2025 NBA Season

[Sanitough]

Well, the expected "blowout" I would say.

I said they will win by 15 or more and it looked that way after 3 quarter.
Left the off the gas paddle and lost the last quarter by 10 to win "only" be 11.

Still a good demonstration of what's to come in this series.

Jokic with a mandatory triple double on great shooting splits, this guy is just ridiculous. Without Butler having a good game and Robinson hitting some 3s Miami will be in BIG trouble!

This is how they should perform if they really want this as their first Championship.
Luckily I was able to place a bet with them since I'm really confident that they can beat Heat.
Heat should not expect for a luck this time as they are facing a tough team, and if they also want a win here they should start working out for this and do some extra effort in the court. Game 1 was clearly dominated by Denver as expected, they are the favorite team to win here.

It was a good bet on Game 1, with the Nuggets winning and covering the spread. However, personally, I wouldn't take the same bet for Game 2. Currently, the spread is -9, which I believe is quite high. I have a feeling that the Miami Heat will make significant adjustments and play harder than they did in Game 1. Therefore, I think it's a better idea to bet live during the game. The Heat might have a strong start, but the Nuggets are likely to finish well and secure the win. However, I have doubts that they will be able to cover the -9 spread.

[Dave1]

So far the game is going about how I expected. Miami can’t cover MPJ and Ben Gordon. Looks like they’re leaving Ben Gordon open who is absolutely punishing them right now. They’re going to probably switch up and let MPJ run free in the second half. Nice to see Denver immediately exploiting their advantages. Miami is in trouble and we’re only 9 minutes in.

It's Aaron Gordon btw, and he's really punishing below with those smaller defenders on him. The switches Denver are absolutely stunning and I guess this will be a blowout game for the Denver unless Miami make some adjustments and decrease that outside shooting, they're really salty out there especially for Strus right now with 0-6 3PT FG.

Yeah, it was Gordon who are doing the damage and says the guard of the Heat is "too little", so for game 1, he has the impact for the Nuggets.

For Struss, we went scoreless for the first time in a series opener and they've lost big time. Time for him to make the adjustments next game, it might be over if the Nuggets scores 2-0. They haven't been in this kind of score in the playoff, they even went 3-0 against the Boston Celtics. But it seems this is a different team that they are playing and we should also give coach Malone some credit for inspiring his players.

[Yamifoud]

So far the game is going about how I expected. Miami can’t cover MPJ and Ben Gordon. Looks like they’re leaving Ben Gordon open who is absolutely punishing them right now. They’re going to probably switch up and let MPJ run free in the second half. Nice to see Denver immediately exploiting their advantages. Miami is in trouble and we’re only 9 minutes in.

It's Aaron Gordon btw, and he's really punishing below with those smaller defenders on him. The switches Denver are absolutely stunning and I guess this will be a blowout game for the Denver unless Miami make some adjustments and decrease that outside shooting, they're really salty out there especially for Strus right now with 0-6 3PT FG.

Yeah, it was Gordon who are doing the damage and says the guard of the Heat is "too little", so for game 1, he has the impact for the Nuggets.

For Struss, we went scoreless for the first time in a series opener and they've lost big time. Time for him to make the adjustments next game, it might be over if the Nuggets scores 2-0. They haven't been in this kind of score in the playoff, they even went 3-0 against the Boston Celtics. But it seems this is a different team that they are playing and we should also give coach Malone some credit for inspiring his players.

The Nuggets have adopted a different approach this time around. Despite having a size advantage, they are not solely relying on driving the ball. They have shown excellent ball movement and have confident outside shooters. Jokic, in particular, poses a significant challenge for the Heat as they struggle to contain him, and he elevates the performance of his team. If the Heat can find a way to make Jokic's life difficult, there is a chance for them to secure a victory. However, the question remains as to how they will accomplish that.

[Wapfika]

If the Heat can find a way to make Jokic's life difficult, there is a chance for them to secure a victory. However, the question remains as to how they will accomplish that.

