MIAMI -- To say the Denver Nuggets' coaching staff has the utmost respect for Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is an understatement.
He keeps the Nuggets up at night. They ponder what adjustments to the adjustments to the adjustments Spoelstra will make. They've approached this 2023 NBA Finals knowing the way the Heat might play in Game 1 could be vastly different from what they do by Game 4, and it leaves Denver on edge.
Spoelstra likes to say, sometimes by admonishing reporters who ask questions about it, that his team's schemes aren't as important as the effort the Heat give.