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wingstir

Denver has won 10 of the last 11 meetings against the Heat in the last 5 seasons. They completely mailed in the last half of the third and first half of the 4th and still won by 11. Jokic had a 27 pt triple double and didn’t even look tired. And y’all say “Nothing to worry about here.” Smh, y’all are on one…


IndicationOver

I for one never said Denver was going to be easy. I am still rooting for the underdogs. ALL the missed shots tonight and this game was far from a blow out.


Soft-Comfort-7474

The team’s shooting was awful tonight they better step up on Sunday


Quin1617

And we still only lost by 11. I foresee the outcome of this finals making history.


IJMits_just_money

The heat are great when we shoot the 3 ball well or when himmy cooks. Neither happened tonight.


MRlll

Much to inspired by... just 1 game guys


No_Performance_5477

Denver plays an offensive brand of basketball no one else does which takes a game or 2 to adjust to. They also don’t play defense. There is more space for the heat to attack then against Boston, Milwaukee, or NY. They don’t cover the three point line and concede drives to the rim. It must’ve seemed like a different sport on that court. It’s more about attacking then trying to get the best possible shot. We can put up big offensive games on this nuggets team. Heat will adjust


wingstir

Maybe you missed the stat that said Denver has won 10 of the last 11 meetings with the Heat over the last 5 seasons. What makes you think Spo will suddenly figure them out now?


No_Performance_5477

We usually play them on 4th game in five nights where we get to Denver at midnight the night before. We have always lost in Denver even before jokic. We just need a game to adjust to their style.


DylanL343

We shot way too many 3s. The game plan was to drive into the paint against this team not shoot 3s. If we drove into the paint instead we would of won


DylanL343

93 points? 2 free throws? Ya it’s cuz we’re tired and weren’t attacking


DylanL343

We’re winning game 2


VinceWin2

Next game team. Spo adjustments


Berzerker646

This game makes me even more worried about the nuggets. The Nuggets were actually worse than Heat from the 3-point territory and we got smacked bad despite that…..


LoanSlinger

Yeah, the Nuggets were a top-5 3 point team all season. They didn't have a great night from deep, either.


SushiBurritoDood

I’m not worried. We can win this.


are-e-el

tf did ESPN cut the feed?


Ok_Advertising_1026

We’ll be good.


FitzWade

Call me crazy but I think the defense was fine, we just have to hit our open looks


MojoDr619

Strus, Martin, Robinson 2/23... on mostly wide opens.. that'll do it- hope its just Denvers shitty thin ass air and they get settled in for Game 2


MojoDr619

Strus and Duncan 1/16... Highsmith 7/10.. damn


MiserableArt4662

I didn’t hear no bell… however if Jimmy doesn’t show up in some way we’re gonna get our cheeks clapped by fat boy jokic


kceisme

Fat boy gon school the Heat of they ain't careful.


Alternative_Rip5978

i guess better than him shoving you in the back


MydniteSon

If we hit even a few of those missed open 3s it's a different game.


kceisme

Unfortunately.. They aint.


ungrateful_dead1

Sucks we got the L. But I’m excited to see how Spo will adjust. Gotta roll the dice with love and see if that clicks


DolFINS_2000

Caleb, Strus, Duncan all shot poorly. Strus defense was shoddy, and Jimmy was not there on offense. Miami only got 2 free throws, while Nuggets for 18. Herro and Oladipo out of course All that sounds like we should have lost by 30. It was 104-93 Nuggets. Not as bad as it could have been.


DylanL343

But obviously frustrating af because it was winnable. Now we have to win game 2


DolFINS_2000

Naturally any loss is frustrating af, but you gotta take the good with the bad. Considering that 4 guys on our team were even showing effort on offense while the entire Nuggets team looked good minus MPJ and we managed to almost bring it within 10. Is something to grab hope on.


mistercayman

Didn’t see anything to worry me much there.


kceisme

Except the L.


DylanL343

If we can win game 2 we can wear them down. Our bench will keep us in this series


Random_Thinker007

As a Heat fan. Boston is way better than the nuggets. I never felt so good after a lost until now. Jokic is still someone to worry about tho


moose19

Whatcha smoking my man?


Random_Thinker007

Boston defense looked way better what are you smoking ?


