

It made the Nuggets tentative on both sides of the court for the rest of the half.

Jeff Green and Jamal Murray, who finished with 14 points and eight assists on an off night, joined them there, too. The tone was set with 2:51 left in the first quarter, when Jokic got his second foul and joined Aaron Gordon on the bench. The Nuggets, who came in shooting 37.6% from 3 for the series, shot 18% in this one. They played like they expected to win, and for a while during this game, which was settled as much by players diving onto the floor as sweet-looking jump shots, it looked like they would. 8 seed to make the finals, insisted they weren’t into consolation prizes. The Heat, who survived a loss in the play-in tournament and became only the second No. Until Butler went off, he was 2 for 13 for eight points. Miami shot 34% from the floor and 25% from 3. The Heat were, as Spoelstra promised, a gritty, tenacious bunch. “The fans in this town are unbelievable,” said team owner Stan Kroenke, who also owns the Colorado Avalanche, the team that won its third Stanley Cup last year. Denver is the home of the Larry O’Brien Trophy for the first time in the franchise’s 47 years in the league. There were fireworks exploding outside Ball Arena at the final buzzer. Grueling as it was, the aftermath was something the Nuggets and their fans could all agree was beautiful. “Two teams in the center of the ring throwing haymaker after haymaker, and it’s not necessarily shot making.

Game 5: Heat at Nuggets - Monday, June 12 (8:30 p.m.All games will be broadcast on ABC and will be streaming on fubo (try for free). (And the 2016 version of LeBron James ain't walking through that door.)īelow is all the info for the 2023 NBA Finals.
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Teams down 3-1 in the NBA Finals have gone on the lose the series 35 of 36 times. Technically possible, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
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Win that and Miami would host Game 6 on Thursday with a chance to even the Finals before a potential Game 7 showdown Father's Day. The Heat now find themselves down 3-1 and heading to Denver for a potential closeout game Monday night. Oh, and he tied Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson by racking up those 12 assists without turning the ball over. Jamal Murray didn't shoot well but he had another 12 assists, making him the league's only player to have four double-digit assists outings in his first four NBA Finals games. In Friday's Game 4, it was the supporting cast taking the starring roles as Denver once again posted a double-digit win, 108-95, in Miami.įriday night was Aaron Gordon's turn to be the top star as he scored a game-high 27 points on 11-of-15 shooting to go along with seven rebounds and six assists. In Game 3 on Wednesday, they subdued the Miami Heat with The Nikola Jokic & Jamal Murray Show. Part of what makes the Denver Nuggets so dangerous is that they can beat opponents in a variety of ways.
