either the three point line or slashing to the hole.

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3% vs celtics.
11% vs nuggets.

1. The Denver altitude on such little rest
2. How often Miami can force Jokic to have to run through Bam
3. If they can dawg Murray and force Porter/Gordon to show and prove


...'Cause if the Heat can do 2 and 3 at the same time, I'm curious if those two can rise to the occasion. But if they can't make 2 happen, I'm not sure 3 even enters the conversation, at which point I think 1 is a real, real issue even through Game 3 back in Miami.


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Frankly should be a sweep but I'm imagining the advantage for Miami at HC and the Jimmy Butler of it all makes this series a bit more competitive than it should be on paper.

if the heat can beat them then they can beat the nuggets.

i think the nuggets are the favorites and most likely to win based off matchups on paper. but i also think people are overestimating the gap between the two teams once actual basketball gets played.

i want anyone but jokic to win and i believe God got my back on that.

heat in 7.

go off like he did against the Lakers

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But my mind keeps saying Nuggets should get this in 5.

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is seeing if Mike Malone and the Nuggets coaching staff has devised methods to beat Miami's zone defensive schemes, especially since the team has had such a long break to come up with effective game plans against it.

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