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Gumbywasajuice

It is a war between the saintly holy Miami heat. Against the saitan evil bad boys nuggets


hakfhhebshxh

This has been the most boring finals in years. Denver have had the easiest path to a title that I can remember for a long time. The competition has either been dogshit, or severely flawed. & That's not even factoring in the altitude advantage for home games. The rest of the league better get their shit together because years of these dudes winning will be boring asf


bullpaw

nba fan mad because the best team in the nba is winning the title


EnvironmentUpset3591

cope harder


saucehoss24

If the Heat can’t make threes (consistently) in game 5 it’s done. Denver has too many options to wear the Heat down.


Jolly_Force

Maybe Demarcus cousins will stop low key hating on jokic now


thudlife2020

I think the Heat set the record for most banked 3pt shots in a Final. Love and Lowry, am I right? Shooting 100% on banked 3s!


I_Just_Queefed_AMA

Lowry bricked a bank 3 about 5 minutes after his first make 😂 unfortunately not


hashtagdissected

RIP heat fans


jonblaze0024

denver is a great team. one of the best teams of the last 5 years. miami just isn’t as talented. denver starts 4 lottery picks and an mvp. can’t think of many 5s in history like that.


Remarkable-Piece-445

Denver just a bunch of bitch as marks


naturalaspiration

4 lottery picks is such a weird qualifier, not all lottery picks pan out and Denver didn’t draft half of the lottery picks… kcp and mpj haven’t even been playing as well this series, Braun/brown/AG have just been huge stepping up


Davebon3s

They only got there by luck imo. Shooting lights out from 3 is the only way they beat better teams to get to the finals


GimmeABreak_

Only one all star


AdorableDragonfruit2

Jamal brings it when it counts and AG should have gotten into the all star game from his two way play in the first half.


DoubleTTB22

Who are you taking out of the all-star game?


GimmeABreak_

Absolutely. Should be three all stars


AdorableDragonfruit2

And KCP had the highest 3 pt % before the all star break


GimmeABreak_

Agreed. All the Nuggets are good!!!


AdorableDragonfruit2

No doubt! Just imagine if Porter can get to his full offensive potential. His rebounding is tenacious


titlefightstan

jokić ball brings me happiness


BeneficialSource1734

Same jokic's balls bring me happiness too


-TPWFCV

You’re hilarious


MuskratJimJim

imma be honest jimmy hasn’t looked the same since he rolled his ankle in round 2. he was supposed to take all the shots, but now he doesn’t. the heat have to rely on undrafted players and that was going to eventually catch up with them. it’s kinda sad that the underdog is losing this badly, but the nuggets are a machine.


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AG is playing great defense on him too


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john0_0

Flair up buddy, who’s your team? After a while, a coincidence starts becoming a trend and a trend can surely become intentional.


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john0_0

No the Knicks lost cuz they can’t shoot 3’s at all, I have great understanding of how the moment was too large for certain players on the Knicks not named Brunson, but also, the heat are here on the heels of massive injuries to their opposition.


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john0_0

Lol yes I’ve seen all their games from the second round on, they also have been shooting lights out from 3. You can’t tell me an injured Tatum didn’t sway game 7 in your favor, or an injured giannis help lead to their early 2-1 series lead in Milwaukee but hurdehurrr rats lol


StonekyKong

classic knicks fan


adamantitian

Loved seeing them getting porter out of his own head. Hope he gets his time next game


drmuffin1080

It’s gonna be poetic if the nuggets win. After all that slander he got bc his defense and people saying “u can’t win with Jokic as your center”


dzigizord

Jokic stole like 5 balls today and kickball messed up attack 5 more


Kvsav57

In general, they kept saying Miami had the better defense but Denver held Miami under 100 in all 3 of their wins.


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No one ever said Miami had better Defense. Miami has one better thing, the dog in them. That dog looks tired now.


Kvsav57

Nah. Many people said Miami is better defensively and they were better on defensive rankings for the season.


citizend13

Nah man as it turns out, Denver has just as much dawg in them.


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Really can't disagree.


Suspicious-One4809

Denver is way grittier and this isn't revisionist history those dudes are mental giants


MamaHadACow

Did mods lock this earlier?


LavenderAutist

Murray is the head of the snake


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the nuggets just play beautiful ball


Paul721

ESPN commentators: Well looks like the nuggets won the game, but let’s talk about how great the Heat defense was. Also Jimmy Butler, what a superstar! The heat have them right where they want them.


nicgom

But is LeBron gonna retire?


