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Post by bignuggets on May 23, 2023 22:09:40 GMT -5
Honestly more worried about the days off than either team. The rest is great but you do lose some momentum and the team was rolling. Miami is the obvious choice here IMO. Them shooting 3's in Denver early on will be interesting. If they aren't shooting the lights out they aren't that dangerous offensively and I think were a bad matchup defensively for them assuming everyone plays up to there standards. I'm not afraid of Boston or anything but the way they could attack our defense is alot more dangerous especially if Tatum/Brown figure out how to handle the pressure. Tatum did tonight, Brown another no show. Gonna predict they don’t lose any momentum, and Denver comes out like they did game 1 against Minnesota when they turned it back on. Can’t wait to see the team rested and re-energized. |
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Post by mountnuggs on May 23, 2023 22:19:21 GMT -5
I don't want to take any risk and will be cheering for Miami tonight ...they will also get a long rest (8 days) but I don't want to face Boston in the NBA Finals Same but Miami terrifies me. And they are getting herro backThey have so many guys who can score and defend. I have no idea how we can stop them. Butler. Lowry. Bam. Love. Vincent. Strus. Martin. Robinson. But home court is too valuable so we need Miami to win You sure about that? heatnation.com/rumors/report-tyler-herro-unlikely-to-return-for-miami-heat-in-nba-finals/ |
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Post by famicommander on May 23, 2023 22:21:56 GMT -5
Herro is a gigantic defensive liability anyway. He makes them better on offense but I'm not sure if the trade off is worth it.
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Post by inyourmind on May 23, 2023 22:22:52 GMT -5
Yeah you guys are probably right. Just being paranoid that if Boston pushes this thing to 6/7 they'll be coming in with alot of momentum after upsetting everybody and the Nuggets will be a little rusty after the break. They are old as s**t so fatigue is for sure a factor but my thinking was if Miami closed it out tonight than both teams will be rested with no momentum at all and a little rusty and the Nuggets as the better team should be able to pull it off. If Boston pulls the miracle off than there going to be absolutely flying coming in.
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Post by inyourmind on May 23, 2023 22:25:05 GMT -5
Herro is a gigantic defensive liability anyway. He makes them better on offense but I'm not sure if the trade off is worth it. Not to mention it'll change what's working offensively. Like if Herro comes back it alters everybody's role and if he doesn't perform at his absolute best than it's a loss for them. It's a hand injury so would assume his shooting won't be at his best and given how Miami has been shooting in these playoffs I'll take my chances with him taking those shots away. Famous last words I'm sure but I lowkey want Herro to come back. |
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Post by famicommander on May 23, 2023 22:25:48 GMT -5
I've heard half a dozen guys on TV today, including Kenny Smith just now, call Jamal Murray a shooting guard.
Man gets no respect for his playmaking. He's dropping 6 assists a game these playoffs.
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Post by rock on May 23, 2023 22:33:56 GMT -5
Boston extends it to 5, at least. This is amazing and terrible at the same time |
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Post by rock on May 23, 2023 22:34:35 GMT -5
Miami is old. Lowry is 37, Love is 34, Butler is 33, Zeller is 30. We want them as worn down as possible coming into the altitude for game 1. That’s if Miami wins |
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Post by inyourmind on May 23, 2023 22:35:09 GMT -5
Nuggets don't get enough credit for developing Murray as a PG. He had played it some prior to college ball but at Kentucky he played with Ulis who was a PG and nothing else. Murray was used off the ball way more. Coming into the NBA the consensus was he was a combo guard and or a SG. Even as a rookie I wanna say Nelson/Mudiay got way more run at PG and Murray played alot of SG. That's 2 straight years of high level basketball where you aren't the primary PG. Murray as a combo guard has decent size and is abit undersized as a two. At PG he has great size. Huge win by Malone/Nuggets developing him there.
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Post by famicommander on May 23, 2023 22:35:27 GMT -5
Miami is old. Lowry is 37, Love is 34, Butler is 33, Zeller is 30. We want them as worn down as possible coming into the altitude for game 1. That’s if Miami wins Boston is soft and their coach is dumb. They'll fold up in 6, if not 5. |
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Post by BBBbbb on May 24, 2023 2:36:39 GMT -5
Nuggets don't get enough credit for developing Murray as a PG. I still don't see the PG in him, he is a SG but it works because he plays with Jokic. He's offensive game that is working is what you see from attack first players, regardless if they're guards of forwards.
