6.9.23 - JR SportBrief Hour 2

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It is the JR Sport Brief show here with you on CBS Sports Radio. Happy Friday night to you. I hope you had a good Friday. I'm here to get you all set and ready for the weekend. I'm coming to you live from Atlanta, Georgia.

Thank you to everybody tuned in and listening all over North America. You could be hanging out on a Friday. You could be at work. You could be leaving work. You could be chilling.

I'm glad that you're here. If you're like me, even though I'm on the air with you right now, I'm paying attention to the NBA Finals because this very minute, this very second, the Denver Nuggets are in control. There's about three and a half minutes left in this game. Denver currently leads 97 to 87. If Denver wins this game, they go up in the series three to one. And if you have been watching this series, you probably know what that means. The Miami Heat at this point would be officially cooked.

They'd be done. And if you need a little bit of a reminder, in the case of NBA history, we've only had one team come back from being down 3-1 in an NBA Finals, and that would be the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors. I don't think that would happen this go-round. Nikolay Jokic right now, 23 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists. He is playing with 5 fouls. He is out on the court to pretty much help close out this game. Aaron Gordon having a game of his life tonight with 27 points. Jamal Murray, 15. Bruce Brown off the bench with 13. Michael Porter Jr. has been having a crap series shooting the ball.

He has 11 points. A big shout out to super producer and host Dave Shepherd. He's coming to you live from New York City. And I think we all basically, I want to say we're on the same page here, but it looks like Denver is going to be in control. And I think it's only a matter of time before Miami Heat fans start to exit the building. Hey Shep, at what point do we see a mass exodus? Another minute or so, right? Takes one shot.

I'm surprised the max exodus has not already occurred, JR. I mean, they were down double digits with less than four minutes to go in this game. I can't believe the Heat have been so loyal in this one, considering what their score was. Yeah, the Heat fan base.

Yeah, I mean, yeah, I just, I mean, I'm too busy seeing Forest Whitaker and Chris Tucker. I'm not seeing really the fans engaged in this game, to be honest. Well, you know, after a few Duncan Robinson threes, they showed a little bit of life when Nikola Jokic ended up going to the bench. But this is, this is bad.

And when I say this, I'm about to explain it to everyone. The Miami Heat bench players, role players, they've all come back down to earth. Gabe Vincent, two points tonight. Max Struce, zero points tonight. Duncan Robinson, pretty much the only dude who's showing some life out of the game tonight. The Miami Heat bench players, zero points tonight. Duncan Robinson, pretty much the only dude who's showing some life out of the typical trio. He has 12 points. Martin, Caleb Martin has nine points. Kyle Lowry had 13 points.

It seems like he had all 13 of those points in the second quarter. And the Miami Heat have turned back into a pumpkin. That's it. And okay, now it's, now it's over. Now it's over.

Kentavia, not officially. Kentavia's Caldwell Pope just knocked down a three to extend the lead to 105-91. And the minute that that shot went down, there were white t-shirts in the stands that have started to exit the building. And I think reality is starting to set in for Miami Heat fans who have just, just, just, just, I don't want to say all of them because it's not the case, but there's been a lot of Heat fans who just talked about, oh, we don't give up.

We don't quit. Well, at some point, talent factors in. You know, Nikola Jokic ended up spraining his ankle earlier on in the game. And it was just like, oh, here we go. And Jokic, all he needed to do was to go into the back, get his ankle re-taped up. He came back and he played. And so as of this minute, there's less than two minutes left in the game.

One minute and 49 seconds to be exact. And the Denver Nuggets lead 105 to 91. And you got a lot of folks in Miami right now who are heading towards the exits. I don't think there is a comeback here. And I think we're minutes away from the Denver Nuggets going up 3-1 in this series.

Now, I'm taking a deep sigh because before we get to the conclusion of this game, I have tried to avoid this the best way possible all week long. If you haven't noticed, if you've been underneath a rock, Zion Williamson has been in the news all week and not for any type of reasoning dealing with basketball. Has nothing to do with his weight. Zion Williamson's personal business has been plastered all over social media. He has a pregnancy announcement, not his, earlier this week with his girlfriend or whatever she is. And they're having a baby.

They had a video for it. And then there was an adult film star. I don't know if she's a former adult film star, but she's done some things. And she said that Zion was not faithful.

She went on a three-day Twitter rant. And now there is also a third woman who has now come out and said Zion was not being honest or faithful. And for Zion Williamson, I don't care who he does what with and where he does it and how he does it.

