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After the second match, Erik Spoelstra’s wild response to Jokic: “It’s ridiculous”

After the second match, Erik Spoelstra’s wild response to Jokic: “It’s ridiculous”

Despite the new card signed by Nikola Jokic, the Heat once again thwarted the odds by capturing the second game of the finals (111-108). He was invited to talk about its impact on the Joker’s performance, and then Erik Spoelstra walked away.

Just by looking at Nikola Jokic’s box points and stats, most fans tend to think that it was the Nuggets who broke this streak. However, despite the star’s 41 points and 11 rebounds, Game 2 finally slipped into the Heat’s hands, thus regaining the field advantage. An inconsistent result prompted Erik Spoelstra to frown at a press conference.

Erik Spoelstra upset with a question about Nikola Jokic

Entraîneur parmi les more decorés and réputés in the NBA, Spoelstra se devait d’effectuer quelques retouches à son plan de jeu à la suite du match 1. These dernières ont visible porté leurs fruits, et permettent in Miami de regagner la Floride avec une bonne dose trust. However, when speaking of the potential tactics applied to Jokic, he allowed himself to sharply paraphrase Ramona Shelburne fromESPN :

Ramona Shelburne: I may be oversimplifying things a bit by saying this, but when teams face Jokic they have a choice between making him a scorer or a passer who controls the game. He only caught 4 assists tonight…

Eric Spoelstra: *interrupts* Yeah, that’s ridiculous. Only an inexperienced person could say something like that.

Eric Spoelstra: This guy is a great player. He was the best player on the planet twice in two seasons. You can’t just say, “Oh, I’m going to make him scorer tonight.” It just doesn’t work like that. They have many different systems that push you to compromise. We have to focus on ourselves and play hard, which is what forces us to do. He has all our respect.

If he could shine a spotlight on this one, Coach Spo did the opposite. According to him, it would be impossible to “pick a fish” against the Joker, who remains able to put up a defense no matter what. The speech was most flattering for the Serbs, but much less for Ramona Shelburne. Despite its references in the press, the latter will still be a reassuring look!

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Did the Heat voluntarily allow Nikola Jokic to burn through the scoring in order to cut his ties with his teammates? Certainly not according to Erik Spoelstra, who considers such an idea “ridiculous”. All while showing poor Ramona Shelburne for cash!