NBA Player Props – Nikola Jokic, Heat vs Nuggets G3
NBA Player Props Prediction – Miami Heat vs Denver Nuggets G3 08.06.2023. The NBA Finals series is moving to Florida. The third and fourth matches between the Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets will occur there.
The current score in the series is 1-1, and Erik Spoelstra’s men have fulfilled the primary goal in this series. They wanted to return from the capital of Colorado with one victory, and they succeeded in that. Now their task is to defend the home field.
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NBA Player Props Prediction
The tactic of the Miami Heat coaching staff before the second match was to prevent Nikola Jokic from playing with his teammates. Their conceptual risk was to force the Nuggets center to score as often as possible but to defend the passing lanes successfully.
This plan was entirely successful. The Serbian superstar scored 41 points, hitting 16 of 28 shots from the field, but had only four assists. That was the lowest number of assists by Nikola Jokić in one match in this playoff.
"Really intelligent team… they can just kind of morph."
— NBA (@NBA) June 6, 2023
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Nikola Jokic
There is no doubt that we will see a similar strategy in the third game. In defensive possessions, the Miami players will focus maximum attention on the movements of Jokic’s teammates and thus try to stifle his creations.
That will leave a lot of space for the Serbian center to play 1 on 1, and it is evident that even Bam Adebayo, and even less Cody Zeller, can defend him in isolation. Jokic handled these situations equally well when he was facing the basket, as well as at the low post. Therefore, we think there is a good chance that he will score 30+ points again.
Tip-off Time: Wednesday, 07.06.2023, 08:30 PM Local Time EST / Thursday, 08.06.2023, 02:30 CET
Prediction: Nikola Jokic, 29.5 Points Over
Odds: 1.87
Sportsbook: 22bet