I doubt that anyone on Heat capable on guarding Jokic perfectly to stop him making a play. His height is for center but his position is almost like a point guard which is very hard to play defense with since he is the play maker not the typical center that inside the ring. Heat only hope is for Bam Adebayo play a crucial defense against Jokic because he is the only player on heat capable on doing that with his height. But I doubt poor Bam can do anything against Jokic.

Needless to say, Heat needs to keep shooting and answer back on Nuggets aggression so that Jokic wouldn’t have time to rest. They should tire out Jokic if they want to win this series.

[ultrloa]

So far the game is going about how I expected. Miami can’t cover MPJ and Ben Gordon. Looks like they’re leaving Ben Gordon open who is absolutely punishing them right now. They’re going to probably switch up and let MPJ run free in the second half. Nice to see Denver immediately exploiting their advantages. Miami is in trouble and we’re only 9 minutes in.

It's Aaron Gordon btw, and he's really punishing below with those smaller defenders on him. The switches Denver are absolutely stunning and I guess this will be a blowout game for the Denver unless Miami make some adjustments and decrease that outside shooting, they're really salty out there especially for Strus right now with 0-6 3PT FG.

Yeah, it was Gordon who are doing the damage and says the guard of the Heat is "too little", so for game 1, he has the impact for the Nuggets.

For Struss, we went scoreless for the first time in a series opener and they've lost big time. Time for him to make the adjustments next game, it might be over if the Nuggets scores 2-0. They haven't been in this kind of score in the playoff, they even went 3-0 against the Boston Celtics. But it seems this is a different team that they are playing and we should also give coach Malone some credit for inspiring his players.

The Nuggets have adopted a different approach this time around. Despite having a size advantage, they are not solely relying on driving the ball. They have shown excellent ball movement and have confident outside shooters. Jokic, in particular, poses a significant challenge for the Heat as they struggle to contain him, and he elevates the performance of his team. If the Heat can find a way to make Jokic's life difficult, there is a chance for them to secure a victory. However, the question remains as to how they will accomplish that.

Jokic creates good impact to this team since they don't know on how to handle this guy since if they guard him he can pass the ball quickly to any open teammates around and also if he left open he will make sure that Heat will pay for letting him shoot. Also Gordon perform very well on mismatches so I guess Heat coaching staff will find hard to figure out what strategy they should use since  they know for their selves that Nuggets is big and fast. If they only rely on Jimmy and Adebayo for sure there's nothing gonna happen since for sure they will just be dominated by Nuggets core.

[Distinctin]

Jokic creates good impact to this team since they don't know on how to handle this guy since if they guard him he can pass the ball quickly to any open teammates around and also if he left open he will make sure that Heat will pay for letting him shoot. Also Gordon perform very well on mismatches so I guess Heat coaching staff will find hard to figure out what strategy they should use since  they know for their selves that Nuggets is big and fast. If they only rely on Jimmy and Adebayo for sure there's nothing gonna happen since for sure they will just be dominated by Nuggets core.

That's the advantage the Nuggets possess with their talented outside shooters. If the Heat double-team Jokic, it would create open opportunities for the Nuggets, potentially leading to an easy win. Therefore, the Heat are opting for single coverage on Jokic, focusing on denying open shots to the other players. One strategy the Heat could employ is to attempt to get Jokic into early foul trouble, disrupt his rhythm, and provoke him emotionally. I'm not sure if there's someone on the Heat capable of executing that strategy, but it's worth a try.

[yazher]

That's the advantage the Nuggets possess with their talented outside shooters. If the Heat double-team Jokic, it would create open opportunities for the Nuggets, potentially leading to an easy win. Therefore, the Heat are opting for single coverage on Jokic, focusing on denying open shots to the other players. One strategy the Heat could employ is to attempt to get Jokic into early foul trouble, disrupt his rhythm, and provoke him emotionally. I'm not sure if there's someone on the Heat capable of executing that strategy, but it's worth a try.

