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David Aldridge:

Well, there's a few things.

I mean, they missed a lot of three point shots. And they have shot the ball very well during the playoffs from the three-point line. And they missed out way more than they normally do. So you expect that they will start to play a little bit better and make some of those shots going forward.

Defensively, they just struggled to keep Denver from getting where they wanted to get. Part of that, they can't do much about. It's just that Denver is a bigger team than Miami. So Denver is doing — in game one at least did a great job of finding the physical mismatches and exploiting those.

You know, Miami can play harder and with more effort and more connectivity. So that will help. But you mentioned Jimmy Butler. I mean, he didn't shoot any free throws in game one. And that is a — that's never — that never happens. And the Heat as a team only shot two free throws.

So they have to be more aggressive getting to the basket and forcing the referees to call fouls and shoot free throws, because that allows them to set up their defense. Without the free throws and without making the three-point shots, they were constantly kind of having to get back in a scramble situation.

And even when they were set, Jokic just picked them apart. He's just so good. And Jamal Murray had 10 assists as well. And that — that's — you can't win when the two best players are creating that much offense for their teammates.

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