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#206: NBA Finals game 1

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🗓️ 2 June 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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We break down Denver's Game 1 win over the Heat, and how they used size and transition to create mismatches. Is there anything Miami can do to stop Jokic and Murray, and what can the Heat build off for Game 2? With @codyhoudek. Support at www.patreon.com/thinkingbasketball Signup with the code THINKING BASKETBALL at sportsbusinessclassroom.com for $300 off.

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0:00.0

Speaking basketball podcast, my name is Ben.

0:10.5

Welcome back to our first NBA finals episode of the year. We made it all

0:17.4

the way. Nuggets and heat here we are in the Mile High City, Denver takes game one.

0:25.0

How'd you feel about it, Cody?

0:26.5

Did it, did it deliver?

0:28.0

I thought it was a fun game.

0:29.5

I'm glad, I'm glad that the Heat gave got a little bit of a run you know I think they went on like an 11 to oh run

0:35.2

Maybe at the end of the third going into the fourth they hit a couple of three pointers all of a sudden you're like okay. I don't have to change and go watch what other broadcast programming you might be watching if you're 70 years old.

0:46.0

But yeah, I was just glad that happened, but beyond that I thought the nuggets probably could have won by more.

0:53.4

Yeah, I thought they could have won by more. See, to break the fourth wall here for a second,

0:58.2

for me, if they had just held onto that blowout, I could have started working on some video

1:03.2

analysis earlier so I was like why it's what's going to happen is there going to

1:08.4

be a comeback if you recall that actually happened in game one of the finals last year where the Celtics had this

1:13.6

crazy fourth quarter I think Derek White hit a bunch of threes and they stormed back

1:18.8

they hit like seven straight threes or something and they stormed back and stole the game

1:22.1

so I was having a little deja vu three's or something and they stormed back and stole the game.

1:22.6

So I was having a little deja vu about that, but in general, what was it, an 11-point game at the end of the

1:29.5

night.

1:30.0

The nuggets were up by as much as 24.

1:32.8

They basically led throughout the entire evening.

1:36.8

And you know what?

1:38.2

I think we should start with the bread and butter of the Miami Heat in these playoffs, shooting 77% from three.

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