Tired of breaking the teacher and blocking the Nuggets, Coach Spall once again proved the gold content of the "Big 15"
Before the finals, the playoffs were about to have 40+ twice, a first-round G3 scored 43 points, 11 boards and 6 assists, and a Western Final G3 bombarded 53 points, 4 boards and 11 assists.
The Nuggets lost all.
With the rise of Mr. Yo and the Nuggets in recent years, the whole league knows that the most powerful thing about this fat man is not to slash on the inside, like a shark and a big dream.
Instead, he uses his own threat to lead the team, and he is like a super engine, empowering his teammates around him. Murray, Porter, Gordon, Pop alone are not top players.
But around Teacher Yo, they all played the top performance beyond their own strength.
So, the Nuggets' opponents along the way to the playoffs. Whether it's Finch from the Timberwolves, Monty from the Suns or Hamm from the Lakers. They all understand that the best way to beat the Nuggets is to cut off the teacher from everyone else.
I'd rather let him score 50 points alone than let the rest of the Nuggets be set on fire by this fat man.
But with the exception of a few games, almost all of them failed.
Not only does Jokic still average 30.4 points, 12.9 boards and 10.1 assists per game, but in terms of versatility and dominance, he is probably only comparable to LeBron.
And the Nuggets and others such as Murray, Porter, Gordon, and Pope are also popular, each leaving a famous scene in the playoffs.
Basketball games or playoffs, pay attention to "inhibition and anti-inhibition", while others rack their brains to block Mr. Joo, Coach Malone of the Nuggets is also trying to solve the trap for this fat man.
Along the way, including but not limited to:
(1) More letting Murray hold the ball, and the successful "5-1 block" between him and the teacher at key moments.
(2) After the teacher pulled the empty inside line, the counterpoint between Gordon and Porter was forced.
(3) The strong "Inside-Out" between Porter, Brown and Teacher Joe, using Teacher Joo's huge potential to create space for them.
After eight years of cooperation, Coach Mike Malone knows how to use this fat man under his hand too well. With the return and maturity of Murray and Porter, Pope and Brown joining, the Nuggets' offensive system around Mr. Joe has become richer and more diversified.
"Stangle the teacher and let the nuggets beat us to death" is a simple saying and already very difficult to operate.
What's more, after two MVP seasons, Mr. Jo's personal strong attack and scoring ability have long been the top existence in the league.
But the G2 Heat, did it.
With everyone thinking it would be a 4-0 or 4-1 series in which the Heat might return home to win a game, they returned to Miami with home-court advantage by winning their second game at home in the league's most devil Denver Plateau.
In this game, Butler, the hardest man, only had 21 points, 4 boards and 9 assists, but the Heat shot 17 of 36 from three-point range, shooting 48.6%. Finally let the Nuggets experience the three-point firepower of their first playoff position.
Of course, the Nuggets' defense has weaknesses, and the Heat's three-point feel is also destined to recover after the trough of the first game. The key is to see how they contain the Nuggets' No. 1 offense on the defensive end.
The first move, Love on the start.
The last game the Nuggets used Gordon to play inside, and they bombed 12 points in the first quarter to open the situation, and today the Heat put Martin on Love to face Gordon.
As a result, Gordon scored only 12 points in the whole game.
Love scored 6 points in 22 minutes but had 10 rebounds and a +18 plus/minus. The Nuggets can't always use Gordon as the main point of attack, more to use him to open the situation, and Love broke this first trick on the Heat.
The second move, offense instead of defense, disrupts the Nuggets' game mentality.
In the past, the Nuggets' opponents were mostly on the offensive end for teachers with limited athleticism and basket protection efficiency. Bullying him for being slow on his feet, not jumping high, and weakening his physical fitness.
But protecting this fat man on the defensive end has been a topic that the Nuggets have been practicing for several years, and Porter and Gordon, two "devil muscles", are always on both sides and ready to fill in at any time.
Against the Suns or proof of the Lakers, "roll call" is actually not cost-effective.
Especially after the first game, the Heat made a fuss about Mr. Yo, Adebayo scored 26 points on 25 shots, and after the final defeat was not high, Coach Spall decided to change the game.
This time he was targeting Michael Porter Jr.
This talented young man, under the tutelage of coach Malone in recent years, has made great progress in both defensive willingness and skills. But it's far from a championship-level defender.
You let him fight one-on-one, and he is not daunted. (Last round partially against LeBron).
It can let him go around the block, chase the ball, and catch blind many times. Today, the Heat's Vicente and Dunroe's no-ball runs mostly started from him, leaving him unable to chase and leak everywhere.
At the same time, the irritation of being constantly targeted on the defensive end was also reflected in the offensive end, and G2 he scored five points and six boards on 2-of-8 shooting, his worst performance in this year's playoffs.
After two games in the Finals, he shot 3-of-17 from beyond the three-point line, which was still on his home court. It's hard to believe he's got a good callback after going to Miami.
Coach Spall has almost scrapped the Nuggets' "nerve knife", which is too painful for Coach Malone who has a short core rotation.
The third trick is to resist consumption about the teacher.
Jokic's biggest improvement in the past two years has been his growing willingness to score on the offensive end in order to win and score himself. Murray was absent for two seasons, and the reason why he was able to win the MVP was to rely on individual scoring and driving teammates to "walk on two legs" to make the Nuggets playoffs for two consecutive years.
If, in the last game, they gave Jo strength on the offensive end, and used Adebayo to attack to consume him.
Then this game is to constantly give questions to the teacher on the defensive end, testing the processing ability of the entire Nuggets team.
Although it is still Adebayo's main defense, the G2 game Heat still has a lot of tricks. Jokic scored only 11 points in the first half, but the Heat suffered a big loss in the third quarter when they tried to defend with Zeller, allowing him to score 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting in a single quarter.
But then in the fourth quarter, the Heat corrected the mistake strongly, using joint defense + local pinch to deal with Mr. Joo's power. He still scored 10 points in the fourth quarter, but it was more like a last resort after the Heat's collective defensive success.
And Murray's final attempt to equalize, the Heat turned out to be using Vincent, the shortest in the game, to match the teacher.
The intention is clear:
I encourage you to shoot solo or even on the outside, but want to hold the ball to help your teammates, sorry, no way.
On the 75th anniversary of the NBA in 2022, the "Top 15 Coaches" were announced at the same time as the announcement of the 75 top players.
And Spoelstra is also among them, alongside old men such as Zen Master, Bobo, Daly, Brown, etc., and is the youngest of them.
At that time, many people questioned his qualifications, believing that he was just a "vassal of Riley", relying on the peak LeBron and the Big Three to win two championship trophies.
However, now it seems that since 2019, he has used the Butler Adebayo duo as the axis, leading the Heat, whose talent is far from the top, to the East Conference finals three times in four years and two finals is enough to prove his top coaching level and on-field skills.
One thing is to say, the biggest alignment advantage of the Heat Nuggets in this year's Finals is probably "Spoh vs. Mike Malone".