Game 5 of the 2023 NBA Finals will take place on Monday Night. Ball Arena, in Denver, Colorado, will be the home of this game. The Denver Nuggets, following their double-digit win on Friday night, lead the series 3-1. The Miami Heat are looking to keep their season alive, a run that has been a surprise, as the #8 seed in the Eastern Conference. The Denver Nuggets come into this game as a 9-point favorite over the Miami Heat.
Nuggets Looking to Win it All at Home
The Denver Nuggets have been the best team in the Western Conference all season long. During the regular season, Mike Malone and his Nuggets won 53 games during the regular season. Since the postseason started, Denver has won 15 out of 19 games. The Timberwolves got a single win in the first round, and the Suns took them to six games in the second run. The Nuggets swept the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.
Denver was one of the best shooting teams in all of the National Basketball Association during the regular season. The Nuggets get great shots, which leads to them making over 50% of them. Denver also made just shy of 38% from three during the regular season. The Nuggets saw Nikola Jokic play in 69 games during the regular season and scored 24.5 points per game, and ripped down 11.8 rebounds.
During this series, twice Jokic has recorded a triple-double. Jokic is scoring 31 points per game, ripping down more than 13 rebounds per game, and dishing out 8 assists per game. Jamaal Murray has also been solid for the Nuggets. Murray had a postseason-low 15 in the win on Friday, but during the series, he is averaging 23 points per game.
Heat Needs more from Butler
Jimmy Butler is the heart and soul of the Miami Heat. Butler dominated the series against the Boston Celtics to get them to the NBA Finals. In this series, he has not been as strong but still scores just shy of 22 points per game. In the loss on Friday, Butler made 9 of 17 shots, including 1 for 3 from beyond the 3-point line.
Big man Bam Adebayo has had three double/doubles in this series, including 20 points and 11 rebounds on Friday, which came after a 22 and 17 performance in Game 3.
The Heat were the worst scoring team in the NBA during the regular season, with just shy of 110 points per game. Miami, in their lone win in this series, scored 111. The Heat knows they are going to have to put points on the board to keep their season alive.
Nuggets Finish the Job at home
The Miami Heat have had a heck of a 2023 postseason. But all great things come to an end, and this is the end for the Miami Heat. The Denver Nuggets are poised to be NBA Champions. Ball Arena is going to be up for grabs as the Nuggets win this game going away. Despite the big betting spread, take the Nuggets -9 over the Heat.
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