What adjustments did the Miami Heat make to win Game 2 of the NBA Finals in Denver? How did they attack Nuggets and score so efficiently? This film room study details Coach Erik Spoelstra’s adjustments in Game 2 — including inserting Kevin Love into the starting lineup to go bigger — Jimmy Butler’s playmaking, and Bam Adebayo actions that freed up shooters like Duncan Robinson.
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If Miami can pull this off, it will be the most incredible postseason run in basketball history IMO. In the minimum, it's top 3.
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Sure are a lot of really questionable calls and no calls in this film study.
The Nuggets are about to put them in their place…they came back from the break on cruise control. Expect a blowout tomorrow, and the home team will be crushed…remember also, if Murray's last shot went in, they would have gone to O.T. it was a pyhric victory. Gentlemen sweep ahead.
Fascinating series, thanks! Allways a good idea to have a battle tested veteran big on your bench.
Statistically the Heat shouldn't be where they are
But 10/10 coaching
Every player buying into the team
Player chemistry is off the charts
It's magnificent team basketball
Reminds of the Spurs in the Duncan, Parker & Ginobli era
I love how Miami attacks early, at 1st when the set A doesn't generate something they can still reset and set another play.
Also helps that most of their players knows how to pass and cut to the basket.
Vincent's flop at 4:28 cracked me up.
LeBron: why didn't I go to the heat…
Denver choked a 15 point lead to the heat. Ajustments will have to be made. Heat seemingly shot lights out. Look for Denver to steal back home court in game 3…
Thank God Pat Riley stuck with Spoelstra. Denver struggled with that amoeba zone, they were actually trying to set ball screens off of it…….
Erik Spoelstra can't make the shots 'tho'….his boys gotta step the hell up and hit ever "phukin" thing that's open.
that wasnt the biggest reason they were more sucsesfull game 2 the reason is he was running to defense unlike game one where the just jogged back and there was 3 on 2 so many times in game one.
Coach Spo outcoached Mike Malone
Erik Spoelstra the real MVP!
To think they were benching the one guy they needed to win a game. People forget that Kevin Love was a beast back in Minnesota. He poops out double doubles like Jokic does with triple doubles. Him and Nikola Pekovic were also one hell of a beefy frontcourt duo
Okay now let me hear your parlay picks 🤔
Gordon really needs to be aggressive on Love. Run him off screens, he’s not mobile enough to stay with him.
The laker coach is the only stupid to believe the small line work on fast big guys
It's like total war. You're using cheap Germanic skirmish cav to pick off heavy Roman cav while keeping the legion pinned against your one oathsworn. And having em surrounded by javelins
K love had all ball & didn't touch joke hand at all 😂😂😂😂😂💯 just had to say that
Damn those pick-n-rolls from 4:50 until 5:50 are so easy, is it Jokic to blame or this is more on the whole team?
if lakers use tristan thompson for defense they might also have this kind of chances
5:49 guy literally said fuck you🤣
Wtf is this thumbnail
Whenever I want to know the outcome of a match in advance, I turn to AwakenBeerus. His prediction ability is unquestionable!!!
People are quick to forget K Love back in Twolves was a straight up beast! Theres a reason Bron wanted him in Cavs.
K-LOVE brings all those intangibles that don't show up on a stat sheet, but will make the difference between a W and an L
20 mil a year for spo is well deseeved🎉
No doubt Miami made a good adjustment, but I think it was more mental errors for Denver than what Miami did with KLove and that adjustment. Yes Miami causes other teams to make mistakes, but there was no effort for a lot of Nuggets players. KCP, the veteran leader of the team fouled three 3-point shooters, Jeff Green didn’t box out Lowry at all on a FT which then led to another 3pt by Duncan. Jimmy stepped out on a 3pt score, and goaltending should have been called on Bam. All credit to Miami for winning, you take any win you can get, BUT that was Denver’s worst game defensively, aside from a scoring run in the 2nd, their offense wasn’t clicking, and Murray barely misses a 3 to force OT. ALL OF THAT and they only lose by 3…that’s kinda crazy.
Did he also coach the refs? They were handing the Heat that game.
power of coaching and the players able to execute
great videos
This series will be a coach diff
This Kevin love is more effective than Cavs finals Kevin love by far.
Nuggets learned from their mistakes
OK…..???
guud
Cant believe the time would come where we review KLove for his defense lol
WHITE FLAG AT FINALS WTF MIAMI 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wahaha! Is he a “wizard” now after game 3? Yeah didn’t think so. Sit down!
The Miami are going to keep being just 3 games away from the NBA Championship until the Denver Nuggets win Game 5, then they will be a whole season and playoffs away from the NBA Championship.
Well well. Heat shot like crap from the 3pt in game 3 and Murray finally showed out. Also the Nuggets outrebounded the Heat by a large margin. Its like the games that the Heat wanna scrap to win, the Nuggets can easily play if its just Jokic/Murray running the show.
It looks like the spell fizzled…