I never thought of the Nuggets blowing out the lead throughout the game against the Heat and because their rosters have lots of improvements this year, the Heat cannot handle them and can't d anything about it until the end of the game. They had some decent runs in the 4th quarter but not enough to take the lead because the Nuggets are not gonna give up for their easy basket as well even though they were tired to keep up the phase with the Heat. Green is helping a lot for the Nuggets this time and Jokic is not alone anymore for the team after this game, the Heat is in trouble because they seem not ready yet for the Nugget's offensive strategy this time.

[AbuBhakar]

That's the advantage the Nuggets possess with their talented outside shooters. If the Heat double-team Jokic, it would create open opportunities for the Nuggets, potentially leading to an easy win. Therefore, the Heat are opting for single coverage on Jokic, focusing on denying open shots to the other players. One strategy the Heat could employ is to attempt to get Jokic into early foul trouble, disrupt his rhythm, and provoke him emotionally. I'm not sure if there's someone on the Heat capable of executing that strategy, but it's worth a try.

I never thought of the Nuggets blowing out the lead throughout the game against the Heat and because their rosters have lots of improvements this year, the Heat cannot handle them and can't d anything about it until the end of the game. They had some decent runs in the 4th quarter but not enough to take the lead because the Nuggets are not gonna give up for their easy basket as well even though they were tired to keep up the phase with the Heat. Green is helping a lot for the Nuggets this time and Jokic is not alone anymore for the team after this game, the Heat is in trouble because they seem not ready yet for the Nugget's offensive strategy this time.

Yeah, The only time Heat manage to have a good run is when Jokic is resting but the game back to the business flow when Jokic is on the floor. Heat manage to give a decent match against Nuggets with a very good performance. Miami Heat is struggling on their field goal even against with Boston but now they can give a good fight on a perfect shape Nuggets.

I think games 2 is a different story because Adebayo and Jimmy are showing a great improvement on offense. Heat might still adjusting on high altitude on this game 1.

[Velvet78]

Nuggets started off with a win in the series and this made me really happy. Because Nuggets have no NBA championship in their history so this is the biggest opportunity for them. Heat have like three championships and this is even a season in which most people weren't expecting to see them progressing this much. They finished the regular season as the eight team in their conference in the end.

But I think the dream run is about to end for Heat. I hope so as well. Because it is so hard to overlook Jokic's incredible effort on one hand. He has been one of the most consistent impressive players in this season. He is doing his best in every single game for the championship.

[MK-74]

As I thought, the Denver Nuggets won the first game.
The Denver Nuggets in the first 3 quarters were very good last night.
Jokic is a very good player, we saw that again last night.

I think the Denver Nuggets will win the second game.

[Distinctin]

That's the advantage the Nuggets possess with their talented outside shooters. If the Heat double-team Jokic, it would create open opportunities for the Nuggets, potentially leading to an easy win. Therefore, the Heat are opting for single coverage on Jokic, focusing on denying open shots to the other players. One strategy the Heat could employ is to attempt to get Jokic into early foul trouble, disrupt his rhythm, and provoke him emotionally. I'm not sure if there's someone on the Heat capable of executing that strategy, but it's worth a try.

I never thought of the Nuggets blowing out the lead throughout the game against the Heat and because their rosters have lots of improvements this year, the Heat cannot handle them and can't d anything about it until the end of the game. They had some decent runs in the 4th quarter but not enough to take the lead because the Nuggets are not gonna give up for their easy basket as well even though they were tired to keep up the phase with the Heat. Green is helping a lot for the Nuggets this time and Jokic is not alone anymore for the team after this game, the Heat is in trouble because they seem not ready yet for the Nugget's offensive strategy this time.

Despite what happened, it seems that the Miami Heat still face an uphill battle and have little chance of winning. From what I recall, the Heat were only able to reduce the deficit to 10 points, but the Nuggets managed to maintain control and secure the victory. While the excitement may have been present for bettors who wagered on the point spread, fans who simply wanted to see a clear winner were likely satisfied with the Nuggets' performance.