If you want details, you can Google it, allegedly. But it's embarrassing. You know, I think a couple of weeks ago we talked about whether or not Zion is a bust. And I say, yeah, I mean, for right now, because he doesn't play, people are telling me, oh, no, he's not a bust yet.

But I don't care. He's not out there. At this point in time, Zion just looks like a bum, not being available, not being in shape. He's in the headlines for having eight girlfriends and this baby and the pregnant lady who also happens to be a star, a camera star, if you get my drift, and whatever happens to Zion from college. Just running around, big fun-loving guy, dunking all over the place. That Zion is gone. This is Zion with $200 million coming his way, having not even been healthy. And now he is just, he's not a basketball player.

He's a caricature of a basketball player. And for whatever reason, Zion was at a public event with his dad today, giving away school uniforms. And his stepfather actually took the time to talk to the press and say, hey, don't believe everything you read about my son. Listen to this.

And I want to say this, and I want to be politically correct when I say it. As my son, and I love him, when I was a child, I walked like a child. Talked like a child. Did childish things. But when I became a man, when I understood, then God blessed me. So all I'm going to say this morning, believe half of what you see and nothing you hear. That's all I'm going to say. I stand by my son 100%. There you go.

I wasn't always where I am today. Give me a sign. You don't got to believe a damn thing when it comes to Zion, but you better believe this. It's official. The Denver Nuggets have now taken a 3-1 series lead in the NBA Finals. 108 to 95 is the final score. Teams that lead 3-1, they are 35-1 here. Yeah, there ain't no bounce back for these heat.

As the cameras are firmly entrenched on Jimmy Butler, as he takes a brisk walk back to the locker room, got to be tough when the camera is all up in your grill. Denver's up 3-1. Wow.

Wow. Let me give you the numbers here. Nikola Jokic finishes tonight. 23 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists. Aaron Gordon, 27 points. He played out of his mind.

11 of 15 from the field, 3 of 4 from downtown. And Aaron Gordon did more. 27 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

He played out of his mind. Aaron Gordon did more. 27 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists. Jamal Murray had 15 points and 12 assists. Bruce Brown, 21 points off of the bench.

But this is where things were just terrible for Miami. Jimmy Butler had 25, 7, and 7. Bam Adebayo went 20 and 11. Kevin Love, the old man carcass of Kevin Love, gave you 12 points. Kyle Lowry had 13 off the bench. Caleb Martin had 11. Duncan Robinson had 12. But these are the culprits tonight.

The Miami Heat got nothing. Zero zip from Gabe Vincent and Max Struce. And I know, maybe Gabe Vincent is still hobbled. Maybe he's not feeling well. Maybe his body is hurting. To have two points?

Ain't gonna cut it, man. What's Max Struce's excuse? Max Struce had zero points. Nothing. And so all these role players, these guys who just stepped things up, were we supposed to believe in them throughout the course of the playoffs? Miami Heat have turned into a pumpkin. Like they've regressed back to normal, man.

And what are they supposed to do now? Just throw Tolly Hero out there? Like this is desperation time. The clinching game could be this upcoming Monday in Denver, Colorado. In the Miami Heat, are they supposed to say, oh, well, let's just throw Tolly Hero out there and see if we can get some more shots? The Denver Nuggets are walking. They have walked into their locker room, slapping fives, and yeah, they should be happy. They have a chance to go home and win an NBA championship on their home court. And unless the Miami Heat want to delay the inevitable, unless they want to hold everybody up. Look, there's not a game that goes by where I don't think the Miami Heat are capable of winning. But the Denver Nuggets should just slam the door shut on Monday night. Get it over with. 855-212-4CBS.

That's 855-212-4CBS. The Denver Nuggets win tonight's game 108 to 95. Denver now leads this NBA final series 3-2-1. There's only been one team in NBA history to come back from a 3-1 deficit.

It ain't going to happen this go round. This is not the Cavaliers and the Warriors. These are the Nuggets. This is the Heat. And the Denver Nuggets have been in control this entire series. It's the JR Sport Reshow here with you on CBS Sports Radio.

We're going to take a break. And when we come back on the other side, I want you to hear some of these plays because Aaron Gordon, he played tonight like he was Karl Malone and Nikola Jokic. He's just, he's just Nikola Jokic. It's the JR Sport Reshow. Denver Nuggets, man. One went away from a championship. We're going to talk about it on the other side.