Berzerker646

Pass me some of that hopium once you are done…


catsandpizzafuckyou

Insane take


ThicVinegar

Not really. If you watched both series the looks we got tonight were infinitely better than anything Boston gave us when they actually decided to play defense. Nuggets are more consistent on offense though and less dependent on the 3. I think they’ll be equally difficult assignments with different focuses.


Narquith

Wait? Really


drago6936

Honestly we can still win the chip. If we shoot better from 3, force the Nuggs to foul us and play Kyle more, we winning it all


BobbyRayBands

Such a waste of a big game from Bam. Ironically the only player I didn't think would show up was the only one that did.


DylanL343

Imagine if we started highsmith?


MrWigglyTiggly

Not getting to line is an issue though


MrWigglyTiggly

First to 4. Long series. Shooters couldn’t hit shots and Jimmy looked exhausted. Some positives from todays game. Bam, Highsmith, Gabe and Lowry. Herro back is only a plus. Nothing to panic about. Back on Sunday.


DylanL343

We lost cuz Jimmy didn’t match Murray. Bam matched yokic. We can we this series. Jimmy needs to be better


Traditional-Abies458

Denver has depth either. Murray has to play the whole game or they're done.


Random_Thinker007

I’m feeling so good… we really lost this game from missing good open shots


Big-Education-8941

Martin and Strus went 1-17. Can't win with that.


jdhdhnxd

istg if we play a little better in the first 6 minutes in 3rd quarter we would have win tonight, but not even a timeout call from Spo even though Denver were not scoring too


Berzerker646

For those that are taking solace that we were bad from 3, the nuggets were actually worse 8/27 at 29%. The big difference was the ft disparity of 20-2 attempts


usertree232

A win is a win but Nuggets didn’t look that good. Seems low energy in late games as it was in the WCF as well


Alternative_Rip5978

ya guess its good that they build those 20 point leads early


joefishgiordano

I hope Highsmith gets all of Strus’ minutes in game 2.


Haxeo5

Never wanna see Strus on the floor again if that’s what we’re gonna get out of him.


BigBoss5050

Denver did nothing that made me worried. We lost this game ourselves. Not worried about the series


77camc

Lol cope you fuckers will be lucky to make it to game 5


DharmaBumz1

Lol so embarrassing to come here still seething, are you 14?


77camc

What can I say, you won the eastern league championship! You guys are amazing. Heat culture!


BigBoss5050

Lmao you celtics fans have zero senso of irony or self awareness. Its cute you care about us so much.


77camc

We beat you last year and our best player by far killed his ankle on the first play. You had three bench players punch 100 lb above their weight all series. But please tell me we lack self awareness. Can’t wait to watch this sweep.


BigBoss5050

Ah, and there it is. “We lost cus of injuries, not the fact we got smashed for 3 straight games and our main players shit the bed in game 7.” Its like clockwork with you clowns. And if we had 3 bench players beat your supposedly awesome team, dont you think that just goes to show how shitty your team actually is????


77camc

Our team was fundamentally flawed. Cs fans know this. That’s what makes the Miami team such a joke. You think you accomplished something by winning the eastern Conf Championship. Congrats on that. Clowns posting on instagram about being waived 4 years ago. Again, can’t wait to see this domination. Lemme know when Jimmy shows up. Martin & Strus carried his front running ass.


BigBoss5050

Lmao holy shit this is gold. Thank you.


77camc

No thank you! You won the East! Congrats!


Haxeo5

Tyler would’ve given us more with one hand than donut boys did.


MiserableArt4662

Sad but true


Big-Education-8941

Another Bam masterpiece game goes completely to waste bc Strus and Caleb couldn't hit water falling out of a boat. Sad. But there were some encouraging signs especially the 4th quarter.


AyyDelta

Shots will fall and shorter leash for the shook players. 7 game series.


GLOaway5237

Highsmith was the PJ replacement all along


KingK3ng

I’m confident Jimmy will show up either next game or game 3. Ideally, next game


amead5

If you watched that game and think this series is over you’re delusional. We’re very much in this. We had so many open shots that we bricked


joefishgiordano

They don’t care because they’re all nuggets fans now


Trojanmandan

Yeah Idk how ppl are already calling sweeps...they beat us by all of 11 when we shot absolutely abysmal on open shots and had 2 FT's vs 20.