Not saying he's unplayable at PG (without Jokic ofc), but that he is at best a league average (if not below) player in that role. |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2023 4:47:05 GMT -5
I'm cheering for Miami in game 5 ...Boston's game 4 win scared me a bit
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2023 4:53:55 GMT -5
Miami 122 Boston 107 Jimmy Buckets with 29 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists Bam Adebayo with 15 points, 14 rebounds, 3 blocks Vincent with 20 points, 3 assists, 2 steals Duncan Robinson with 18 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds Caleb Martin with 15 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 steal Kyle Lowry with 8 points, 5 assists Kevin Love with 4 points, 2 rebounds  |
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Post by duh88 on May 24, 2023 6:20:34 GMT -5
Damn son - getting fancy with the GIFs!
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Post by JB on May 24, 2023 7:35:18 GMT -5
Boston extends it to 5, at least. This is amazing and terrible at the same time **hypothetically speaking** beating a legacy team like the Celtics that had just made NBA history en route to the finals would add more gravitas to our championship lore. I'm hoping it happens. |
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Post by GBG on May 24, 2023 7:57:07 GMT -5
Miami is old. Lowry is 37, Love is 34, Butler is 33, Zeller is 30. We want them as worn down as possible coming into the altitude for game 1. That’s if Miami wins This guy almost has me convinced Miami won’t win. Almost… |
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Post by mountnuggs on May 24, 2023 8:00:46 GMT -5
This is amazing and terrible at the same time **hypothetically speaking** beating a legacy team like the Celtics that had just made NBA history en route to the finals would add more gravitas to our championship lore. I'm hoping it happens. Sorry about this but that scares me. Here's Why coming back 3-0 and winning a series would be a huge Momentum boost for them not to mention they would have Home court don't believe me look what the Boston Redsox after they came back 3-0 vs. the New York Yankees they won the WS. |
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Post by GBG on May 24, 2023 8:07:24 GMT -5
**hypothetically speaking** beating a legacy team like the Celtics that had just made NBA history en route to the finals would add more gravitas to our championship lore. I'm hoping it happens. Sorry about this but that scares me. Here's Why coming back 3-0 and winning a series would be a huge Momentum boost for them not to mention they would have Home court don't believe me look what the Boston Redsox after they came back 3-0 vs. the New York Yankees they won the WS. 0-150 is a very tough history to overcome. Really think this dysfunctional and mentally weak Celtics team will break that futility streak? Series could go 6, but no longer than that. If it goes 7, I agree Boston is very dangerous and could be first of 151 teams to come back from behind 0-3 to win a playoff series. If they do that, then yeah, they prolly win the NBA championship too. |
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Post by JB on May 24, 2023 8:14:04 GMT -5
**hypothetically speaking** beating a legacy team like the Celtics that had just made NBA history en route to the finals would add more gravitas to our championship lore. I'm hoping it happens. Sorry about this but that scares me. Here's Why coming back 3-0 and winning a series would be a huge Momentum boost for them not to mention they would have Home court don't believe me look what the Boston Redsox after they came back 3-0 vs. the New York Yankees they won the WS. the only way the Celtics are advancing to the finals is if the Heat suffer a catastrophic collapse, it will not be due to the brilliant decision making from coach Mazulla or Tatum and Brown suddenly discovering their MJ and Scottie gear. they will also be completely mentally and physically exhausted going up against a rested Nuggets team. and a rested Nuggets team is like Batman with prep time. |
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Post by wizardofcozz on May 24, 2023 8:18:45 GMT -5
I definitely can see the MIA/BOS series going to a game 6, I think BOS has a 60%+ chance to win game 5 in Boston, but that game 6 in MIA will be tough. It's also hard to beat the same team 4 times in a row after they just beat you 3 in a row. There is going to be a game BOS doesn't shoot well from 3 and they don't win games they don't shoot the 3 ball well!!
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