Series Thread: 2023 NBA Finals: Heat vs. Nuggets

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Just gonna drop these off here.....

'Immortal' Nuggets say elusive title 'first of many'

The Nuggets squeezed by the Heat in a frantic Game 5 on Monday night to capture the franchise's first NBA championship in its 47-year history.

www.espn.com

Jokic in 'legendary category' after Finals MVP run

Nuggets star Nikola Jokic was named NBA Finals MVP after leading Denver to the NBA title over Miami.

www.espn.com

Nuggets +475 favorites to repeat as NBA champs

Fresh off winning the franchise's first NBA championship, securing the title with a Game 5 victory over the Miami Heat, the Denver Nuggets are +475 betting favorites at Caesars Sportsbook for the 2023-24 season.

www.espn.com

Jokic's Serbia hometown celebrates 'amazing' win

In Nikola Jokic's hometown of Sombor, Serbia, fans celebrated the Nuggets' first NBA title. The loudest ovation came with Jokic said, "It's time to go home."

www.espn.com

'They deserve this': Spoelstra, Heat laud Nuggets

Telling reporters, "There's no regrets on our end" and "Denver was the better basketball team in this series," Miami coach Erik Spoelstra lauded the efforts of the Heat throughout their postseason run, which ended with a loss to the Nuggets Monday night.

www.espn.com

How the Nuggets cultivated the NBA's most dynamic duo

The roots of this Denver title run extend far beyond the 2014 NBA draft. This is the story of how the Nuggets identified their star pair -- and the fortitude it took to believe in them.

www.espn.com

10 wounded in shooting after Nuggets win title

At least 10 people were wounded in a mass shooting early Tuesday in Denver in an area where basketball fans had been celebrating the Nuggets' first NBA title win, police said.

www.espn.com

 

[shopson67]

Just gonna drop these off here.....

10 wounded in shooting after Nuggets win title

At least 10 people were wounded in a mass shooting early Tuesday in Denver in an area where basketball fans had been celebrating the Nuggets' first NBA title win, police said.

www.espn.com

Damn it Ja....

 

[ElPatron1]

Just gonna drop these off here.....

'Immortal' Nuggets say elusive title 'first of many'

The Nuggets squeezed by the Heat in a frantic Game 5 on Monday night to capture the franchise's first NBA championship in its 47-year history.

www.espn.com

Jokic in 'legendary category' after Finals MVP run

Nuggets star Nikola Jokic was named NBA Finals MVP after leading Denver to the NBA title over Miami.

www.espn.com

Nuggets +475 favorites to repeat as NBA champs

Fresh off winning the franchise's first NBA championship, securing the title with a Game 5 victory over the Miami Heat, the Denver Nuggets are +475 betting favorites at Caesars Sportsbook for the 2023-24 season.

www.espn.com

Jokic's Serbia hometown celebrates 'amazing' win

In Nikola Jokic's hometown of Sombor, Serbia, fans celebrated the Nuggets' first NBA title. The loudest ovation came with Jokic said, "It's time to go home."

www.espn.com

'They deserve this': Spoelstra, Heat laud Nuggets

Telling reporters, "There's no regrets on our end" and "Denver was the better basketball team in this series," Miami coach Erik Spoelstra lauded the efforts of the Heat throughout their postseason run, which ended with a loss to the Nuggets Monday night.

www.espn.com

How the Nuggets cultivated the NBA's most dynamic duo

The roots of this Denver title run extend far beyond the 2014 NBA draft. This is the story of how the Nuggets identified their star pair -- and the fortitude it took to believe in them.

www.espn.com

10 wounded in shooting after Nuggets win title

At least 10 people were wounded in a mass shooting early Tuesday in Denver in an area where basketball fans had been celebrating the Nuggets' first NBA title win, police said.

www.espn.com

The last one lol

 

[Wamu]

Now what are the chances of this? Jokic at five years old.

 

[Wamu]

NBA trivia time.

Christian Braun became only the 5th player ever to win a national title then an NBA title as a rookie. Who were the other four?

Hint. No one recent.

A couple should be easy but the other two are much tougher.

 

[wingsauce7]

Tim Duncan?

 

[tlance]

NBA trivia time.

Christian Braun became only the 5th player ever to win a national title then an NBA title as a rookie. Who were the other four?

Hint. No one recent.

A couple should be easy but the other two are much tougher.

Magic was 1 of them

 

[dtgold88]

Jokic the only player in NBA championship series history to lead the winning team in points, rebounds and assists.

Is this true (or maybe I'm reading it wrong)....pretty sure Lebron led both teams in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks the year we won the title.

