2023 NBA Finals: Denver Nuggets vs Miami Heat Preview and Schedule

This series, in addition to being unprecedented, also means a new opportunity for people like Jimmy Butler, who lost the Finales 2020 against the Lakers.

This is how the final series is scheduled:

One of the main characteristics to highlight before the final is that, for Game 1, Denver will add 10 days of rest, contrary to the three that the Heat have, and that is that while the Nuggets swept the Lakers to get into the final (4-0), Miami needed 7 duels (4-3) to access this stage.

Nikola Jokic vs. Jimmy Butler

Jokic, Denver’s top figure, 2-time NBA MVP, will be in charge of guiding the Colorados to their first championship.

Hopes fall on the Serbian, selected in the 2015 Draft by the Nuggets, who have made him the center of the project that is about to be crowned with a championship.

In the regular season, Jokic he was the leader in triple doubles, in addition to averaging 24.5 points per game.

As if that were not enough, Jokic was in the final shortlist to select the MVP of the season, but was surpassed by Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Nuggets have the boost of spirits on their part, after sweeping in four games LeBron James and the Lakers, in order to access their first NBA final.

For his part, Butler has become Florida’s faith, as he is the born leader of a quintet that came close to losing a 3-0 lead in the Conference Finals.

Miami’s number 22 averaged 22.9 points in the regular season, averages 28.5 in the playoffs and also has the necessary leadership to lift his team.

In addition to what Butler does on offense, Bam Adebayo’s performances will be of the utmost importance, since he is in charge of diminishing the attacks of Jokic and company.

The unprecedented final of the NBA will result in a new monarch of the NBA and the trophy will either go to the beaches of Florida, or to the fields and mountains of Colorado.