(1) denver nuggets (8) miami heat 2023 nba finals ft the joker and mommy butler

17-9-4 on 50/81 shooting for bam in the playoffs now w/ two street free agents as his back ups

23-11-4 on 54% shooting in this series while battling jokic for 40 mins per game

sabonis was third team all NBA this year… wonderful season for him but the heat have the guy who wins you playoff games

i know embiid is obviously a better basketball player than bam but the next time embiid is playing with that level of intensity and endurance in an NBA finals game (while putting up 20/10) will be the first

8 points on 3-5 shooting in the 4th for butler while facilitating the offense down the stretch

funny thread to read back

― J0rdan S., Monday, June 5, 2023 2:23 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

;) I was texting a heat fan buddy of mine at the same time so I was just getting a little riled up. I do like how he gets sleepy during the games tho maybe he should drink a coffee or something

Gabe Vincent's jumping 180 faceplant flop might usher in a new era of "trick flopping", but Bam is amazing.

The Heat are shooting 50% on Wide Open and 44% on Open threes against MIL/BOS/DEN. Their opponents are shooting 39% and 33% on those shot types!

Jimmy was just sitting there in the corner waiting for the ball. Boom.

“All theses high-paid analysts, I don’t want to mention names…TNT, ESPN…they were WRONG! Are they gonna lose their jobs? No. Are they going to get a cut in pay? No!”

- An enraged Papi joins the show to spread a little #HEATCulture as well as a few “I told you so’s”. 😂😂😂… pic.twitter.com/98boQPNckm

— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) June 2, 2023

so uh what are they gonna do with Tyler Herro

it doesn’t seem like he’s ready to play

Reporting from #NBAFinals: I spoke with Tyler Herro ahead his Game 2 pregame routine and he told me he experiences both soreness and swelling in the right hand after shooting and he can feel the soreness when he’s making a “follow through” shooting motion. He also shared his…

— Ros Gold-Onwude (@ROSGO21) June 5, 2023

i think they will activate him if he’s healthy enough to play but i’m not sure they’ll actually play him unless it gets to a point of desperation. i don’t think they’re just gonna start working him back into the rotation like it’s the regular season but i could see a scenario where the heat have a game where they’re having trouble scoring & herro and his fresh legs start to seem like a better idea

If the HEAT have been painting fourth-quarter masterpieces all postseason, this was their pièce de résistance, 36 points on just 19 possessions. That was good for 1.89 points per possession, the fourth-highest mark in a postseason fourth quarter of the past 10 years – and the third-best final period of this year, including the entire regular season. Better yet, on possessions that didn’t include a turnover in that final period, Miami scored 2.12 points per.

After two games, heading to Miami: pic.twitter.com/eIf78jENfj

— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) June 5, 2023

Important note:

Denver has started 13% of its possessions in transition, while Miami is just at 5.1%

Everything starts and ends with the Nuggets' defense. If they can get stops or force more turnovers, it unlocks them in a different way.

— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) June 5, 2023

Turnovers a concern for Denver.

I’m amped up

KCP has to be the worst transition finisher in the league. it’s incredible

someones got to do it

bad call btw

Uh oh Jimmy trying some Harden shit

jokic has been so good at reading these double screens on defense

still makes me so mad that people talk about him like he’s a bad defender, he does so many little things right

also in general tries harder in big games lol

christian braun brings great energy and is eventually going to be a solid starter type of guy, but the games just way too fast for him when the ball’s in his hands

heat are such fucking floppers man

two awful offensive foul calls changes this game so much

So Boban is going to be in the Gran Turismo movie?

(Yr not wrong some of these are egregious and there’s no balance. It’s brothers tho)

the nuggets have dominated every part of this game except three point conversion and the whistle factor. sounds familiar unfortunately

the jeff green giveth and the jeff green taketh away

ok refs are reading my posts

this crowd is a bit excited

that murray heave was so crucial. miami was about to blow it open

the heat are so much better coached it’s insane

"blood cleanses the soul" - Jeff Van Gundy

nba broadcasts could use more of that old time religion imo

tony brothers is very much in the house

(lebron james kid voice) nikola jokic

murray has to make quicker decisions against these traps

this is an insane christian braun game

I’m floating

he's been awesome, wow

it's wild the instant people start to take Miami seriously they turn back into the 8 seed with the NBA's worst rated offense

but yeah I love this Christian Braun shit one of the coolest NBA things is when some random bench dude comes in for 5 minutes in a playoff game and just totally fucks shit up. Bobby Portis did that a lot during the Bucks title run.

this talking dog movie is bullshit by the way. the instant I see this trailer I think "I know I'm gonna have to see this with my daughter". and then it turns out to be Rated R? are adults gonna come to the movie theater and say "uh yeah 2 tickets for the dog movie"?

hahah i had not noticed it's rated r, that seems very ill-conceived even in an era when adults love to consume children's entertainment

OK Mark Jackson with a real lol there.

are tons of parents not going to accidentally take their children to an r-rated talking dog movie where the dogs say all the cusses

Arf arf!! I've got fleas!! On my motherfucking hog!! Arf!!!!

hahaha

lol frogbs

The Denver superstars were too much for the Heat tonight. Both Jokic and Murray had dominate performances and put up triple doubles. First Jamal Murray with 34 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists followed by Jokic with 32 points, 21 rebounds, and 10 assists.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) June 8, 2023

otm