kane
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First correct thing you've posted
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We get it, Denver is the bigger team and that could be a big factor in the series. Why isn't Love starting? Coaches decision.
kane
EOG master
Love didn't start game 7 in Boston, coach's decision. How'd that work out?
Results are irrelevant. Who was the better coach game 1?
kane
EOG master
Love hasn't been starting due to the outstanding play of Caleb Martin, Spo replaced Love with Martin in the SL, Martin came up one vote shy of winning the ECF's MVP, he's been their second best player in the playoffs
That's why Malone was the better coach. Screw results, Love should have started.
kane
EOG master
There wasn't one, you seem to think any time a team loses that means they got outcoached, which is silly, the Nuggets played better, they won the game
kane
EOG master
So Spo should have benched their second best player in the playoffs to start Kevin Love. I understand that you know more about basketball than Spo, I get that you know more about the Heat and their players than Spo, I get all of that, but as crazy as it sounds, I think I'm gonna have to go with whatever Spo thinks is best for the team
How about at least putting Love in the game.
That has nothing to do with Den/Mia game 1. Should Love sit the whole game?
kane
EOG master
Ever since Love got here, Spo has been using him sometimes as a starter, sometimes off the bench, and sometimes not at all, it's mostly matchup dependent, Spo is the best coach in the league, I'll trust his judgement, with Martin being ill and possibly not playing, that might mean minutes for Love
kane
EOG master
Whatever the best coach in the NBA decides, I'm fine with
kane
EOG master
I'm asking if you thought Spo got out coached by Mazzulla in the three games they lost
So you did Spo's recap of game 1 before the game again Malone or Spo, better coach game 1?
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No. Spo's a great coach, nothing to do with game 1.
NBA Finals Game 1 grades: Aaron Gordon, Michael Malone earn high marks in Nuggets win over Heat
Jun. 1—Denver Nuggets' grades from a 104-93 Game 1 win in the NBA Finals over the Miami Heat at Ball Arena. Offense Nikola Jokic attempted only three shots in the first half and the Nuggets led by 17 points at the break. Quality scoring depth outside their all-world center is exactly why Denver...
kane
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Just because a team loses, it doesn't mean they got out coached, when you have a height and size disadvantage like the Heat has, there's just so much a coach can do. You won't find anyone who thinks Malone is a better coach than Spo, and assuming Denver goes on to win the series, it still won't change the fact that Malone isn't a better coach
kane
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LOL, here's the guy who wrote the articleNBA Finals Game 1 grades: Aaron Gordon, Michael Malone earn high marks in Nuggets win over Heat
Jun. 1—Denver Nuggets' grades from a 104-93 Game 1 win in the NBA Finals over the Miami Heat at Ball Arena. Offense Nikola Jokic attempted only three shots in the first half and the Nuggets led by 17 points at the break. Quality scoring depth outside their all-world center is exactly why Denver...www.yahoo.com
Kyle Fredrickson, The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Great, a writer who covers the Nuggets gave Malone an "A" because Jokic is the best passer in the league and is always able to find the open man
Strus
Everyone but you would say Malone was the better coach game 1.
kane
EOG master
Strus what? You're blaming Spo's coaching for Strus shooting 0/10 from three, LOL
kane
EOG master
Never said Spo was the better coach in game 1, all I said was he wasn't out coached just because they lost
So we agree, Malone was the better coach game 1?
Love over Strus.
kane
EOG master
This is what the Nuggets homer said
National television pundits holding out on the Nuggets bandwagon are running out of excuses to pick against Denver.
WTF is he talking about? Everyone is picking Denver to win, the only two people in the country picking Miami is Skip Bayless and Dell
National television pundits holding out on the Nuggets bandwagon are running out of excuses to pick against Denver.
WTF is he talking about? Everyone is picking Denver to win, the only two people in the country picking Miami is Skip Bayless and Dell
kane
EOG master
Love is a forward, Strus is a guard, please stop telling Spo what players he should play
kane
EOG master
No we don't agree, there wasn't a better coach in game 1
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railbird
EOG Master
celtics dont have a center. heat beat 3 overrated teams
kane
EOG master
You want Kevin Love to start at shooting guard, okay I think I'm done here
Martin moves to guard. kane can't adjust.
kane
EOG master
They beat the team with the best record in the league, they beat the team with the second best record in the league, you know as much about the NBA as you do spelling
This will be great when Love starts and kane looks like a fool, not the first time. At least Love will get some time.
kane
EOG master
Love might get some run tonight.
Forward Caleb Martin missed practice because of an illness that the team lists as a head issue; he’s listed as questionable for Game 2.
And center Cody Zeller (right foot sprain) is listed as questionable for Game 2.
As for Martin, he’s averaging 13.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and shooting 44 percent on three pointers in the playoffs. If he’s limited on Sunday, the Heat could turn to Kevin Love (who might get minutes regardless) and Haywood Highsmith, who scored 18 points in Game 2.
Forward Caleb Martin missed practice because of an illness that the team lists as a head issue; he’s listed as questionable for Game 2.
And center Cody Zeller (right foot sprain) is listed as questionable for Game 2.
As for Martin, he’s averaging 13.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and shooting 44 percent on three pointers in the playoffs. If he’s limited on Sunday, the Heat could turn to Kevin Love (who might get minutes regardless) and Haywood Highsmith, who scored 18 points in Game 2.
jimmythegreek
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Haywood Highsmith as Kane mentioned, of all people, scored 18 off the bench but most of it with the game already decided. I anticipate him as well as Love will see more minutes in quality if Martin is still not doing better. I still have that 8-0 Denver run fresh in my mind starting the 4th as I had to sweat out my pick in the final couple of minutes.
Miami needs to hit more efficiently from the perimeter if they can't penetrate to the basket and get to the ft line with the size disadvantage. 2 free throws isn't going to get it done. Denver got the scoring they needed with their core four and Brown. However, we know Jokic will end up with his triple double, but the team must maintain dictating tempo to score the ball more efficiently, particularly with Gordon and Porter. Bam will steer clear of the joker, but if Denver doesn't play a more consistent offense going up and down the floor and a better shooting effort from beyond the arc, Miami will make game 2 closer if they can get to the line while hitting high pct shots with a collective defensive effort. The Nuggets shot 51% overall, but credit the Heat defense holding them to just 30% from 3.
Miami needs to hit more efficiently from the perimeter if they can't penetrate to the basket and get to the ft line with the size disadvantage. 2 free throws isn't going to get it done. Denver got the scoring they needed with their core four and Brown. However, we know Jokic will end up with his triple double, but the team must maintain dictating tempo to score the ball more efficiently, particularly with Gordon and Porter. Bam will steer clear of the joker, but if Denver doesn't play a more consistent offense going up and down the floor and a better shooting effort from beyond the arc, Miami will make game 2 closer if they can get to the line while hitting high pct shots with a collective defensive effort. The Nuggets shot 51% overall, but credit the Heat defense holding them to just 30% from 3.
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pro analyser
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The last 30 playoff series the heat have played they have been down 0-2 only twice. I will be on miami in gm2