Topic: NBA 2019-2020 betting - page 110. (Read 120374 times)

My take, Jimmy Butler focused too much on the offensive attack, he had not been gaining steals anymore unlike how he did it against the Celtics where his numbers on the defensive end are way high that it's unbelievable.
In the series against the Celtics, he gained a total of 18 steals and 3 blocks in 7 games. Now, it's Game 3 against the Denver Nuggets and he only gained 1 steal and 2 blocks. That's not the Jimmy Butler that I knew. Maybe all the bashing against him affected him mentally and he forgot how balanced he is on both ends of the floor. He is defending Jamal Murray all the time and yet Jamal scored 34 points and better, with 10 assists and 10 rebounds.
I don't want to put the blame on him but as I said in my previous posts, when Jimmy plays better, the whole team is sucked into that portal and everyone will do the same. But he must also do it on the defensive end.

I like the focus of Coach Malone, he said the Heat won both games 1 and 2 in the 4th quarter, it's time to beat them in game 3 and it did work. They did beat them at 27 versus 26.

It wasn't a very big bet that I made last night, but at least it got me a few satoshis to keep betting this championship series without having to reload my online gambling site with bitcoin. I didn't end up betting any props last night, but I did pick out a couple just to see how I would have done, and I would have of course killed it.  So, next game I'm definitely doing so prop bets.  Wish there wasn't so many days in between each game.

My bets won. I hope you tried.
I think the Denver Nuggets will win the next game.

Jokic and Murray were great last night.
Both players had triple doubles.

Jamal Murray ended the last game with what looks like a nasty blister on his hand from the arena floor. You can see the aftermath today of it here as it starts to heal.

https://twitter.com/thenbacentral/status/1666892204030279680

It looks to be his off hand so maybe it won’t affect him much, but it also looks like it could be pretty painful and might even need to be wrapped for the next game.

2 for 2.  Jokic over on props is as easy as it gets.  Can't believe both jokic and Murray had a triple double.  Can't say I've watched a game this important with 2 trip dubs in one game.  First time in a finals?

Think I'm gonna hit the same bet for game 4.  Can't see jokic not hitting, nobody can stop him at this point.  And if you throw bodies on him, dude will rack up 20-30 assists lol.

Whenever Murray also contributes with big numbers to the game Nuggets manage to win easier. This was the case for Game 1 and it was again for Game 3. Considering his statistics in these two games of the series Murray had better stay over 25 points.    Since the time he returned from a long-running injury he has made a really solid contribution to the team of course.

However this is the final series and he needs to help Jokic continually. Jokic has been carrying the most of the load for his team to be the champions in the playoffs. If Murray shares the load in the rest of the games I'm pretty confident about Nuggets to take their first ever NBA championship home this season. 

I was expecting Jimmy Butler to show a much better performance in the final series. However he still has a chance to do this. He has the biggest role in Miami's reaching this stage which got a play-off ticket from the 8th position. I think Butler can explode in the 4th match and have a score over 26.5 points.

The pressure is again on the Miami Heat's shoulders now because if they still lose on a back to back homecourt games, it might be hard for them to contend anymore and prevent the Nuggets from winning the Finals because that also mean that the Nuggets will have a 3-1 lead if they can win successively in Heat's homecourt.

Watch out, coach Spo might do something again and I'm pretty much excited to see if he can still make a difference and the team will execute the plan accordingly.

Even though the Miami Heat tried to push and made a slight rally, the Denver Nuggets just got the right advantage which enabled to them to effectively shoot inside and outside the paint, and even made the right adjustment so that they can avoid what happened in Game 2. Now, they are tied as both team have won in each other's homecourt but in the real standing, the Nuggets have the upper hand for leading the series.

With the way Murray and Jokic play the game today, they really show that they are not willing to give Miami the confidence throughout the
series, after losing one game at game they regain the advantage.

Game 3 is more on adjustments and that's how coach Malone did, he find the right counter and to make sure that Miami's shooters will be limited,

And they made it, Strauss, Vincent and Robinson did not play the same level in game 2, Congratulations to all Denver supporters.

