The Western Conference's top-seeded Denver Nuggets and the East's eighth-seeded Miami Heat meet in the 2023 NBA Finals. The two teams have never before met in the playoffs. Here are three keys to the series.
Miami can disguise coverages to confuse Jokić, but he is a basketball savant, and he has yet to find a defense he cannot figure out. Double him, and he finds the open man. This may be Spoelstra's biggest challenge schematically since he faced, and he has learned plenty since. It will be fascinating to see how well Adebayo holds up on his own, what wrinkles Spoelstra might introduce to help him, what counters Nuggets coach Michael Malone will discover and how quickly Jokić responds.
The Heat essentially trimmed down to a seven-man rotation by the end of their last series, save for a smattering of Haywood Highsmith. Butler, Adebayo and Caleb Martin played all but a handful of minutes in each game. Lowry and Robinson spelled Gabe Vincent and Strus, and Vincent was playing on a sore ankle that limited him to 5-of-19 shooting on 2-pointers and a negative rating over Games 6 and 7.
Herro could provide offensive punch, especially as another pick-and-roll playmaker, but the Heat have not been disappointed depending on the two-way play of Vincent and Martin more often. Bringing back Herro midway through the Finals could create more rhythm and rust concerns than the Nuggets' nine days off.
Games 1 have propelled the Heat to the Finals. They are 3-0 on the road in Games 1 during the playoffs, winning by an average of 9 points, reversing home-court advantage each time and reminding every team they have faced that —they need to — they can silence the home crowd again. Which they have. They won three games in Boston, running their road record in the postseason to 6-4.
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