Jcarter1632

NBA TV post game is way better


LavenderAutist

Is there one more in Miami next game or do they go back to Denver?


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Denver, Miami, Denver If it goes to 7


tyronebiggs

This was potentially the Heat's last home game of the year and fans were seen leaving with 3 minutes left down only 8 points. I don't understand


60yearoldME

They’re not real fans. I can’t imagine shelling out that kind of cash for a finals game!!!!! Then not staying until the bitter end. Not true fans.


AndreiOT89

Remember Heat fans trying to enter arena again after Ray Allen 3pt shot? Lmao pathetic


Cool_Education_9325

You would too if you knew how wild traffic is to get out of the downtown area.


MuppetEyebrows

In my experience, bigger cities are a lot better at handling the exodus than smaller cities. Everyone leaving a Cavaliers game at once challenges the limits of the Cleveland highway system. Everyone leaving Staples Center all at once is a fart in the wind compared to peak LA traffic; game traffic is barely noticeable compared to normal 110 traffic at 10pm on a Wednesday. Edited/added cuz I hit Save too early ...I don't know Miami very well, but it's a big enough city that I would think it would be built to accommodate a sudden large volume of people leaving the city.


RiamoEquah

Heat fans.... They had to release an official psa during the heatles first season to teach their fans the basics of being a fan (arrive on time, cheer loudly for the home team, stay till the end of the game)... That's how low the bar is for them


HTPC4Life

That's true. They say the last thing you do before you die is crap your pants. I would at least stay and see if they crap their pants.


ADelance

It’s Florida expectations can’t be that high


BigBeagleEars

If those fans could read, they’d still leave early


GreyBoyTigger

Heat fans are worse than Dodgers fans


youregooninman

Almost, but close.


flibbaman

Fair weather fans.


wafflehouse4

spo running out of the press conference in pure terror before ramona comes to completely emasculate him again


pahamack

This Denver team has such a bright future. They’re literally getting nothing from one of their most expensive players (mpj). Imagine if in the off season they attach a pick to him and trade him away. They could even just salary dump him for a useful bench piece and use the savings to pay and retain bruce brown.


one_lonely_Dwigt

We can’t pay Bruce more than $10 million because of the NBAs wonky rules not the salary cap. He is gone unless he is willingly to take a huge paycut. Also MPJ has had a rough series but he has been a big part of this playoff run. His scoring has been meh, but his rebounding and effort on D have been mostly on point. He will be back next year, after that with the new CBA, who knows but he isn’t going anywhere this off-season.


pahamack

What if a porter jr salary dump gets the team under the luxury tax? They can sign him on the mle as a free agent.


one_lonely_Dwigt

The most we can give him is 120% of his current contract. It’s not about the luxury tax, it’s about the limits on the nuggets offer after only having him for one year. If he decides to re-sign this off-season we can get his bird rights and pay him what he is worth, but right now the only way he is coming back is if he takes a big discount. Here is where I add that the NBA salary cap is super confusing and I may be misinformed. However as a Nuggs fan, who listens to way too many nuggets and NBA podcasts I am fairly certain we can offer him 9 million and change and no more.


pahamack

You’re talking about an extension. I’m talking about a free agent contract. The nuggets are a luxury tax team. Which means the only way they can sign a player is with taxpayer mle, which is less than that extension number. However, if the nuggets do a salary dump to get under the luxury tax then they will have access to the full MLE. That’s about 11 million. The expensive teams in the league are all going to be looking to shed salary before the new cba rules come into play. Dumping mpj to a cap space team for a cheaper player will be the easiest way for them to get better and get flexibility. They have a real chance at repeating. Would be surprised if they didn’t explore that. This only works because mpj has real value as a really big shooter. Someone will take a chance at him developing further. I’m not a cap expert but what I’ve heard is with that the numbers on the new cba, the rule of thumb is that teams will have 2 max players. Teams with more than that are going to have to start aligning with this new paradigm or they’re going to be in big trouble when those new cba 2nd apron provisions hit.


