Since falling in six games to the Lakers in the NBA Finals back in 2020, the Miami Heat have never been closer to winning it all than they are right now. While many wrote them off after they barely escaped the Bulls in the play-in tournament, Jimmy Butler has helped bring this team back from the brink and steamrolled the competition as an unlikely eighth seed. They may have their most difficult test ahead of them yet, however, as the Denver Nuggets lay between them and a championship.
While the Nuggets were resting up after promptly sweeping the Lakers in four games, the Heat were engaged in a seven-game war of attrition with Boston.