48 Minutes: Heat finish off Celtics and Heat/Nuggets NBA Finals Preview

0:09 ... Ross intro and BetOnLine promotional information

2:09 ... Bruce's opening comment is on how his late mother may have provided some heavenly help for her beloved Celtics in games 4,5, and 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

3:37 ... World B's opening comment concerns the new Philadelphia 76ers head coach Nick Nurse.

5:47 ... Ross opens with his thoughts on why he thinks Warriors GM Bob Myers will soon be moving on.

7:14 ... The guys review the amazing sequence at the end of Celtics/Heat game 6 on Saturday night.

9:56 ...World B gives credit to Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla for challenging the Jimmy Butler 3 point attempt that set up the miracle play by Derrick White on Saturday.

13:26 ... Miami took Boston's best punch in game 6 and even though they lost the game, they showed great mental toughness by going into game 7 with confidence as expressed by Erik Spoelstra & Jimmy Butler in their postgame comments after losing on Saturday.

16:15 ... In game 7, Jaylen Brown needed to step up when Jayson Tatum was injured in the first minute of the game, but he was unable to get it done.

19:00 ... Miami made a concerted effort to stop Boston from running by not crashing the offensive boards and getting back on defense instead.

20:49 ... Malcolm Brogdon tried to play in game 7 but was ineffective ...

22:10 ... Bruce felt the TNT game analysts did a poor job not pointing out Bam Adebayo's great defense in the first quarter of game 7, which sparked the Heat's victory. Bruce also felt Stan Van Gundy made a totally stupid late game comment about Tyler Herro that lacked context and showed a lack of insight on his part.

27:37 ... Ross had a fun fact about a college game between Jimmy Butler and Joe Mazzulla back in 2011.

28:47 ... The guys all agreed that Mazzulla will be back as Celtics coach next season, but that he could really use an experienced lead assistant next to him on the bench.

32:19 ... Bruce feels that given the super max contract extension that Jaylen Brown will be expecting, budgetary issues might cause him to be traded during the off season.

37:20 ... The crew previews the NBA Finals matchup between the Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets.

38:50 ... Bam Adebayo vs Nikola Jokic will be a great matchup that forces Joker to play against a smaller (6'9") center with a creative offensive game.

41:18 ... Denver will have 9 days off before game one vs Miami since they finished off the Lakers in a sweep. Is that "too much" rest for the Nuggets?

43:50 ... Miami will need Caleb Martin to continue scoring a lot of points against the Nuggets.

45:14 ... Bruce feels Kyle Lowry will be an important "under the radar" weapon for Miami against Denver because of his ability to control the tempo, especially on the road in Denver.

49:32 ... Bruce Brown vs Jimmy Butler will be a battle between two "DOGS" in the Finals.

50:38 ... The crew makes its predictions for the Finals ... Bruce and Ross agree on their choice but World B has an alternate take.

52:06 ... Bruce's closing comment is on Karl Malone's auction of 1992 Dream Team memorabilia and why he feels it is tacky.

53:55 ... World B discusses the NBA's investigation of game official Eric Lewis over his social media activities.

55:14 ... Ross delivers some flowers to new Milwaukee head coach Adrian Griffin who has landed a head coaching job after many years as an assistant for different NBA teams.

57:03 ... Goodbye until next time ...

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