I agree the Miami Heat might win game 2 but they did struggle against them and because they keep on giving Nikola Jokic huge points towards the game their problem is he can still make those points and if they aren't making efforts in defending him then this is going to be a 1 man show, he can score 60 points towards the game and they can not stop that even if they seal of Jamal Murray, Nikola Jokic is unstoppable that is why they let him made that shot, but in game 3 the Denver Nuggets have made an adjustment still they surely can not stop the Denver Nuggets in creating some opening from the Miami Heats defense,


Well in picking the Denver Nuggets you have chosen the right thing because the Denver Nuggets did manage to pill the gap and made win, and this time both Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray has a triple-double in winning the game it was surely an outstanding performance for both players Nikola Jokic have gotten 21 rebounds in game 3 so it is the best gameplay he ever plays in his career,

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Here are the result for the game today

Miami Heat VS Denver Nuggets - SCORE 94 - 109 - WIN

It was really a close game in the 1st half but in the 2nd half the Denver Nuggets have shown that they are the dominant team here game 2 was a close game and the Miami Heat is surely struggling so much, in this game, it goes to show the level of each team, in this game Aaron Gordon has a double-double of 10 rebounds and 11 points, Christian Braun got 15 points Nikola Jokic has a triple-double of 21 rebounds 10 assist and 32 points while Jamal Murray has a triple-double as well of 10 rebounds 10 assist and 34 points dominating in the 2nd half of this game,

Although it was a low-scoring game, it was impressive to see Denver dictate the tempo throughout. They had no trouble scoring in every quarter, and they surpassed the over 106.5 total points by scoring a total of 109 points. Their precision and dominance inside the paint played a significant role in securing the win. As for my profit, unfortunately, I had bet on the Heat, so it stands at "0".

I believe we saw the same Jimmy in Game 2, and yet the Heat still managed to win. It's possible that the adjustments made by the Nuggets surprised the Heat, as they struggled to counter the aggressive defense displayed by the Nuggets. The Nuggets were the aggressors in the game, driving the ball effectively and dominating the rebounds. I'm certain that the Miami team will take note of these aspects as they review the game footage.

Jimmy Butler was just as terrible as you could have imagine and don't let the numbers lie to you, he was awful and play more like coward that isn't built for a NBA finals, zero assists and 2 rebound from a player that's supposed to be the tea leader, minimal fouls drawn while very careless and sloppy with the ball, and unlike him his counterpart Jamal Murray stepped up big time and complimented Jokic and he didn't need to do it alone, I would say a couple of Butler's team had a rough night especially Gabe Vincent with those cheap and awful foul calls, but Jimmy Butler was also not a leader enough to inspire his team imo, he looked really carried away.

Congratulations for the profit earned because the Denver players performed very impressively in the 3rd game, as predicted the 3rd game will return to the beginning where Denver was able to take this game very convincingly.
My betbuilder failed because I didn't expect that Jokic would appear even crazier by making 21 rebounds. Luckily, the live bet with Denver over 106.5 @ 1.87 was enough to attract profit for me.

Denver Nuggets win. Very intense game. Two players with triple-double stats in the Finals on the same team.
Nikola Jokic had 32 points, 21, rebounds, and 10 assists. What a monster!
Jamal Murray had 34 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists as well. Another monster.
History. I think that's why Murray stick to play the last minutes to fill that lack of rebounds that he need and gain the triple-double.
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/nba-teammates-triple-double-same-game-nikola-jokic-murray/pqut4osihxvi1dwbt1nszfbh
With these two working like that, it's not easy to stop the Nuggets. Then there's the aggressive Aaron Gordon again, but sadly his free throws are not sinking in.
And thanks to them I hit my bet builder.


I think we should start forgetting about the homecourt advantage. Miami Heat won in Denver and then vice versa. Great adjustment by Coach Malone, I didn't expect him to give more minutes for Christian Braun but it's worth every damn second that he is on the floor. 19 minutes, 15 points. Some of it he did by himself and some from the good cuts he made to be open. His defense was also spectacular.

Nice job! Murray had an outstanding game today and was able to showcase his MVP-level performance. He scored 34 points, recorded 10 assists, and grabbed 10 rebounds. That kind of performance is truly deserving of the MVP title, and it resulted in an easy win for his team. Congratulations on the victory!

Looking pretty solid a bet so far at halftime Jokic having 14 + 12 + 7 after the first 24 minutes, 20 PRA for 2nd half should be a really easy reach for the only con could be those two fouls he's got, if he's able to stay off foul troubles, then it should be a bang hit.

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I don't have any singles bet on the just my usual multiple props betbuilder on SB, then a Jamal Murray PRA 36.5 @ 1.86 on local Sportbook, but If I'm able to get a similar result from the players like they did in the first half, I should have a very decent amount of winnings. 🤞

I feel like a lot of money is hitting the +3.5 and man I hate to bet against a home team in the playoffs with them at home but I'm laying on the Nuggets.  I said I was gonna lay on them the whole way down and can't believe one game should change that.  Hitting Denver-3.5 and a jokic pts+rbs+asst over.

Good luck everyone and enjoy game 3.

So it seems that everyone is not on the same boat, unlike game 1 wherein almost the majority went for the Nuggets to win even if the initial handicap is almost double digit.

For this game 3, I will go with the Heat at +3.5, still at 1.90 so that is good enough for me.

And with that kind of almost 50/50 bet here, it just shows that this game should be very close and could be decided again in the last couple of minutes or even less than that.