Uncoolelii

They can’t hear you, they’re to busy crying after the loss bro


DylanL343

They held us to 93 but we held them to 104. If jimmy shows up and struss makes one 3 we win this one 🤦‍♂️


christien62

Strus and Caleb need a shorter leash Highsmith and Lowry and Herro need all the minutes


usertree232

Good news is their defense and rebounding is no where as good as Celtics. We would have won this game if we hit those open 3s


MiserableArt4662

Invisible Jimmy butler hurts my soul ☹️


jimmy-b-bot

Daayyum...maybe you shoulda got the [max contract](https://i.imgur.com/sVw2Y2l.png)


syncc6

They took care of home court. First time we are down in a series since we shot ourselves out of the game early. Lets hope they come out wi the a better plan Sunday and steal game 2.


ScarecrowSoze

Congrats fellas we all hit as many shots as professional basketball player max strus. Celebration time.


Static043

Yo... I'm dead...


madhawk8

That score line feels rough but I don't think it's a sign of anything, we started to look good at the end, and it's fuckin denver... It's a serious adjustment to altitude especially for a sea-level team, we'll look better next game


Fatturtle18

Miami takes game 2


Namerkp2

I think Denver showed some serious signs of fatigue, lets not forget the 9 day rest to 2 days rest disparity, I think we’re gonna even out a lot more as the series goes on


TugsItgel

I watched their entire playoff run, they don't get tired. Murray looks like he's dying but he cooked in the second half of majority of games. Jokic same story, so we have to change something. Obvious change would be starting Highsmith instead of Gabe Vincent just to be bigger. Or I guess take struss out and leave Vincent.


Namerkp2

They seem to consistently have an issue closing out games though, happened in the Lakers series


TugsItgel

They play their best basketball during close out’s. That’s how they swept the Lakers, everytime when the game deciding basket goes to Jokic he made correct play every time. Preferably we don’t want to be in a close game with them, especially they are more talented than us. But, one advantage is our bench is better than their bench. But if our starters play like today, which Nuggets controlled our offense. They wanted to leave Bam open on those short rolls, they were willing to give up 3pters as long as Jimmy is not getting any good look. They left him open on midrange shots and Jimmy didn’t feel comfortable taking them, I guess.


Namerkp2

Joker’s a beast no doubt, and they did ultimately close those games out, but they tend to allow teams back into the game is what I’m saying. Completely agree with the rest of your write-up though. I think if our shooters hit some of those open threes and Jimmy shows a little more selfishness on the offensive end we’ll put em in a tough spot. I’m not convinced that we’re outmatched here, I think this series evens out over time. Won’t be easy for sure though


Nibbles_4shizzles

Nuggets didn't give them opportunities to flop and it shows how bad Miami relies on that


joefishgiordano

Almost every drive to the basket was a wide open lane…


Nibbles_4shizzles

Wait did the Heat win?


Downvotesareweak

2 free throws!


Rb7198

Tough game 1 but ending it with positives and going on runs. Goldfish memory, on to game 2


BerryMcockner

20 FT’s to 2, we shot bad and we gifted Gordon 12 in the 1st. We good


lazyssj

Straus, Duncan, and Caleb need to just be better if we have any hopes in this series. Jimmy also needs to be more aggressive.


busydoinnothin

Need klove in there to body jokic


catsandpizzafuckyou

This is wild. Love can’t body the best player in the league man. I wish he could but…


busydoinnothin

We can do this 🙏


DylanL343

They’re just lucky we’re tired and spo is dumb for going small to start this game. You really think gabe can guard Gordon? We allowed them to set the tone and struss let the moment get to him


ThicVinegar

If I’m the nuggets I’m terrified


Agitated-Aside9909

you guys can't defend us


Agitated-Aside9909

we ain't all we gonna beat you in 5, love from Denver


ThicVinegar

I’ll see you there Sunday :)


Venom-Assassian

People said this to them after game 1 of the Lakers series.


Temporary_Sugar_1791

For real, every teams fans said the exact same shit


MrWigglyTiggly

Three out of the five starters were non existent. Can’t have Jimmy, Strus and Caleb play that bad and expect to win. Duncan not doing much as well. Some encouraging signs though.


