![]() ![]() He is a major reason the Heat beat all comers in the Eastern Conference and became just the second 8-seed ever (with the 1999 New York Knicks) to make the NBA Finals. He went from film room grunt to LeBron James whipping boy to one of the top coaches in the NBA. Heat coach Eric Spoelstra is one of the best stories in basketball. Eric Spoelstra has met his match in Michael Malone Miami had an incredible run as an 8-seed making it to the NBA Finals, but Game 1 showed the Nuggets simply have too much top-end talent for the Heat to compete with. The rankings go Jokic, Butler, Jamal Murray, Adebayo, Aaron Gordon, Michael Porter Jr., and everyone else below that. Denver has four of the best six players in this series. In addition to the talent gap at the top of the rosters, the Nuggets' advantages in this area continue down the roster. Against the Nuggets, the Heat need everything they can get on the offensive end from Bam, and guarding Jokic means that’s not possible.Īdebayo had an excellent offensive night in his NBA Finals Game 1 effort, leading his team with 26 points, but how much longer can he keep this up while battling with Jokic on the other end? That requires a Herculean effort from the Miami center and puts him at risk of getting in foul trouble. The best way to slow Jokic down is by putting Adebayo on him. Jokic is simply on another level right now, and there is nothing the Heat can do about it. But that proves the point even more, when 27 points, 14 assists, and 10 rebounds are considered a ho-hum performance for “The Joker.” The big man didn’t have his most dominating stat line of the playoffs. With all due respect to Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo, two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic is the best player in this series. ![]() Nikola Jokic is the best player in the series With the way Denver dominated Miami in Game 1, it now seems that the outcome of Nuggets-Heat is already decided, and Nikola Jokic and company are destined to win the franchise’s first NBA title. A convincing win in any NBA Finals game is huge, but this one seemed to have even more significance than usual. The home team took it to the Eastern Conference visitors 104-93, and it never seemed that close. The Denver Nuggets NBA Finals Game 1 win over the Miami Heat was a convincing one. ![]()
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