Honestly, I don't consider home-court advantage as a big factor in these playoffs, for most teams, especially if we refer to both Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat. We should clearly see already that the Nuggets are already good regardless of playing at home or away. If they will win again in Game 2, the homecourt advantage just plays a small role as they won purely thru their overall good performance.

Others keep saying too that in order for Miami Heat to at least take over Nuggets, Jimmy Butler needs to turn beast mode. That's something he really should but to tell you guys, that is not enough as we are talking about dealing with the Denver Nuggets here. Miami Heat shouldn't be carried by their key scorer/s most of the time for the entire series. Denver Nuggets is a complete team right now and almost the entire starters are doing well. Miami Heat should also do the same, no matter what.

Remember that it's not just the losing team that is doing some adjustments every other game, the winning team is also doing the same.

Do you mean here by how Bam Adebayo putting the defense on Nikola Jokic? From a personal view, it's not even close to saying he's a match for Jokic.

Nikola Jokic is playing well even Adebayo is guarding him, and even against anyone on the Miami Heat. Did we even see Jokic struggling when Adebayo is defending him in Game 1 or by other Heat players? He was able to shoot 8 out of 12 field goal attempts in Game 1 and was sent to the free throw line grabbing 10 points out of 12 attempts. It's already showing that no defense is working against Jokic 1-on-1 and single-handled.

It needs two good defenders to make an attempt in slowing down Nikola Jokic, but that's not even sure if it will work. Even if the Heat were able successfully to slow him down, his scoring is the only one to be limited but he still can be a threat since he's a good playmaker and his average assists per game stats tell it all.

In several situations already when he's cornered, instead of forcing his way to the bucket, we will see him doing unexpected dishes to his teammates in a completely free zone shooting mode for an easy bucket. He is also good at low post especially against smaller than him therefore, 1-on-1 against Bam, he has the height advantage and can easily throw a floater in a post-up.

There is no one who can stop Jokic. If Heat will possibly be able to limit him in scoring, expect that he will instead have good stats in rebounds and assists.

Yes, I do agree  that this is a crucial game for the Heat. They haven't been in a situation like this before, in all of their series, they usually take game 1 and win. But this is very different situation now, if they lost then 2-0 going back to their home court and then all the pressures will be on their shoulders.

They will have to find a way to score in the paint, go to the free throw line. They shouldn't allow the Nuggets to control the game from the very beginning and then they do  the catch-up. Jimmy will have to score and be their main offensive man in the first half.

It's been an interesting match so far. The Denver Nuggets have really impressed this season. If you win 4-0 in the semi-finals, that also says something. And in the first game of the final they won very easily, we can say. The fact that the game was in Denver was of course a big advantage. Basketball is a sport in which the audience at home can be extremely important because almost the entire stadium is full of home supporters. It is also remarkable that there are almost never problems between the supporters. They should take that as an example in other sports.

Even without Nikola Jokic, Denver Nugget scores very easily and the other players do not have trouble scoring. Solid defense by Nikolo Jokic is more important for the team right now. Jokic's defense is not missing anything more valuable than his score, anyway, scoring points is for Denver right now. I can say that Denvar Nugget is still solid and comfortable in the top five. Forwards Bruce Brown, Michael Porter score well, both defensively is very well. Jimmy Butler said that Nikola Jokic was a good defender. I think he may be underestimating his other abilities because he can't score much, he is a player who plays according to his team according to his place, but I can say that he is a complete player for Jokic.

Money towards the Nuggets is definitely a wise thing to do as in every angle we try to see, it is always the Nuggets who have the higher hand but considering that their ML is low, you need to have some handicap so that your profits are somehow higher compared to the money line. Besides, the Finals should be more fun and entertaining if both teams are competing fair with each other but I'm afraid that in this case, it will be too much too ask.

Regarding about that, I will try to bet during live games to enhance my chances and I'm certain enough that it would be the Nuggets who will take the win in the 2nd game. But we will see what will happen in the first quarter though.

They are truly impressive. The Denver Nuggets as the first seed in the season with 53 wins and just 29 losses while most of them are Jokic-less whenever he tries to rest or the management not letting him play to avoid unexpected injuries.
Regarding the homecourt advantage, I don't want to underestimate the Miami Heat because they are also good on the road. Their two stolen wins can from the TD Garden of Boston Celtics which was actually shocking, this is why I don't want to go as far as -9 when it comes to betting for the Nuggets. I mean, the chances of the Nuggets winning are high, but covering the spread will be difficult because the Heat doesn't give up easily, especially on the defensive end.

Game 2 later, we will see if the Nuggets can perfect it at their home before they go on the road to Miami. They cannot give up one game here to avoid a rough road ahead with their confidence being broken. To the gamblers here, good luck.

It is very impressive to see Heat doing this great this season even in the absence of one of their most important players who is Tyler Herro. That is a big dedication example by them. They started the final series 1-0 behind against Nuggets maybe but I don't think this series will be easy for Nuggets either. I hope to see 7 games which would be lovely to watch.

There is less than an hour left for Game 2 to start. Caleb Martin's condition is still questionable. His score contribution has also been valuable for Heat. It feels like Nuggets will get another win home.

They might don't see the whole potential of their undrafted player if Hero is available on the rooster since for sure if he's available the minutes of those guys will be lessen and might they will not reach that far if they didn't maximize their potential. But the problem now is how they can maximize their rooster against Nuggets knowing that they are mismatch in height, also with defense and offense. Maybe this is big problem need to solve by their coach since if they didn't find ways to counter eat maybe they will be sweep by Nuggets just like what they did to Lakers.