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I'm very disappointed in Butler for wanting absolutely no part of AD throughout the whole game. I can't remember the last time Jimmy was afraid (in tonight's case he was completely petrified) of taking over late in the game. It was honestly pretty embarrassing. Also, I'm still sticking with the Lakers in 5 but they have to get the ball to AD in the post consistently which they haven't done the last 2 games. That's why their offense has been so stagnant, especially tonight, with LeBron dribbling the air out of the ball on the perimeter pretty much every possession. He and Davis need to get in the post way more often to create easier shots for themselves and teammates off of double teams. However, when a team has the luxury of having the 2 best players (by far) in a series, they'll probably get away with bad offense.

I c an't remember the last time a zone defense got shredded like Miami's did tonight. The ball got into their paint way too easily which is especially problematic when their only rim protector, Bam, wasn't playing along with the fact that Bron and AD (him especially) are simply too big for Miami to handle. It's a lot easier to hang near the basket unguarded in a zone and the Lakers 2 best players took full advantage of that. The Heat can't guard those 2 one on one but they'd be better off playing that defense than playing zone. Their zone defense also allowed the Lakers to set a finals record for 3's attempted.

Despite scoring 28 points in one half (which is rare), it was done in the 2nd half which is far more important since a scoring explosion is a lot more crucial during that time, I'm still putting the loss mainly on Tatum. He settled for too many tough 3's and basically didn't attempt any other shot in the 1st half which is why he scored 0 points. Tatum is way too good to be that bad. If he had a much more diverse shot selection and still didn't touch the scoreboard, I'd blame the loss primarily on the many turnovers caused by Miami's zone. Many people have jumped on the Herro bandwagon this playoffs and rightfully so. But the real ones knew from the summer league how high his ceiling is. He proved to be an effortless scorer who looked so natural with the ball. A team that plays really well together like Miami is especially dangerous because they're less predictable meaning that they have more players than usual that can go off like Herro did tonight. Though t...

If Denver advances, they'll be destroyed by the Lakers (probably a sweep, 5 games max). Bron, AD, and the rest are way too good and disciplined to mess around with a Nuggets team that's been playing from behind all playoffs. Too often, Denver has faced big deficits. That was my previous take before game 7 vs the Clippers but I forgot to add that I've known that Denver is a deep team with the best big in the game in Jokic and a certified primetime player in Murray (who consistently raises his game in the clutch). Most notably, they play really well together like Miami. However, the Lakers have too much top end talent (the way Bron and AD physically overwhelm opponents with an abundance of perimeter skill, unlike Giannis for example, is the main reason why the Lakers win the title). But I should've said the Lakers will win in no more than 6 games. I think Boston's top end talent will prevail in 7 games vs Miami which I predicted before the series. Do note that the Cel...

Based on pre-covid since the real teams are. 1st G: Mitchell (Jazz) G: Harden (Rockets) F: Leonard (Clippers) F: James (Lakers) C: Antetokounmpo (Bucks) (My MVP) 2nd G: Lillard (Blazers) G: Westbrook (Rockets) F: Doncic (Mavs) F: Siakam (Raptors) C: Davis (Lakers) 3rd G: Young (Hawks) G: Beal (Wizards) F: Butler (Heat) F: Tatum (Celtics) C: Jokic (Nuggets)

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