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And then they losing Pete Alonso. Damn. Man, sucks to be a New York Met right now.

This is terrible. Anyway, game four of the NBA Finals is done. The Denver Nuggets just beat the Miami Heat 108-95. The Denver Nuggets now lead this series 3-1. In 36 instances of an NBA Finals going to 3-1, the only team to ever come back from 3-1, you know it, the Cleveland Cavaliers. 2016 against those Golden State Warriors.

And I think Draymond Green being suspended had a little bit of something to do with it. And so Miami did done. They cooked. They finished. It's a wrap.

No mas. It's over. The fans went home. They know it was over. And now this series goes back to Denver where the Nuggets are going to try to close things out in front of their home fans on Monday night. I wish I was in Denver right now. I'd love to celebrate. I'd love to. They got to wait a couple of days, but I'd absolutely love to.

All the reasons in the world to do so. Aaron Gordon, another solid game. We saw what he did in Game 1.

Just bullying the small Miami Heat. Tonight he had 27 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists. He was 11 of 15 from the field.

He didn't miss or couldn't miss. He was 3 of 4 from downtown. He had 2 steals. Jokic, 23 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists. Jamal Murray didn't have one of these 30-point games.

He only had 15 points to go along with 12 assists. And Jamal Murray, he spoke to Lisa Salters after the game on ABC. And this is what Jamal Murray had to say about the win. Jamal, that big three on your favorite play when they were making a run in the fourth quarter, how were you able to hold it down when Nicola was on the bench in foul trouble? How about my teammates? Teammates were great. AG, K, Bruce.

Yo, Jeff came in the game. CB, everybody. Today was a team effort. I can't even name one person. Everybody locked in.

We got one more to go. Tonight you made history, became the first person in NBA history to have at least 10 assists in their first four finals games. What does that mean to you? Like I said, my teammates. You don't get assists without making shots and making the right reads.

I can't say no. I give all my credit to my teammates. They did a great job. It was a great team effort on both ends.

We got to do that for one more game and we get our goal. You started to name names, but I want to single out some guys. Aaron Gordon, describe the impact he had on this game. He just played with confidence today.

He saw one go down. I mean, we just told him to stay aggressive. He did that going to the rim, making shots, guarding Jimmy, being on the boards, being the first like he was in game one. Tonight was him. Yeah, I mean, he played a strong game all the way through. Aaron Gordon played like the dude out of Arizona who people thought was going to be an NBA All-Star. I don't think it's going to matter too much because if he gets his hand on an NBA championship, people are going to be paying even closer attention and that might be the reality come Monday night.

27 points, 11 of 15 from the field. This is a big deal. Shout outs to everybody in Denver. I know they are thrilled. They're happy on a Friday night.

They might be having a couple of beers. There might be a few new babies that are being conceived and it's not even a W yet, right? And I'm not jumping the gun here, folks. Unless there's some type of injury, the series is done. There ain't no comeback, okay? Even if Miami picks up a win on Monday night, I don't need people calling me telling me, oh, they still got a chance. What are you talking about?

You buried them, JR. Come on, stop. The series is over. And tonight, oh my God, I already told you about Max Struce and Gabe Vincent only combining for two points.

This is kind of pathetic. The defense from the Nuggets was spectacular tonight. They held Miami to eight of 25 from three. They had 11 assists, or excuse me, 11 steals to Miami's two. The Denver Nuggets blocked seven shots to Miami's three.

The Nuggets at one point led by 17 points in the largest lead tonight for the Miami Heat, a paltry three points. I said it last night when one of the Heat callers, Heat fans, called up and was railed about, oh, Miami Heat come back and the series not over. And I'm like, man, have you watched the games like Miami has been playing from behind? Every game, even the game they won, they've been playing from behind.

Tonight was no different. Like Mike Malone is talking to the media right now, head coach of the Denver Nuggets, and we'll hear from Mike Malone. I mean, he's at the end of the rope, end of the line right now. There really can't be any more, we need to play better and we're the underdogs and nobody believes in us. Hey, Mike Malone, that's over. When Mike Malone is done chatting, we'll share with you everything that he is saying.

