You know, twice in two seasons he’s been the best player on this planet. “Yeah, that’s ridiculous-that’s the untrained eye that says something like that,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of making Jokic a scorer. Meanwhile, Jokic went for a game-high 41 points but he was held to just four assists.” We made some shots they didn’t.”īutler scored 21 points, a second-straight somewhat down game for the star of the Heat. That’s what this league is, that’s what this game is, make-or-miss game, make-or-miss league. Pretty glad that he missed it to give us a 1-1 series tie going back to Miami,” Heat forward Jimmy Butler said. Kind of like a high pick-and-roll isolation, and I just contested it. “I think he got off a decently good look. But it wasn’t true, even after hitting five-straight shots. The Nuggets got a shot up at the buzzer, a Jamal Murray three, that would’ve tied the game had it fallen. “We can’t come out like we did, and we have to be better.”

Our energy has to be better,” veteran NBA forward Jeff Green, who helped lead that second quarter run said. A huge spurt to start the fourth quarter where the Heat scored 17 points before Denver hit a field goal did Denver in. After falling down 11 early the Nuggets exploded to a 15-point lead just a quarter later.

Miami made a change in their starting five and Denver looked unprepared for the Heat to start power forward Kevin Love. That to me is really, really perplexing, disappointing.” We had guys out there that were just whether feeling sorry for themselves for not making shots or thinking they can just turn it on or off, this is not the preseason, this is not the regular season. Start of the third quarter, they scored 11 points in two minutes and 10 seconds.

Tonight, the starting lineup to start the game, it was 10-2 Miami. “You guys probably thought I was just making up some storyline after Game 1 when I said we didn’t play well. This is NBA Finals, we are talking about effort that’s a huge concern of mine,” Malone said moments after the loss on Sunday night.

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