[arwin100]

That's the advantage the Nuggets possess with their talented outside shooters. If the Heat double-team Jokic, it would create open opportunities for the Nuggets, potentially leading to an easy win. Therefore, the Heat are opting for single coverage on Jokic, focusing on denying open shots to the other players. One strategy the Heat could employ is to attempt to get Jokic into early foul trouble, disrupt his rhythm, and provoke him emotionally. I'm not sure if there's someone on the Heat capable of executing that strategy, but it's worth a try.

I never thought of the Nuggets blowing out the lead throughout the game against the Heat and because their rosters have lots of improvements this year, the Heat cannot handle them and can't d anything about it until the end of the game. They had some decent runs in the 4th quarter but not enough to take the lead because the Nuggets are not gonna give up for their easy basket as well even though they were tired to keep up the phase with the Heat. Green is helping a lot for the Nuggets this time and Jokic is not alone anymore for the team after this game, the Heat is in trouble because they seem not ready yet for the Nugget's offensive strategy this time.

Yeah, The only time Heat manage to have a good run is when Jokic is resting but the game back to the business flow when Jokic is on the floor. Heat manage to give a decent match against Nuggets with a very good performance. Miami Heat is struggling on their field goal even against with Boston but now they can give a good fight on a perfect shape Nuggets.

I think games 2 is a different story because Adebayo and Jimmy are showing a great improvement on offense. Heat might still adjusting on high altitude on this game 1.

Game 2 might be different since for sure there will be an roster adjustment since they see that Zeller is no match with Jokic. Maybe they should let Adebayo handle this big guy by help of other team and double team him maybe they can change the game flow of the game and control the game phase on game 2. But it seems that this current rooster of heat are been well scouted by Nuggets so most provably game 2 for Heat will be more tough since Nuggets is on momentum so for sure even if they do a good adjust Nuggets will also more prepared with them.

[sunsilk]

When Strus keeps on shooting outside, I guess that's the game of Coach Spo that everyone should just keep on shooting as they can't get inside because of Jokic.

I also see that Jimmy and Bam can't do a thing inside because of the tight defense of the Nuggets. But if I were Spo at the beginning of the game when Strus' threes weren't making a thing, I'll have him go outside and replaced by someone who's got a good shooting.

But who's that when most of them were out of luck trying to get a three.

[Pamadar]

When Strus keeps on shooting outside, I guess that's the game of Coach Spo that everyone should just keep on shooting as they can't get inside because of Jokic.

I also see that Jimmy and Bam can't do a thing inside because of the tight defense of the Nuggets. But if I were Spo at the beginning of the game when Strus' threes weren't making a thing, I'll have him go outside and replaced by someone who's got a good shooting.

But who's that when most of them were out of luck trying to get a three.

Yes, as even Robinson is not converting those shots, I believe that they are trying outside since the presence of Jokic is really feeling felt.

Same with how you see Heat is really having a hard time making a good shot. Even Butler has a bad
shooting percentage.

Big factor for the Nuggets is the hot hands of the core players from the beginning of the game, Murray, Jokic
and Gordon have a good start and they manage to maintain till the end of the game.

[wheelz1200]

When Strus keeps on shooting outside, I guess that's the game of Coach Spo that everyone should just keep on shooting as they can't get inside because of Jokic.

I also see that Jimmy and Bam can't do a thing inside because of the tight defense of the Nuggets. But if I were Spo at the beginning of the game when Strus' threes weren't making a thing, I'll have him go outside and replaced by someone who's got a good shooting.

But who's that when most of them were out of luck trying to get a three.

Yes, as even Robinson is not converting those shots, I believe that they are trying outside since the presence of Jokic is really feeling felt.

Same with how you see Heat is really having a hard time making a good shot. Even Butler has a bad
shooting percentage.

Big factor for the Nuggets is the hot hands of the core players from the beginning of the game, Murray, Jokic
and Gordon have a good start and they manage to maintain till the end of the game.

The bright lights got to them.  Happens in the finals with the world watching.  Jimmy looked lost and Miami couldn't hit a shot.  Spoelstra should have pivoted and had them force the issue.  They let Denver play free.  I imagine game 2 they will try to bang the paint and get to the line more.

