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NBA FINALS 2023: Miami Heat vs Denver Nuggets

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Spo: "The ball bounced in the only place that could hurt us"
 
I’m not one to buy into emotional ups and downs for pro athletes. But I dunno how the heat aren’t done after that comeback then loss.
 
The Heat are cooked. Boston has been the better team over the course of the series. They'll probably be like 8 point favorites and I expect a double digit win for them
 
MirORich said:
I’m taking MIA in game 7 btw.
Better coach, better defined roles.

That said, this is where the Celtics get an opportunity to change that narrative. Don’t want to see them do it though, as you don’t want a team led by two young stars in your conference to grow into championship DNA

Huge game and win for the NBA
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They proved they can win there. Not sure why so many are giving up, but Butler has to show up, man… Love him but he was not good, at all tonight.
 
J_J said:
Mann I love Coach Spol. That’s a tough loss but what he says is very intelligent. Wish we have a coach like him. I wouldn’t be surprised if Miami wins in game 7.
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I would be surprised. Boston now has tape on how Miami engineered that comeback. If Miami had held, Boston would be watching it in the off-season instead.
 
godfather said:
They proved they can win there. Not sure why so many are giving up, but Butler has to show up, man… Love him but he was not good, at all tonight.
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It’s why LeBron is/was so great.

With the exception of maybe one time(the 2011 Finals) you could count on him to do his thing every game. Maybe not a historic game every game but an up to par game.

He didn’t have series with 3-4 good/great games and 2-3 bad games.

That’s not a knock on Jimmy Butler but it’s what separates stars/kinda superstars from generational players. Consistent, almost uninterrupted excellence that you could count on 95% of the time.
 
If it was any other team I'd say they were done and going to get blown out.

Boston is the perfect team to lose game 7 at home(fond 2018 memory) and the Heat are a team I trust to win a big road playoff game.
 
Jscc said:
I get Spo's reason for having Strus out there. If you put in someone like Highsmith or someone less experienced, they may foul a Boston shooter that would end the game. Strus got caught ball watching though and let White crash.
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Strus does box out Horford. I think someone else was suppose to come pick up White and it all got mixed up. It's basically why you don't do something weird on a set play like that to end the game, if guys aren't use to doing something, they are going to mess up in the heat of the moment.

Also if you are going to put someone under the basket, I'm not sure why they didn't opt for a big.
 
MirORich said:
It’s why LeBron is/was so great.

With the exception of maybe one time(the 2011 Finals) you could count on him to do his thing every game. Maybe not a historic game every game but an up to par game.

He didn’t have series with 3-4 good/great games and 2-3 bad games.

That’s not a knock on Jimmy Butler but it’s what separates stars/kinda superstars from generational players. Consistent, almost uninterrupted excellence that you could count on 95% of the time.
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LeBron had some stinkers against Boston in 2009. He was pretty bad overall against the Mavs in the 2010 Finals
 
MirORich said:
It’s why LeBron is/was so great.

With the exception of maybe one time(the 2011 Finals) you could count on him to do his thing every game. Maybe not a historic game every game but an up to par game.

He didn’t have series with 3-4 good/great games and 2-3 bad games.

That’s not a knock on Jimmy Butler but it’s what separates stars/kinda superstars from generational players. Consistent, almost uninterrupted excellence that you could count on 95% of the time.
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Yea, I was just thinking about 2018 Bron game 7 in Boston(and that series as a whole). Absolute generational shit. It's a huge feather in his goat cap.
 
That’s going to be a hard loss to bounce back from.

Heat are cooked.
 
HammerGold said:
LeBron had some stinkers against Boston in 2009. He was pretty bad overall against the Mavs in the 2010 Finals
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Mavs was 2011 Finals but we’re on the same page about that.

But his stinkers(or even just average games), even before he reached his true prime(2011-200 imo) were still so few and far between. And even Jordan had some games like that.the average stats will often have 1-2, sometimes 3 bad shooting games in a 7 game series.

Ti be the best of the best you need that consistent almost every game excellence that Jordan, LeBron, and a few others had
 
White's voice is about as weird as his face/head.
 
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