855-212-4CBS, that's 855-212-4CBS. I told you, Nikola Jokic went down and had to take a seat with five fouls and they were still able to stay alive and they were able to keep the Miami Heat at bay until he stepped back out onto the court. But I told you, Aaron Gordon is the man who got busy tonight for the Denver Nuggets, deciding to give him 27 points. I'm going to take you to the third quarter. Nuggets fully in control. Aaron Gordon finishing with a slam from an alley-oop.

Listen to this. Murray veals down to the right elbow, guarded by Adebayu. This has Gabe Vincent on Joker. Two hands on the alley-oop to Aaron Gordon. Denver leads it by 11, 72-61. Over halfway home in the third quarter. Yeah, he can dunk the ball off of an alley-oop and then I told you, he can also knock down a three.

He was three or four. Listen to this three-point bucket. Murray to the elbow. Corner three. Gordon.

Yes! Oh, I can't tell you how big that bucket was. Murray's hurt. Back the other way comes Adebayu. Adebayu with stutter-step drive, bite in the clock, jumper, air ball at the horn and Denver will take a 13-point lead to the fourth quarter.

Well, Murray wasn't hurt because Murray in the fourth quarter, he's out here knocking down threes. Brown throws it on the high left side over to Gordon. Gordon hands it off to Jamal Murray for three.

Yes! There you go. 89-81. Denver back in the lead by eight. Listen folks, it's not just Aaron Gordon. It's not just Jamal Murray.

It's a team effort. Bruce Brown tonight off of the bench. 21 points, eight of 11 from the field. Kentavious Caldwell-Pulp got him the ball and Bruce Brown decided to finish. Jimmy Butler has it at the point. He's guarded by KCP. He gets to the free throw line, shoves him out of the way, stripped out of his hands. He got it back.

Leans in, loses the basketball again. Stolen by Denver. Nuggets have the numbers three on one. Murray Brown lay a good! Nuggets lead it 96-87. Bruce Brown got busy on his own too. While the Denver Nuggets were trying to keep Miami at bay, he helped put them up double digits late in the fourth. Bruce Brown down the lane, reverse side.

Lay up is up and in. Denver leads it by 11 with two minutes to go. At that point, I'm looking around the arena. I'm waiting for the fans to leave.

I'm waiting for them to head to the exits and I'm just waiting. I'm trying to see what point the fans are gonna quit. It basically came with Kentavious Caldwell-Pulp. He knocked down a three and at that point there was an accident. Aaron Gordon right side to Casey for the game winner.

Yes! The Denver Nuggets lead the Miami Heat by 14 points and Scotty, for the first time this playoff series, I'm gonna tell you that this thing is over! Yeah and ironically, that's the same thing I said on the radio and that I had to reaffirm. This is all Nuggets radio by the way. I had to affirm to people, it's not officially over but yeah the game is done.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pulp hit what I called an FU3. When you knock down one of those three point shots, it's done. Like you, you know there's no coming back. The game is finished unless there's a miracle of which the odds are very very slim and very very low. You're done and so right now the Miami Heat, they're just about done. I don't think they're going to be on the other side of history and returning from a 3-1 deficit. The Denver Nuggets are trying to win the first championship in their existence here in the NBA.

One more win for their first NBA title and they're going to have a chance to do it at home. 8-5-5, 2-1-2 for CBS. Flute is calling from DC. You're on the JR Sport Brief Show. Hey what's up there JR? Man it's a beautiful game today. You know it's just very pleasing to watch good basketball man and Denver displayed that. You know in Miami they scrapping too, they scrapping but they're just running into a team that is prepared and is spreading the ball around.

That's what I like the most. It's not a one man, you know this is his show, a 4-1. You know one guy in the other four just look around and support him. It's a team effort man.

I'm seeing guys hustling and playing and sweat dripping. I mean they're putting forth effort and the thing is you can tell that they're coached and they're well prepared because they stay within their same you know routine whether they're up 10 or down 10. You know they move the ball around and they play good team defense and it's just pleasing to the eye to watch it man.

After watching a whole decade of this one man ball and clearing it out you know and that boy Murray man I think he has a lot of room to grow too. All of them have room to grow even Nokovic but I don't think that they're at their best but I don't count Miami out. I think Miami's going to win a game or two. I hope it goes 70 because after this it's all over with but I think Patty Riley going to pull you know he's going to put something in them to make a fight.

They're going to fight. They're not just going to go down I don't think four to one. I would hope it go three to three but this is beautiful basketball. Yes sir thank you Flute for calling from DC. Yeah listen man I've said I think that they'll win one or two games so I won't be shocked if Miami picks up a victory on on Monday. I would not be surprised but this series is just about done.

