Tim Legler joins SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt to describe what he saw on the defensive end of the floor in Game 5 of the 2023 NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets.
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Zach Lavine may have stolen the dunk contest from Aaron Gordon. But Gordon was first to get one… Sup now biotch lol
And they're hiding Reggie Jackson also a first time champion with Jeff Green and Andre Jordan!
The top 7-10 players in the league have all stayed with the team that drafted them other than Lebron,KD, and Kawhi. And if Damian Lillard gets moved it’s mainly because his team is rebuilding not that he wants to leave
Well, well, well, the least talked about number one seed is now the champs. Tomorrow on first take and undisputed what's next for Lebron and the Lakers and who who can help Lenarcissist win another chip.🤦.
Some people are just fans of their favorite player or home team. Then there's fans of the game that can appreciate a non big market team that didn't just throw a bunch of superstars and big names together but assembled a team that grew, persevered, and plays for each other the right way to win a chip. Shout out to all the real b ball fans giving this Nuggets team some love!
The Nuggets playing the Spurs Beautiful Game. Jokic-Murray reminds me of the Duncan-Parker two-man game.
I'm so happy that Jokic has entered the bracket of the handful of superstars that won their championships the right way unlike some other star players becoming hired guns looking for a championship
It's funny to read the comments on ESPN, NBA, etc. on Instagram. Everyone suddenly came to Jimmy that he was a terrible leader, etc. As if everyone forgot that he was the 8th seed playing for the best team in the west, the 8th seed that was the league's worst attack, one of the worst teams in terms of assists or pace of the game. First of all, that the Bucks went through, being written off, that they went through the Knicks and that they won an extremely difficult series at the Celtics. For me, Jimmy, the absolute respect for the earlier rounds, the outcome in the finals, the decline in form, the decline of the rest of the team were absolutely predictable – they squeezed 120% out of the season anyway. Heat culture is always alive – and doing well – and will continue to do well. GO HEAT!!!!
This was the worst played finals in quite some time. Denver nuggets might of won, but they didn’t look like champions to me this finals. This was Brick city finals
Well now that's done. I think the off-season is more interesting than the finals. FIBA basketball is more interesting than the finals. It's cool a couple of AZ Wildcats got a ring tho!
Legs you the GOAT former athlete analyst
How did Denver win with only 94 points? Very simple, Miami was awful offensively, Jimmy Butler did nothing for the first 40 minutes of the game, and for some reason Spoelstra didn’t play Tyler Herro.
Where is perkins? wanna hear his thoughts😂😂😂
Denver. B2B Champs
I personally think the Nuggets will win at least 2-3 championships when it’s all said and done. Leaning more on the 3 side.
Jokic, Giannis, and Curry are a testament against LeBron’s legacy. The worst thing that could happen for him was guys staying put & winning championships.
Nikola Jokic is one of my favorite players since 2019 and is now the best player in the NBA the Greatest Skill center of all time and definitely Top 5 greatest Center of all time
One of the worst shooting percentages of the finals 😂
They have only 94 due to heats defense. But heat just puposefully dont wanna make shots, end of story
Legler was only on one team that even made the playoffs lol
Like since game 1 Denver players recording double doubles on Miami, what do you think was going to happen, then to take it all the way there, at the in end of game 2 if Murray shot would have fell & they went into overtime, Denver would had won that game in ot
Holding the Heat to below 100 points in all 5 games shows how much of a defensive maestro the Nuggets are in the Finals
Stop the cap, the nuggets scored 94 cause of the Heat but the heats offense was beyond anemic. If Butler's ankle was a lil bit better, the Heat wouldve won. Congrats denver for winning against an injured team
Congratulations to the Denver Nuggets!!
Sorry Carmelo. Jokic # will be retired at denver.
Everyone wants to know what Kendrick Perkins thinks.
With a more expensive roster
The defensive tenacity in this game was insane love it
Lebron James would of been flopping and crying bout physicality
KD will never experience that real happiness
The IQ of jokic is really crazy he just as smart maybe even smarter than a lebron or kobe or MJ
Thank you Tim legler for talking about the absolute pressure the nuggets guards and whole team played with tonight
Parking the bandwagon here for all those getting religon the last 3 games. Lisa Salters got on and even recognized Jokic post game. Nuggets played great, deserved to win. Malone's job one for next season, be able to run an offense while Jokic rests.
What made this such an incredible game was the adjustments made by both teams and it was a fight until the end. Hats off to both teams and congratulations to Denver with their first championship. And what a great sport on the part of Jokic hugging the Miami players at the end of the game. Jokic was the genuine MVP this year not just the MVP of the playoffs.
I agree with Legler saying that Jokic will probably stay in Denver for his career. He's well on his way – he's been there eight years is contract comes up this year and it's pretty much a certainty that he's going to be staying.
Espn what a shitty sportscast.
Denver is an average team.
Wasn’t Denver best team in the clutch all year long? They really have such a strong foundation with Jokic, they can go back to it whenever they need. Not sure how long Jokic will want to play, but for now, they have found a special combo.