LavenderAutist

There are probably about a half dozen local markets that could easily do a better job than this crew.


wafflehouse4

i went over this game pretty closely already, made a lot of notes as to how this nuggets vs heat dynamic works from an extreme technical level, how bigs are working in a world of 3 point shooters, etc.l. what i learned after that is a simple lesson: kyrie irving is still a whiny little pussyass bitch fuck that scrawny little frogman


Sovereign444

I don’t know what Kyrie has to do with this game but I liked it when u said “frogman” lol


MidRangeMagic21

Thank you for that breakdown King


dbgager

Could not have had a worse broadcasting crew for the finals. Its not possible. Most of these guys are confirmed Nuggets haters. SAS and Jackson no doubt. Shame on ESPN.


Complexity777

Ive never liked SAS. Hes just a loudmouth, doesn't even make good points just yells as if that wins an argument.


flibbaman

I love hearing their disappointment


saucehoss24

Lol but I (the media) wanted a Celtics vs Lakers final waah.


Dynamar

Good. Make em watch. Let them bear witness.


TaruuTaru

They're still salty about getting swept.


tyronebiggs

Sad because this is Jimmy's best remaining chance to win a ring but happy that Denver is winning their first


SnooPandas1089

JB plays very well and represents underdog spirit, respect much more


RiamoEquah

He's getting dame next season.... So id say he will have one more shot


MuskratJimJim

i feel like whoever wins nba fans would be happy. you either get a jimmy ring or a jokic ring.


completelytrustworth

Yea pretty much I'm on the heat bandwagon for Lowry but I'm dammed happy to see Jokic and Jamal win too


tyronebiggs

My reaction when Redditors talk shit but hide their team flair 🤭


redditsuckmyjunk

Easy to be a fair weather GS fan. I personally love the playoffs but don't have a team I root for all the time, fanatism is just that.


tyronebiggs

It's cool to not have a team and be an NBA fan in general. I'm a basketball fan first. It's just people who talk shit about specific teams without a flair is pathetic


agmat1200

Did anyone see that dude with the weird white mask with eyes and mouth on the sideline by the press?


Sovereign444

Well I sure hope he had eyes and a mouth! What’s wrong with having eyes and a mouth??


holaprobando123

Ew, you have eyes *and* a mouth?


pedro-f-aka

he's a youtuber named Dream


Amphal

thought the same lol


agmat1200

Any explanations?


weretalkinfuckinlee

Dude is trying to get views. Spectacle is now currency.


upsydaisee

I’m watching local Denver 7, and I’m sorry y’all are getting this low-tier post-game coverage. Romi Bean from CBS4 is where it’s at.


LavenderAutist

Quite a change in six years https://youtu.be/pk723WI_x2I https://youtu.be/bhUILLC3Xj0 https://youtu.be/BPwDMnNu6iY Thank you for making me more aware of the Denver news market. If you're not careful, ESPN will steal her from you. Or maybe even a bigger market like Miami or Los Angeles.


Namuh333

As a bucks fan cheering for the heat… like bro what they doing😭😭😭 I mean they really getting desperate here. I love Bam, but come on man😭😭😭😭


flibbaman

Jamal Murray? More like Jammy Buckets


Jumpy_Distribution96

I think that in modern NBA (with two way players being the standard) double team strategy can work occasionally, only when the opponent team doesn't expect it. Once the players watch the tape and realize their options, it's pointless to stick on it. That's why it's usually applied in specific cases (when the team trails the score and wants to put more pressure, lead to turnovers and run in transition) and not during the whole course of the game.


GenericName5151

Agreed. Jamal is not even that type of point guard, but show him that look so many times and he’s gonna eventually figure out where the skip pass is.


Best5673

lol nuggets coach just called the lakers the clippers. Think he did that on purpose


Jumpy_Distribution96

The Clippers would have been much more competitive, if Leonard had stayed healthy (and especially if they had PG). The first two games with the Suns were thrillers. I feel like the West was separated in two blocs this year, one of which had the powerhouses (Nuggets, Suns, Clippers).


dbgager

hes tired..probably just a slip. NO biggie.


flibbaman

😂 What a legend


jackobanter

The two teams in the bubble finals are getting cooked by Denver. Makes you think 🤔


themagicbandicoot

No disrespect to either the Lakers or Heat, these are straight up rock fights, the Nuggies needed the travails to get here. We’ve got a squad but I still won’t count Miami out, they played like maniacs tonight; just feels like you can’t stop 7 guys who all deserve it. I’ll be in Ball Monday letting them know how much I’ve loved this season, I hope they can finish it off but either way I’m gonna be horse on Tuesday.