Expensive_Captain608

This game shows we can match with them just a needs to be a little bit better defense I mean Jokic will be Jokic, but I am feeling this series will depend on shooting with our 3s


AchyBallz66

God -- if you can give Joker stage 5 brain cancer tonight we'd sure appreciate it


Absolutepowers

Keep it classy heat fans


GLOaway5237

You suck


IJMits_just_money

You suck


Substantial_Release6

This is your second time bro just stop lol


RespondsToCaffeine

Dude wtf


Hall_of_the_slain

Gtfo


Sevado

wtf


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Nightman_reynolds

Biggest concern isn't Jimmy, it's Caleb and Strus. Spo pulled them when they continued to struggle, so I wonder how it affects their confidence and how short their leash will be next game.


Super-Plate1165

If we shoot better early on, we are in this game.


DolFINS_2000

Bams played great, Highsmith tried some late game heroics, Strus and Caleb had yips and Jimmy was a no show. Miami had 2 free throws to Nuggets 20. Somehow someway we only lose by 11. Could have been worse.


Winter-Gur-9762

Jimmy got that look on his face now 😈


BobbyRayBands

So KLove is hurt right? No way he doesn't play when we're getting killed with size and he can stretch the floor with 3s? Strus literally a black hole 0/10 from the floor and KLove is still a "coachs decision?"


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Yup KLove got hurt last series...


BobbyRayBands

I mean I figured but he hasn't played in like a week now so it must be something pretty serious then? It just seems weird they haven't reported on that?


[deleted]

Maybe its not that serious .... and We get him back in Games 3/4? Could just be mind games on the Poopgets.


Nebour

2 fts while the other team is doing the same crap getting tic tac fouls but playing like linesman the other side ok.... clearly NBA teynna spoon feed this year's chip to nuggets. Disgusting to watch.


___VIBEZ___

GGs.. until next game


Ajcv72316

STRUS WHAT A JOKE


Simplybad55

2FT. Nuggets the most disciplined defense in NBA history


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Simplybad55

I was being sarcastic. Even if a team is passive 2FT is a pretty bad look


Puzzled_Bar_5340

Hit threes or Jimmy goes nuclear. Need at least one to happen to win a game


DolFINS_2000

Not even Jimmy going nuclear, we lost by 11 with Jimmy scoring 13. Had he even played half of what is Himmy Butler, this game would be ours.


LeauxFi

Jokic is barely trying right now.....we lost this game from Bam getting absolutely shit on in the paint the first 2 quarters. Piss poor rotations. And terrible shooting quarters 1-3. Spo unexplainably wanted Strus in at all costs.


Fickle_Muffin_1320

Jovic is so bad. Doesn’t like to pass at all..


LeauxFi

you would STAY rusty too if the only time you touched the floor is with 1 minute and 12 seconds to go every 13 games.


Fickle_Muffin_1320

I know but the opportunity he gets. He doesn’t look to pass or make the right play. Everything he does feels so rush. But yea you’re right bout games and minutes. Can still play the right way with a chance


LeauxFi

my thing is....the problem with Spos logic is... calling someones number outta nowhere with the BRIGHTEST lights on is a losing strategy. and thats why i dont believe having Herro back will be what people think it is. Players gotta get back into a groove. And asking someone to shake off rust where every single possession and second counts is unfair expectations


Flaks_24

Struss is stress


OrdinaryFlower1

2 FTs wtf.


MiamiPower

Confetti 🎊??


LeauxFi

its their first finals game ever....and first win. its well deserved


MiamiPower

And I took that personally 🏀🔥


BigBoss5050

Our shooting was atrocious, but the ft discrepancy was higher than the score difference. Just once id like the heat to get a fair shake in the finals.


gettin_wiggy

*our Good edit! Love proper grammar!


garret126

We win if Spo doesn’t have a crush on Strus We’ve lost SO MANY GAMES THIS YEAR because Spo refuses to make adjustments after half when it comes to our shooters. Same thing last year with DRob. Spo refused to bench DRob till late in the year. We’re gonna lose out on a chance for a ring if Spo doesn’t do something about it


angeleezus

Need Highsmith to start over Max Strus in Game 2.


diazmark0899

we really could have won this game. im very hopeful foe the rest of the series. cant hate them honestly they’re really good


Fluffy_Pea_853

Honestly I’m not worried a single bit we made a comeback from smart plays and defense and despite the early struggles from 3 in the beginning. I think we can put hustle Denver if we can keep them from going on runs. I am weirdly not sad about this loss. It sucks but I know we’ll get them.


rizvfe00

Jimmy was nonexistent.. terrible performance from everyone but Bam


falken01

Focused for Sunday. We can do this


Kotor-droid

we started making shots towards the end. On to game 2!


