DENVER — Erik Spoelstra isn't exactly Dr. Seuss, but he almost sounds like a passage from 'Green Eggs and Ham' when referencing the start of the NBA Finals.
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic picks up the ball in the first half of Game 2 of an NBA second-round playoff series against the Phoenix Suns, Monday, May 1, 2023, in Denver. DENVER — Erik Spoelstra isn’t exactly Dr. Seuss, but he almost sounds like a passage from “Green Eggs and Ham” when referencing the start of the NBA Finals.
The best of the rest of LeBron James. Kevin Durant. A healthy Anthony Davis. All are in Jokić’s wake to date, in the throes of what will be viewed as a classic postseason run when it’s over: 29.9 points, 13.3 rebounds and 10.3 assists in 15 playoff games. “He’s very unique,” Spolestra said during the Finals media day at Ball Arena on Wednesday afternoon. “He doesn’t really have any noticeable weaknesses in terms of his size, his skill set. He’s one of one in the myriad of ways that he can impact the game and impact winning.”
The Heat happen to be the ones standing in front of them — or more germane to the discussion, one Bam Adebayo is standing in front of Jokić. “Guarding him as a team with all five guys,” Heat forward Jimmy Butler said. “He does everything so well, and we’re going to have to be in the gaps, we’re going to have to gang rebound. We can’t have defensive lapses. We’re just going to have to get after it. I think at the end of the day, he’s a major key, as DJ Khaled would say, and we’re going to have to lock in.”
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