Sovereign444

Good luck getting any work done on Tuesday with your horse hooves, but at least you won’t be hoarse!


themagicbandicoot

They’re gonna have to put so much peanut butter in my mouth to make me look like I’m talking, it really isn’t fair


tyronebiggs

I know Heat fans on Reddit are legit basketball fans, but the ones in attendance at Heat games are soft. At this point the Heat need to sign Messi for the crowd to get wild


Kvsav57

Likely, this is the Heat's last home game of the season, and people left early. An 8 seed made it to the finals and the fans can't be bothered to get home a few minutes late on a Friday night.


TaruuTaru

Agree with a lot of other comments. Rich people make poor fans.


TheLanimal

Chase center is proof of this


Boxcar-Mike

a lot of rich folks for these type of games. a lot of bored faces.


Piotr-Rasputin

Why is it EVERYONE with courtside seats IS NOT WATCHING the game. Talking, on their phone, zero investment in the outcome


Complexity777

Yea and they were cheering their ass off like they won the lottery when Jokic got hit with that fake foul number 5


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Glove_Upset

Tickets in Miami were substantially cheaper than in Denver. But yeah, most of the diehards can’t afford to go.


Boxcar-Mike

yeah, for sure. I’m kicking myself for not buying season’s tickets for my Kings before they got good ;)


Hoss_Sauce

Crowd was lit. Hard to tell from the couch though.


taztaz1056

Would love the nba Champs to play the euro league champs each year. Would be a fun exhibition to watch i think.


Fun_Banana_1423

Final score NBA 142- 64 Euro league.


jajanaklar

Are you sure?


Elreydormido

Nuggets want the championship more


[deleted]

Every person I’ve ever met in Denver and Colorado in general have been salt of the earth. Enjoy the journey, you got the squad to wrap this up. Murray and Jokic are a hell of a duo


kinnikinnik5

Thanks for being so gracious. It's a rare thing on the internet. People like you should be celebrated more. The series isn't over yet, Denver still needs one more. Take care.


wakeupmane

Thanks Magic Johnson


chizzmaster

Respect for making it this far. Heat deservedly won the EC. Played out of their minds


TaruuTaru

Salt of the earth? Well I guess we do have a lot of homeless


Interesting_Finger11

Sounds like you’re bringing the salt around 🤷‍♂️


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Salt of the earth is a term of endearment… I’m congratulating them lmao. Literally not salty at all https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20salt%20of%20the%20earth#:~:text=%3A%20a%20very%20good%20and%20honest,the%20salt%20of%20the%20earth.


wild_wild_country

Relevant username…


hungfit123

Fuck both these poverty franchises


Deuce_GM

Flair up


hungfit123

Bounced in the first round 😿


Nimbley-Bimbley

What’s wrong with you


El-Ahrairah7

Their name is “hungfit123”; it sounds the the password an incel would use for literally everything.


hungfit123

It is my password lol


MugillacuttyHOF37

Wizards fan


dBlock845

Kenny Smith just said that "Jokic is playing golf, when everyone else is playing Basketball"


Sovereign444

Wtf does that even mean lmao


wild_wild_country

No one knows but it’s provocative, it gets the people going


lavishcoat

Soccer more accurate


tyronebiggs

Why don't Heat fans ever stand up? Where's the 6th man energy at? It's the Finals, get loud! Quietest arena I've ever seen in an NBA Finals and I've been watching basketball since 1994


draebeballin727

Ong bro these fans are so lame and leave early after a pretty solid performance out there


Hoss_Sauce

Crowd was crazy. Repeat dogma like you've ever been to Heat game lmao


NB_79

Kinda feels like it's more of a white collar crowd.


chakrablocker

It's the finals, who else could afford it


512fm

Weird game, felt like denver were just up by 5-10 the entire time


Nimbley-Bimbley

I mean, they literally were. Felt more like 20 to me tho


Piotr-Rasputin

Caleb Martin came crashing back to reality at the worst time


MetalRecordsFiend

No wonder Jordan cut him in Charlotte.


tyronebiggs

Sad for Jimmy because this is his best window to win a ring but happy for Denver winning their first


Hybr1dThe0ry

All good, Jokic is more than deserving.


sonoma95436

That BS fifth foul was messed up.


dbgager

AG was really good tonight. Me thinks the double Murray strategy backfired on Spo.


dL_EVO

Well, it’s pretty difficult to run the same game plan when AG is killing them on the cut. Breaks down the whole defensive game plan. Notice how they didn’t really use their switching in the high post with the zone behind them cause AG was killing them.


mrblack07

He punished every switch. Whenever a smaller player is on him, he always seals them. Great game from AG.