[Shamm]

When Strus keeps on shooting outside, I guess that's the game of Coach Spo that everyone should just keep on shooting as they can't get inside because of Jokic.

I also see that Jimmy and Bam can't do a thing inside because of the tight defense of the Nuggets. But if I were Spo at the beginning of the game when Strus' threes weren't making a thing, I'll have him go outside and replaced by someone who's got a good shooting.

But who's that when most of them were out of luck trying to get a three.

Yes, as even Robinson is not converting those shots, I believe that they are trying outside since the presence of Jokic is really feeling felt.

Same with how you see Heat is really having a hard time making a good shot. Even Butler has a bad
shooting percentage.

Big factor for the Nuggets is the hot hands of the core players from the beginning of the game, Murray, Jokic
and Gordon have a good start and they manage to maintain till the end of the game.

The bright lights got to them.  Happens in the finals with the world watching.  Jimmy looked lost and Miami couldn't hit a shot.  Spoelstra should have pivoted and had them force the issue.  They let Denver play free.  I imagine game 2 they will try to bang the paint and get to the line more.

Jimmy Butler do his best and trying to carry his team but that's not enough to defeat Denver nuggets Aside from a long rest Denver Nuggets are to strong enough they have the royal duo which is can carry their team jokic and jamal Murray scored a lot in the paint they can pass it to jokic in order to have a points and if they need to run faster then the ball must have on murray's hand because he us a good shooter.

[Maslate]

Lucky are those who took the -10.5. You just received the exact amount to win your bets so congratulations to you all.
In my case, I took the -8.5 Nuggets, so it's also a winner.

The Miami Heat is not playing well when it comes to offense, Caleb Martin seems to be off night and that broke his consistent double digits in points in the Celtics series. Maybe in Game 2, he will be different. Gabe Vincent and Haywood Highsmith are the only ones who I think are confident enough to do some damage against the Nuggets. Bam's stats, should be normal, that's his average during the season. Something big is missing, Jimmy Butler. He is the one who creates a lot of free throws for the team but today they only shot 2/2 at the stripe. That means no one is putting a body against the Nuggets when it comes to offense and that should be Butler.
They are not aggressive enough and the Nuggets took advantage of that. The Heat are actually lucky the three-pointers of the Nuggets are not sinking in or else it could've been a big blowout.

But that made the game thrilling as the Nuggets allowed the Heat to make a good run in the 4th quarter. It was indeed a comfortable win for those who bet on the Nuggets, as the line was -9 and easily covered. However, bettors who placed props bets on Caleb Martin may have lost their money, as they were expecting him to perform consistently. Unfortunately, in this game, we didn't see the same Hero who excelled in Game 7 of the ECF.

Even though the Denver Nuggets commits more turnovers, it never became a factor for the opposite team as an advantage because it is just evident that they are struggling towards them. Although we can say that the Heat are already expecting it and might done some observations while remaining to be competitive, their stats are just different compared to the home team and what more if the Nuggets poured more energy in the fourth quarter, maybe we have witnessed a much bigger gap in their scores.

[Vaculin]

So far the game is going about how I expected. Miami can’t cover MPJ and Ben Gordon. Looks like they’re leaving Ben Gordon open who is absolutely punishing them right now. They’re going to probably switch up and let MPJ run free in the second half. Nice to see Denver immediately exploiting their advantages. Miami is in trouble and we’re only 9 minutes in.

It's Aaron Gordon btw, and he's really punishing below with those smaller defenders on him. The switches Denver are absolutely stunning and I guess this will be a blowout game for the Denver unless Miami make some adjustments and decrease that outside shooting, they're really salty out there especially for Strus right now with 0-6 3PT FG.

Yeah, it was Gordon who are doing the damage and says the guard of the Heat is "too little", so for game 1, he has the impact for the Nuggets.

