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They defeat the Miami Heat in game 5 behind Jokic's 28/16 on 12-16 shots.

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[-] OutrageousUmpire@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Long time Nuggets fan. This run by Jokic is insane. and I think will get even better over the next few years.

[-] speedrun@lemmy.one 11 points 2 years ago

An interesting subplot is that since Kawhi's 2020 Raptors run, none of the finals teams have had a dominant, heliocentric wing. Maybe Boston, but even that team didn't quite rely on Tatum in the same way that other teams before had. Since the Heatles, the consensus has basically been that wings are the most important position in modern basketball, allowing teams to play 'positionless' and spread the floor.

But over the last three years the best teams have bucked that trend, instead being lead primarily by guards or bigs. Going into next season, most people would probably have a couple of centers at the top of their best players list. And in the last 6 NBA drafts, the only dominant wing player to be taken was Ant. Interesting to see the league pivot so quickly, considering it was only a few years ago that Ballmer went all out and built almost a whole team with 6'7" - 6'9" guys

[-] YumChurros@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

Congrats Denver!!

[-] LilBagOfBunnies@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago

Congrats Denver! Love seeing a small market team win it all, very happy for both Murray and Jokic.

[-] super_king@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

The job is done, we can go home now

[-] ahundredheys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

That shit was hilarious from Jokic.

[-] El_Tash@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago
[-] ahundredheys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

he was getting interviewed about becoming a champion and he was like we can finally go home.

[-] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Man just wants to go back home and play with his horses. Can't blame him for that.

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.one 9 points 2 years ago

I was hoping the Heat would win but I'm really happy for Joker, he really earned it. Plus of course I'm super happy for Jamal Murray too.

[-] smokinjoe@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago
[-] el_gaucho@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

Had a blast following the game day thread, I have a good feeling about this Lemmy community!

[-] 60winks@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

Just hope there's any way at all we can keep Brucey around?

[-] wassuphambone@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

I hope so too. I feel like they will be able to make it work

[-] Sokkahhplayah@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago

This Denver team looked so complete. Congratulations to them! I had so much fun watching the postseason for the first time this year

[-] FermatsLastAccount@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

This Denver team looked so complete

They really did. All year people were somewhat counting them out due to their defense, but they ended up winning the clinching game due to some phenomenal defense.

[-] huskersax@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

What Butler was doing was kinda suspect though, tbh. Props to the Nuggets, but if the Butler just chilled out over that 6-3 minute mark I bet the Heat could've taken this one.

[-] Timbo303@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Finally the subreddit blackouts are working to its fullest. If the nuggets havent won reddit would had won because game 6 was on thursday.

[-] duckwars@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 years ago

A lot of people just went to r/nbacirclejerk and r/denvernuggets because those subs weren't closed, but it's still good to see comments and discussion here.

[-] haxasaur@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

r/nba is a heavy sub and a lot of people were pissed

[-] WorldWideLem@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

This run by Jokic has been something special, and the Heat's run was pretty awesome too, even if they took out my Knicks on the way.

[-] automaton@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Well, at least we were vindicated!

[-] evev13@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Adam Silver bout to drop the next installment in the Ja Morant saga now that this is done.

[-] thepurpleengineer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Almost forgot all about Ja

[-] smokinjoe@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Ja was hoping everyone else did, too

[-] drailin@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

So happy that my nuggets finally won! Hoping for a few more with this core. Jokić is god.

[-] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Man it's great to see a team win for the first time ever! Congrats to Denver! Great ending to the season!

[-] smokinjoe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Are we sure the Zombie Heat are actually dead?

[-] NeilH@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[-] boredScientist@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

Man what a joy this series was! This is the first time in a long while I've taken the time to watch playoff games beyond just highlights (mostly due to timezone reasons), and it was definitely worth it. Congrats to the Nuggets!

[-] atp2112@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It wasn't that long ago that it seemed like space-and-pace would kill the center position

[-] FermatsLastAccount@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

We thought that Centers were dead, but in reality it was just unskilled centers.

[-] 1010011010@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Booker going nuclear twice was the biggest hurdle. They couldnt be stopped otherwise.

[-] DRx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Grats to the nuggs! Always been more of a college football fan, but went to college @ CU and fell in love with all three teams (broncos, nuggets, avs) and brought them home with me… been a really cool last 10 years to see so many championships out of Denver.

[-] ironeaglebird@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

After Miami's performances in the previous playoffs games, it is crazy this only went to 5 games.

[-] haxasaur@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Our boys were tired...

[-] atp2112@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Ah shit, I forgot this means Stan Kroenke is a winner. Fuck that

[-] ether@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I’m sad Miami lost a winnable game. Congrats to the Nuggets! Onwards and upwards!!

[-] humutoor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Congrats to the Nuggets. They in a good spot moving forward.

[-] tigerdactyl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Jokic and Murray are in their primes. Gordon is a perfect third man. I hope they can keep Brown.

[-] gatorpep@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

i'm a nuet but i was/am a fan of this nuggz team. so happy!

[-] fermionsnotbosons@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Always nice to see a team finally break through and win a championship. Congratulations Denver, you have an awesome team!

Kudos to Miami for their impressive playoff run. Now for a break from basketball, at least until next week when we start chasing trade/FA/draft rumors, and of course, counting down until October.

[-] rezz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The real winner here is the Serbian horse racing industry.

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