How Denver's defense won the title | NBA Finals Game 5 analysis
How did Denver build a championship defense to pair with Nikola Jokic's historically great offense? This detailed film room study examines how the Nuggets season long defensive principles of shrinking the floor, overloading sides and recovering horizontally with speed and communication locked down the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the NBA Finals and helped them win their first NBA championship.
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