Denver and Miami meet in the first game of the NBA finals on June 1.
Everything you need to know about the actual games.After sweeping the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, the Nuggets will have had almost ten days off before the four-out-of-seven series tips off. The team has used that rest to lock in and prepare for the finals, including what could be the biggest challenge yet: slowing down Jimmy Butler, who's been an explosion of offense for the Heat.
Jokic has already set a record for the most triple-doubles in a single post-season with eight; no defensive strategy has limited the two-time MVP, and the Heat will need a miracle if they want to be the first to do so. Then there's, who's averaging 27.7 points per game in the playoffs run and who historically thrives in Florida, as he did during the COVID-19"bubble" post-season.
You know when you’re just about to finish entering your password using the TV remote and you screw up and need to start all over again? That’s what the Heat did in theagainst the Boston Celtics. They dropped the remote just as they were about to hit enter, and had one last chance to get it right before the NBA locked them out of their account.
We have a saying in Miami: Heat in 5. We’re legally obligated to say this. It’s on our car registration. Police south ofYou’re laughing right now. It’s funny, isn’t it?In the words of Hall of Fame Miami Heat team president Pat Riley, the Heat and the infamous premise of #HeatCulture stand for “the hardest-working, best-conditioned, most professional, unselfish, toughest, nastiest team in the league.
The Heat enter these NBA Finals as America’s Team. Not because everyone in America is rooting for them — they absolutely are not — but because Miami’s roster is full of players who’ve had to work their way up the corporate ladder for respect, NBA-style.
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