Finally! The end of the NBA has come and we have a new champion will all the letters, as the Denver Nuggets have got their first crown carried by Nikola Jokić that was untreatable all season long. After many individual con-decorations without any major relevance as a team, the Serbian has got his hands in the NBA ring.
However, as long as the Balkanic man shadow is, Denver was a semi-perfect machine all season long, playing with an intelligence that make this feat, almost, look easy. Other names to mention are Michael Porter Jr. and Jamal Murray.
When:
Monday, June 12 at 8:30 pm ET at the Ball Arena
Moneyline odds:
Denver Nuggets -420
Miami Heat +310
Where Can I Watch?
ESPN and NBA League Pass
What to say about the Denver Nuggets?
Let us talk a little bit more about the MVP of the final. Denver came to this home game with the mission of finishing the job they accomplished in Miami, taking the two games as visitors like their rivals weren’t even trying. In this last match, Nikola got 28 points, 4 assists, and 16 rebounds, for yet another double-double.
Michael Porter got 13 rebounds and 16 points, while Murray got 14 points. The Denver team has many good players that make a good and complete squad, but the fact that neither of them, except Jokić in a couple of departments, is in the first places in PPG, FGP, TPM, etc., shows that their stronghold is the functionality of the team. Much of the credit goes to Michael Malone, as his long project ahead of this team finally gave fruit.
Talking about their season, the Nuggets were the Western Conference leaders all season long, slowing down when they were comfortable at the lead to save energy and keeping the Grizzlies far enough all the time. Meanwhile, in the playoffs, they showed the same efficiency. 4-1, 4-2, 4-0, and, finally, 4-1, are numbers of a team that wasn’t even close to slowing down.
What to say about the Miami Heat?
The Cinderella history of this Miami Heat was a recurrent theme in the blog for a long time now. Sadly for them, it didn’t have a happy ending, although they have the Conference Championship as a good memory. Whatever the case, we cannot stop feeling that the team from Florida could have done more, as that 4-3 against the Celtics was the beginning of their doom, as it isn’t, by any means, a bad result against last year’s finalist, until you get a closer look.
Letting a 3-0 go is a history to remember. We have to say something in their favor, the physical performance they needed to get over higher-seeded rivals was immense. They came to this final totally drained and it showed.
Butler and Adebayo didn’t have a bad final. In the last game, they got 41 points between the two, while only Bam Adebayo stood out in other stat (12 rebounds).
In the regular season, as we all know, they got eight place, after some months of many ups and downs.
Final thoughts: Denver Nuggets 4-1 Miami Heat
As we said before, given the circumstances, the Heat never had a chance, although the same could have been thought about many of their previous encounters.
About the next seasons, considering Denver’s performance it wouldn’t be rare to see the start of an era of dominance, although with teams like the Celtics, Warriors, and Lakers, is easier said than done.
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