Not sure Denver's offense through Jokic was the issue, but they had a challenge at the other end. Miami ran their O with Bam at the top of the key holding on to the ball while the other four guys set up the play. He can do that because Denver have to respect his mistake game which has worked well in both matches so far. If Miami's role players can hit their 3s as they did last night but not in game one they'll always have a chance.
*Stop* quoting that guy
Like, you guys won't shoot as poorly as Game 1 but I don't expect hitting 17 3s at 49% or whatever insane number you guys did last night. More likely somewhere in the middle I think (or at least I hope)
Yeah that was my main takeaway from game 2 as well, Bam's passing to Miami's shooters and his ability to find them when they cut really caused Denver issues. They should absolutely just let him take mid rangers, he's fine at them but he's no kevin durant.
It wouldn't have taken a mega-shooting game in game 1 for the Heats to have won, just 4 more shots. Martin and Strus had lots of wide open looks but stunk the place up. If the Heat continue to generate the open 3s they have been so far, chances are they have more games shooting at close to 50%. Denver need to work on their switches on D.
Miami's 3pt gunners are mad streaky though. Last season they were an elite 3pt shooting team, then for the first half of the regular season they were bottom of the barrel in 3pt percentage and outside the play in, then they clicked and they have rallied all the way to the finals on strong 3pt shooting.
That's the thing apart from the Warriors, Rockets for a while with Harden, there haven't been many teams who can consistently win by the 3 as it's still a lower percentage option and prone to streakiness. However, Heat been getting some very good looks so far this series. Nuggets need to contest more.
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