Malika Andrews on Twitter: Tristan Thompson brings his firsthand experience guarding Nikola Jokic in the Western Conference Finals to NBA Today. He has some advice for the Miami Heat:

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1. Based on what he showed in Game 4, we probably should’ve played him more in the Denver series. He kept up well on defense.

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3. BRING HIM BACK!!!!!!

4. ROFL RJ intro is great and TT reaction is priceless. Actually worth the click

5. Hindsight is 20/20, but man the minutes TT played were more impactful than all the minutes of DLo combined. There was a sequence where Jokic looked a bit exhausted just by battling for position against TT

6. TT did the same thing that DH, and Javale did in 2020. The term ‘bruiser’ is a bit brash, but it’s definitely a more physical because you battle for the spot on the floor. TT did very well under these circumstances.

   If we decide to keep Mo Bamba, then he could very well learn a lot from TT.

7. I…really like everything I’ve seen from Tristan lately. He handled the RJ ribbing so fuckin smooth, dude’s a pro. I wasn’t really as familiar with him before the kardashians tbh, he outperformed all of my expectations and I would be fine with keeping his goofy ass for a minimum

8. I think the lakers overall did a great job on Jokic. It was just that Murray became Kobe against us. He avearage 32.5 ppg against the lakers. He average 20 ppg during the regular season and 27.7 ppg this entire post season.