It's just a formality. 855-212-4CBS that's 855-212-4CBS. Mike Malone chatting with the media. I know the players getting ready to chat with the media as well.

We will share that with you here on the air 855-212-4CBS. What are your thoughts on the series? Can we close the book now on Miami?

Like they got all these cliches. I know you're not supposed to say anything about a fat lady singing anymore but the fat lady warming up right now. She's in the back. She might be eating or drinking something but she's about to hit that stage and she is about to sing and she is going to sing the Miami Heat into vacation and the Denver Nuggets they are about to be serenaded to the sounds of their first NBA championship.

I don't think that is a stretch to say. I'll take your calls on the other side start to hear from some of the coaches and the players. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. You are listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio. Our inspiration. You paid a picture to us at home. Jackie Field and want to know what you're doing. What a great job you do sir.

Call in now at 855-212-4CBS. Uh oh we playing trophies before the trophies actually handed out. Uh oh. Hey Shep how many times can we play this on Monday? Can we play this again?

I mean we could play that every time it's going to be fitting. Uh I feel like we're you know I was about to say I feel like we're rubbing salt in the wound but the series isn't technically done yet. You know why we're you know why you're not doing that JR? Why? Because you have I shouldn't call him a clown or a fool that's a little harsh.

Who is it? But every single time he loses every time same mo well we're gonna get one at home well we're gonna get one on the road well you know what you're one for four for guarantees so you kind of put this on yourself man. You're talking about Jimmy Butler. Damn right I am and listen enough of this playoff Jimmy stuff he had one good round like let's just be real about what Jimmy Butler has done this postseason. We know he's a hall of fame talent so we shouldn't be surprised when he could score 20-25 points in a game but the only great series he has had this entire postseason was against the team where the best player was injured yes. Yeah yeah here here in the the postseason and let's let's go ahead let's just let's look at the numbers here for Jimmy Butler in the postseason you tell me yeah you you people listening to me right now go ahead if we have to go if we have to go ahead and go round by round so here in the postseason not including tonight or maybe including tonight he's averaging 27 points six assists and six rebounds absolutely amazing yes but as you continue on here in the postseason let's look at the numbers here tonight 25.7 and 7 last game 28 the game before that 21 on seven of 19 shooting the game before that only 13 points and so he's picked things up in the last two games not the best of games in the first two it's just us it's inconsistencies here and he has said oh yeah we're gonna do this so we're gonna do that we're gonna well it's it don't matter anymore man it's just about over sorry the Miami Heat at home in their last four games they've lost them all they've started the postseason here six and oh at home in the last four games against Denver against also the Celtics they're all for four eight five five two one two four CBS that's eight five five two one two four CBS Mike Malone has really played up the uh the underdog card for the Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic doesn't get respect we're not going to get respect until we actually win something my team the defense sucks Mike Malone is seemingly never happy well Mike Malone just finished speaking with the media and let's take a listen to see whether or not he's actually happy matter of fact I guess he's happy about Bruce Brown I told you about his 21 points tonight and 11 of those points came in the fourth quarter to help keep the Miami Heat at bay while Nikola Jokic was in foul trouble this is what Mike Malone had to say about Bruce Brown Bruce Brown in the fourth quarter was amazing you know he had I think 21 points 11 of those were in the fourth quarter they were giving Jamal so much attention that let's get Jamal off the ball let Bruce make some plays he was aggressive got to the basket made shots and uh tonight was an impressive performance Bruce Brown he spoke as well and Bruce Brown he pretty much uh had an answer to this question hey Jokic had to sit on the bench in the fourth quarter with five fouls hey Bruce how did Joe win when Jokic was in foul trouble Bruce you scored 11 of your 21 in the fourth quarter what are you guys thinking when Joker goes to the bench and why did it not faze you guys tonight um really just be aggressive uh we knew they're gonna trap Jamal and try to get the ball out of his hands so uh the other four players are gonna have to make plays um and then luckily it was just my my time in the fourth quarter you joined the team as one of the best cutters in the league and the team is also putting the ball in your hands you're initiating offense you've grown as a spot-up shooter year to year you're always adding something to your game like how does it feel to have all that come together the way that it has in the finals and now you're one win shot of a title yeah it's been great um it just it just shows the work i put in each off season um remember when i first came to the league i couldn't shoot i wasn't confident shooting the ball at all i was a muck god he left me wide open let me shoot um so i took a toll on my confidence but uh it put a chip on my shoulder