For Struss, we went scoreless for the first time in a series opener and they've lost big time. Time for him to make the adjustments next game, it might be over if the Nuggets scores 2-0. They haven't been in this kind of score in the playoff, they even went 3-0 against the Boston Celtics. But it seems this is a different team that they are playing and we should also give coach Malone some credit for inspiring his players.

The Nuggets have adopted a different approach this time around. Despite having a size advantage, they are not solely relying on driving the ball. They have shown excellent ball movement and have confident outside shooters. Jokic, in particular, poses a significant challenge for the Heat as they struggle to contain him, and he elevates the performance of his team. If the Heat can find a way to make Jokic's life difficult, there is a chance for them to secure a victory. However, the question remains as to how they will accomplish that.

Jokic creates good impact to this team since they don't know on how to handle this guy since if they guard him he can pass the ball quickly to any open teammates around and also if he left open he will make sure that Heat will pay for letting him shoot. Also Gordon perform very well on mismatches so I guess Heat coaching staff will find hard to figure out what strategy they should use since  they know for their selves that Nuggets is big and fast. If they only rely on Jimmy and Adebayo for sure there's nothing gonna happen since for sure they will just be dominated by Nuggets core.

Hard to deny that the Nuggets are just much taller with the Heat and that made the latter's situation a bit more complicated because instead of only thinking about Jokic's height as the biggest challenge of the team, they are also facing some taller guys within the Nuggets roster namely Gordon and Porter Jr. plus there is Jamal Murray whom cannot be left unguarded because Jokic will no longer have to shoot just like what he did in the whole 1st quarter when he commit 10 assists alone as Murray himself alone can carry the team if he will be left unguarded.

[xzone]

Jokic has had so many assists in the first period that I would have been surprised if he hadn't made a triple-double in this game
It was what I thought and he played a legendary game, an incredible performance with 14 assists and 10 rebounds. We can say that he is the player who most deserves to be MVP, he ensures that everything goes well in his team. The captain of the ship is at the helm and looks like he will bring the championship

[carlisle1]

Lucky are those who took the -10.5. You just received the exact amount to win your bets so congratulations to you all.
In my case, I took the -8.5 Nuggets, so it's also a winner.

The Miami Heat is not playing well when it comes to offense, Caleb Martin seems to be off night and that broke his consistent double digits in points in the Celtics series. Maybe in Game 2, he will be different. Gabe Vincent and Haywood Highsmith are the only ones who I think are confident enough to do some damage against the Nuggets. Bam's stats, should be normal, that's his average during the season. Something big is missing, Jimmy Butler. He is the one who creates a lot of free throws for the team but today they only shot 2/2 at the stripe. That means no one is putting a body against the Nuggets when it comes to offense and that should be Butler.
They are not aggressive enough and the Nuggets took advantage of that. The Heat are actually lucky the three-pointers of the Nuggets are not sinking in or else it could've been a big blowout.

But that made the game thrilling as the Nuggets allowed the Heat to make a good run in the 4th quarter. It was indeed a comfortable win for those who bet on the Nuggets, as the line was -9 and easily covered. However, bettors who placed props bets on Caleb Martin may have lost their money, as they were expecting him to perform consistently. Unfortunately, in this game, we didn't see the same Hero who excelled in Game 7 of the ECF.

Even though the Denver Nuggets commits more turnovers, it never became a factor for the opposite team as an advantage because it is just evident that they are struggling towards them. Although we can say that the Heat are already expecting it and might done some observations while remaining to be competitive, their stats are just different compared to the home team and what more if the Nuggets poured more energy in the fourth quarter, maybe we have witnessed a much bigger gap in their scores.

Even Nuggets commits more mistakes but they convert a lot and that's matter, Miami is unable to match those solid attacks from Denver
even they really try to counter but Nuggets are really dominating them.

Murray and Jokic are just exchanging their attacks and most of them are good conversions. If your core stars are doing the damage, everyone is
also doing their shares and there's nothing from the Heat they can't answer, but good thing they are really avoiding big runs.

Time out after timeouts to find something to keep them in the play and not to end with huge gaps.