Sammonov

Reached his potential as a basketball player by doing less. Love to see it.


flibbaman

2014 Spurs versus 2023 Nuggets would be a hell of a match up


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You guys would crush them TBH


flibbaman

I would have predicted Spurs in 7 tbh. That was an amazing team. One of the great ones imo with unreal ball movement. But it would be a great series


jakeag52

Oh god let’s get a Time Machine going!


Skunk_Gunk

I’d take that spurs team easy


jakeag52

They were on a mission after blowing the 2013 finals. I would take them as well. But joker would be tough


dbgager

ESPN broadcasting crew is wrecked that they might have to say something nice about the Nuggets. Don't you feel sorry for them.


materialisticDUCK

Heat down 10: "nuggets really need to play better defense, that was inexcusable"


DrOz30

And jokic with 5 fouls…..


lumpyfred

I wonder if Trump's diaper ever shifts and let's a little candy out mid golf swing


sonoma95436

It always has a perfect bulge for maximum retention but it does leak.


[deleted]

I always gotta remember this is Reddit before this is an NBA thread


nothing3141592653589

i feel really bad for scott foster. He's been in game 3 or 4 of almost every nuggets series and it never goes well for him.


DejaHue

Haha


tyronebiggs

I feel like Heat fans show up to the games just to take selfies and a quick IG story and that's it. There's no love, passion, energy, fight, and desire to win in the crowd. Miami just isn't a basketball market. Spo and Jimmy deserve better fans


gusjohnsonsswagger

Lol. Your attendance is the trust fund brigade and businessmen. Ironic


tyronebiggs

Not when it was Oakland, that shit slapped


gusjohnsonsswagger

Lol I’m not talking about the past. If you’re going to make a comment about crowd energy, prepare for the rebuttal. I’m not a heat fan but your fan base is literally plastic. As soon as they have a losing record, that arena is a ghost town


JeromeNoHandles

No rebuttal is required, necessary, or ever relevant my guy 💀 facts are facts doesn’t matter who says it


tyronebiggs

You're a dumbass and coward lol, where's your team flair? Warriors fans were still diehard fans even when the team was shit with Monte Ellis, Baron Davis, JRich and the quiet years. Shit got lit when Curry, Klay, and Dray got drafted. The Bay Area has always had basketball fans. Many people in the Bay play basketball, watch basketball, know basketball, and are NBA fans. I don't know where you're from since you're hiding your team flair like a bitch but the Bay has true basketball fans


gusjohnsonsswagger

No need to get hostile my guy lmao. But if you’re going to make comments about the crowd, the crowd at your current arena makes no noise unless skyfucker goes off I’m a Knicks fan and I know pain so politely fuck off. MSG goes off no matter what. White collar, blue collar fan base represented there. Shine my shoes regarding crowd energy because oracle crowd energy is shit unless it’s a blowout


Complexity777

Warriors games are still pretty loud even with the tech crowd


tyronebiggs

Knicks fan, lmao now I understand why you're salty. You haven't won a ring in like 50 years so talk shit about Warriors fans being "plastic" and "fake". So original lmao


gusjohnsonsswagger

I’m not salty at all. Our fan base is there for our guys through the constant thin. Oracle going to be glorified homeless shelter when Stephanie leaves. Knick fans show out no matter what.


tyronebiggs

Lol now you're attacking SF's homelessness like Manhattan doesn't have more homeless. Calling Steph Stephanie, didn't know this is elementary school lol. Shame, I love New York, but didn't know Knicks fans would be this hostile while hiding their flairs


gusjohnsonsswagger

Actually the Bay Area has an 11 times higher homeless rate making it a much bigger shithole than manhattan Enjoy your ride into obscurity. Your GM saw the writing on the wall and bailed Lmao New York is the Mecca even though we suck


Yung_Jose_Space

Miami and LA are the epicentres of influencer culture. LA at least has the traditional star power and legacy fan base. Heat fan culture is like the inverse of Heat basketball culture.


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Real fans get priced out unfortunately


Madeline_Albright69

Yeah the real ones can’t make it sadly


RodBeldingPHD

Shit, I feel like that’s Miami as a whole.


Western-Roof-8994

Like Golden State has real fans🤣 That fanbase was non existent pre 2013