um so i just got a general work um and now it's showing it on the biggest stage good for him this man had to play on the brooklyn nets the brooklyn nets team that was supposed to be competing for a championship ironically now he's contributing to to one right now with the denver nuggets so bruce brown stepping up in a big way tonight for denver mike malone he didn't just single out bruce brown for what he contributed he also took a look at aaron gordon who had a playoff career high 27 points he had 25 of those points through the first three quarters nobody and i mean nobody tonight could stop aaron gordon this is what mike malone had to say about him 27.6 rebounds six assists making threes getting to the foul line guarding at a high level aaron did it all for us tonight he really did and uh you know we've seen that now in four games in the finals where aaron has had moments or he he has carried us offensively he made threes tonight obviously which is always a good thing but um i couldn't be more proud of aaron gordon and his impact across the board tonight they had aaron gordon out there looking like chris weber he's just doing whatever the hell he wanted to i'm talking about young chris weber flying all over the place he was knocking down three defending dudes being big and strong aaron gordon looked like a different human being tonight a bully 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 cbs that's 8 5 5 2 1 2 4 cbs joe is calling from houston texas you're on the jr sport brief show jr man thank you for taking my call man you know what man you preach in gospel tonight man oh thanks i'm gonna tell you no no listen what happened tonight man what exactly what you said aaron gordon played phenomenal he played out of his mind tonight man these guys listen they keep talking about jimmy buckets man man i'm telling you the yokage and those guys murray man man them are gonna win this thing man and i'm just gonna change they are they got a deep team porter like he kind of like messed up tonight a little bit he's gonna mess up but he's just like a little bit on tonight but at the end of the day dimba it might be like a they might get one next year j on the crew yeah well shep made an excellent point earlier this week i did as well you take a look at the squad and how young they are yeah and it appears that they are are just just scratching the surface on what they can be they are really and there's no such thing as a perfect team right but they they're great they got nowhere to go but up and i love the team you know i mean murray he does his thing man these guys they they look kind of good man they're kind of special man i'm just looking at this team and and you know you can't fault uh uh jimmy but jimmy trying to do everything he can but you can't fault man uh yoki fundamentally he looked like my pe coach from like when i was back in school man i graduated in the 90s listen he's fundamentally sound bro and and it just looks good man and you know what i'm glad it's not the normal tightness that's going on and and shout out to dimba i'm gonna let you talk bro well hold on hold on joe your your gym teacher used to play ball and bust your ass well he that's what yoki looked like he was like tall his name was cold playing he was just tall but you know but when i we got older man we we busted him but he was retired then thank you thank you thank you joe appreciate you for calling from houston no i understand that man when i was in when i was in elementary school and i guess it's easy to beat up on kids when you're in elementary school but he was an old man and he was out there busting some of my classmates he's busting everybody man well he couldn't jump and and i mean elementary school he was still some big kids it's like how's he how's this grown man beating us i guess that's how you feel in elementary school you're just out there uh knocking us around and he's right man jokic looks like a grown ass man playing against little against little kids jokic is out there knocking down threes i watched the shots that he took tonight just to confirm everything that i've seen over the past several months jokic took seven threes tonight he was three of seven at some points he was wide open i'm like how the hell are they leaving jokic open at the top of the three-point line and and the arc on his shot just seemingly it scrapes the top of the ceiling and it's wet i'm looking at jokic play defense he's not scaring anybody but he knows how to cut off angles man he is on a whole nother level and it's so cool to see you know as he just said calling out of houston you look at this team play i i can look at their depth and say oh man it'd be nice if they had a you know a javale mcgee in his prime type center i know that sounds funny because it's javale mcgee it'd be nice if they had an alternative coming off of the bench somebody that could fly around and and just block shots it'd be nice if they had a another scorer but when you look at the team and the eight-man rotation that they are running out there it's apparent the denver nuggets are the best team and michael porter jr has been playing like crap here in the nba finals tonight with 11 but aaron gordon a playoff career high 27 jokic balling out of his mind and the nuggets are one win away from their first nba championship 855-2124 cbs i'll take your calls and we'll hear from eric spoelstra on the other side of the break don't move cbs sports radio t-mobile's network can help keep you connected to all your favorite podcasts when you're out and about whether you're an early bird looking to dive into a 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