It's Aaron Gordon btw, and he's really punishing below with those smaller defenders on him. The switches Denver are absolutely stunning and I guess this will be a blowout game for the Denver unless Miami make some adjustments and decrease that outside shooting, they're really salty out there especially for Strus right now with 0-6 3PT FG.

Yeah, it was Gordon who are doing the damage and says the guard of the Heat is "too little", so for game 1, he has the impact for the Nuggets.

For Struss, we went scoreless for the first time in a series opener and they've lost big time. Time for him to make the adjustments next game, it might be over if the Nuggets scores 2-0. They haven't been in this kind of score in the playoff, they even went 3-0 against the Boston Celtics. But it seems this is a different team that they are playing and we should also give coach Malone some credit for inspiring his players.

That's the advantage the Nuggets possess with their talented outside shooters. If the Heat double-team Jokic, it would create open opportunities for the Nuggets, potentially leading to an easy win. Therefore, the Heat are opting for single coverage on Jokic, focusing on denying open shots to the other players. One strategy the Heat could employ is to attempt to get Jokic into early foul trouble, disrupt his rhythm, and provoke him emotionally. I'm not sure if there's someone on the Heat capable of executing that strategy, but it's worth a try.

When Strus keeps on shooting outside, I guess that's the game of Coach Spo that everyone should just keep on shooting as they can't get inside because of Jokic.

I also see that Jimmy and Bam can't do a thing inside because of the tight defense of the Nuggets. But if I were Spo at the beginning of the game when Strus' threes weren't making a thing, I'll have him go outside and replaced by someone who's got a good shooting.

But who's that when most of them were out of luck trying to get a three.

Lucky are those who took the -10.5. You just received the exact amount to win your bets so congratulations to you all.
In my case, I took the -8.5 Nuggets, so it's also a winner.

The Miami Heat is not playing well when it comes to offense, Caleb Martin seems to be off night and that broke his consistent double digits in points in the Celtics series. Maybe in Game 2, he will be different. Gabe Vincent and Haywood Highsmith are the only ones who I think are confident enough to do some damage against the Nuggets. Bam's stats, should be normal, that's his average during the season. Something big is missing, Jimmy Butler. He is the one who creates a lot of free throws for the team but today they only shot 2/2 at the stripe. That means no one is putting a body against the Nuggets when it comes to offense and that should be Butler.
They are not aggressive enough and the Nuggets took advantage of that. The Heat are actually lucky the three-pointers of the Nuggets are not sinking in or else it could've been a big blowout.