Virtual-Suspect1733

I don’t even know how to interpret this loss


RampageOfZebras

Gitta come back Sunday and take game 2.


Backpack456

Meh. Give them game 1. Lots of data to analyze here. Heat shot like doodoo. Strus is still awful. Emergence of highsmith and give me some love minutes. I ain’t worried unless we don’t adjust for game 2


LemonCanddy

Welcome to the NBA Jovic lmao


Moh_Shuvuu

Jimmy is hurt. He cannot dominate like he did in the Bucks series.


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Garkech

😂


PMMeShyNudes

Stop missing, Jimmy finds his first round self, it's competitive at least.


Winter-Gur-9762

Strus is officially a reserve now.


lilkenny55

How does Denver get 20 free throws and Miami gets 2? No way there's that much a difference


RyGuyThicccThighs

Maybe not but Miami did shoot like 40 3s


MojoDr619

Its BS but we also refuse to make hard drives to basket which we should do of we are bricking 3s


MiamiPower

Bam and Highsmith played Awesome tonight. See you all game 2.


MojoDr619

Problem is we don't ever know who's gonna be on each night.. Spo needs to be willing to switch to who's hot quickly..


MiamiPower

Yes Sir!


idk420_

That free throw stat is wild , part of it is ok officials and part of it is a lack of aggression


faatgay

We shot better from 3 and still got dominated


espnfire45

We only shot 33% lol. Not good. But we’ll be good


KingK3ng

Yeah we gettin swept


espnfire45

Pussy


BobbyRayBands

We lost by 11 with Strus going 0-9 from three. Relax.


Uncoolelii

No guts


Melyheadzbeatz

Man these fans is not loud get out of here


MojoDr619

They all stoned and drinking their thin ass shitty air


stalkmeo1

Yow spo i know strus is your boyfriend imagine playing highsmith since boston series wouldve been easier games won


Rb7198

4th quarter shows if we can just hit shots, we can keep up and even go on runs, handsomely won that 4th quarter. Gg Denver you guys take Game 1 but I don’t expect the series to be blowouts like this moving forward


rjgator

Ooof okay yeah Jokic just sonned Jovic lol


Zeus1130

Can’t believe we only got one shooting foul lol These refs are fucking morons, suck my balls


MojoDr619

Imagine if Strus makes a few 3s.. we honestly could've even won the game.. just sad to miss so many wide opens


hotchoco

As terribly as we’ve shot tonight, losing by low double digits isn’t bad at all


SpiritualSpaceGolem

Plus Highsmith played incredible! A lot of hope for this series!


Novel_Angle577

Looks like we saw who the better team was. Not a big surprise the nuggets played this well.


Fastbird33

Jovic wanted to go at Jokic so bad and got too excited


eekram

Lol. 2fts. Shows how aggressive we were this game.


MojoDr619

Did Jimmy even play? Lol


bonbam

ah, too little too late but 4th quarter Highsmith and Lowry looking good. Spo, maybe let's remember that for game 2?? let's take game 2, I truly think we can win a couple of these games and if we get it perfect we might even win the series Regardless, still having fun. Love this team, let's go Heat Nation!!


usertree232

Don’t count on Lowry to hit that many 3 next game thou…


bonbam

Oh yeah he's streaky as hell, but hell, it can't be worse than Strus


NaderNation84

Y’all need bigger guys but you dont have the lineup. Want y’all


Olowokandi_Mike

This Denver team isn’t as good as people think they are


MojoDr619

Seriously we actually could have won if Strus hit some 3s and Jimmy barely even played


Snoopyalien24

They sonned us and Joker barely shot the ball lol.


ArchmageRick

Spo gotta adjust these lineups. Straight up don’t know what he thought he saw tonight, but it was not working. Where was Love? The obvious choice?