 

[dtgold88]

Not throwing shade because you can only beat the teams put in front of you. At the same time, I don’t think you could ever project a path like this again:
8 seed
4 seed
7 seed
8 seed
Not saying Denver can’t do it again. They absolutely can. But the path will never be easier than the one that fortune gave them this year.

8 and 4 (or 5) no biggie as that is the path of any 1 seed. Probably got a tougher matchup playing 7 LA over 2 Memphis.....but that just means they were aided by a really weak West (woudn't have thought I'd be saying that a few years ago).

Miami probably tougher than most #8 seeds but, true, still an 8.

 

[bksballer89]

 

[dtgold88]

Magic was 1 of them

Kareem?

 

[WiggyRuss]

Denver was patient.

They had the core two in Jokic and Murray together for a while- and then added MPJ who is in his 4th year.....

They waited for their time- the Warriors fell....no one really took their mantle- some key injuries like Giannis, Durant, Murray---- no dominant team and they were able to win the title.

Boston would make a huge mistake getting rid of Brown for the same reason.

Injuries, luck, development of an unexpected guy--- the status of other teams....it can come together for a team if they give it time and do not panic.

I just hope the Cavs do not panic and do something stupid......even in Mitchell leaves in 2 years you still have the 2 guys in Garland and Mobley...not that i think Mitchell is leaving for a lot of reasons (mostly because of $ and the team will just continue to get better), but you gotta give teams time.


Denver just went 16-4 in the playoffs....and this is hardly a dominant team- but timing and luck was on their side.

 

[dtgold88]

Denver was patient.

They had the core two in Jokic and Murray together for a while- and then added MPJ who is in his 4th year.....

They waited for their time- the Warriors fell....no one really took their mantle- some key injuries like Giannis, Durant, Murray---- no dominant team and they were able to win the title.

Boston would make a huge mistake getting rid of Brown for the same reason.

Injuries, luck, development of an unexpected guy--- the status of other teams....it can come together for a team if they give it time and do not panic.

I just hope the Cavs do not panic and do something stupid......even in Mitchell leaves in 2 years you still have the 2 guys in Garland and Mobley...not that i think Mitchell is leaving for a lot of reasons (mostly because of $ and the team will just continue to get better), but you gotta give teams time.


Denver just went 16-4 in the playoffs....and this is hardly a dominant team- but timing and luck was on their side.

Agree......While I don't think anyone is untouchable for us (maybe Mobley due to upside and contract) and if there's a deal to made they are confident makes us better by breaking up the core 4 I trust the FO. But I wont be bothered if they keep the main guys together and just add a shooter and a backup big (if he can shoot even better).

 

[bksballer89]

Denver & Milwaukee won 2 of the last 3 titles because they drafted a superstar. Small market teams can win titles by hitting in the draft and additional big pieces via trades

 

[thunderc]

5 years 5 different champions. Next year could easily be 6.

 

[thunderc]

Yup, a lot of teams would have beat the Nuggets with that start last night. Heat should have got that one.

 

[Duffman]

8 and 4 (or 5) no biggie as that is the path of any 1 seed. Probably got a tougher matchup playing 7 LA over 2 Memphis.....but that just means they were aided by a really weak West (woudn't have thought I'd be saying that a few years ago).

Miami probably tougher than most #8 seeds but, true, still an 8.

The Lakers had the best record in the NBA post trade deadline meaning they just happened to start the year so terribly they couldn’t make up enough ground to get placed higher. The difference between the 8 seed and the 4 seed was 3 games in the West, and before you say wow I don’t know the West was that weak, the difference between the 5 seed and the 8 seed in the East was 3 games. There was no super team this year, everyone outside of a couple teams at the top were pretty evenly matched.

Same with the Heat, this was a team that only a year ago was the #1 seed in the East and this year beat the number 1 and number 2 seeds to make it to the finals.

On paper it looks like the Nuggets had a weak road to victory but the game isn’t played on paper. Beating the teams they did only look easy if you only look at the seeding and nothing else. People trying to claim it was such an easy road are doing it to downplay Denver’s win not because it was true.

 

[Duffman]

 

[SpringStein]

Is this true (or maybe I'm reading it wrong)....pretty sure Lebron led both teams in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks the year we won the title.

I think this is what is being referred to:
run.
• He became the first player in NBA history to lead the playoffs in total points (600), rebounds (269) and assists (190).

 

[Ojb81]

The thing I’m struggling the most with is that Reggie Jackson has a ring.

That's right! Completely forgot he was on this team