The 2023 NBA Finals are here.
The Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat took different routes to the championship series.
Denver cruised through the Western Conference finals with a resounding sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers, so the Nuggets had been off for 10 days prior to Game 1 in their first NBA Finals in team history.
Miami, on the other hand, is competing in its seventh NBA Finals since 2006. The Heat had to rally through two play-in games before cruising past the Milwaukee Bucks and New York Knicks.