Miami Heat managed to leave Game 2 with a big win over the Denver Nuggets, bringing the series to Miami for Games 3 and 4 with homecourt advantage for the series.
Nikola Jokic scored 41 points in Denver's loss and only dished out four assists. This led to a pretty rudimentary question from Ramona Shelbourne about the Heat turning Jokic into a scorer, something Erik Spoelstra shut down immediately.
"That's ridiculous. It's the untrained eye that says something like that. This guy is an incredible player. Twice in two seasons, he's been the best player on the planet. You can't just say, 'Oh, make him a scorer'. That's not how they play, they have so many different actions that just get you compromised. We have to focus on what we do, we do things the hard way, and that requires us to do many things the hard way. He has our full respect."
Nikola Jokic scored 41 points in Denver's loss and only dished out four assists. This led to a pretty rudimentary question from Ramona Shelbourne about the Heat turning Jokic into a scorer, something Erik Spoelstra shut down immediately.
"That's ridiculous. It's the untrained eye that says something like that. This guy is an incredible player. Twice in two seasons, he's been the best player on the planet. You can't just say, 'Oh, make him a scorer'. That's not how they play, they have so many different actions that just get you compromised. We have to focus on what we do, we do things the hard way, and that requires us to do many things the hard way. He has our full respect."
