With our season over, the NBA still continues on. Come here to discuss the Finals with your fellow Dubs fans especially if you want to avoid the r/nba Game Thread. Will Jimmy G. Buckets & Heat Culture win? Will the 2x MVP Nikola Jokic & Denver Altitude win? Let’s have fun and watch some NBA championship basketball!
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### Finals Game 1 – Nuggets vs Heat
**Time:** 5:30PM PST
**Location:** Denver, CO
**Broadcast:** ABC
**Line:** DEN -9.0
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Projected Starters:
Position | Nuggets | Heat
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G | #27 Jamal Murray| #2 Gabe Vincent
G | #5 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | #31 Max Strus
F | #1 Michael Porter Jr | #22 Jimmy Butler
F | #0 Aaron Gordon | #16 Caleb Martin
C | #15 Nikola Jokic | #13 Bam Adebayo
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[ESPN Live Boxscore](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401544846)
[NBA.com Live Boxscore](https://www.nba.com/game/mia-vs-den-0042200401)
by NokCha_
35 Comments
Hope Pop and the Spurs offer 100M+ just to screw the Lakers on Reaves
Honestly I get stressed the fuck out watching the Dubs in the Finals, even during the 17 and 18 runs, so it’s a bit of nice change to just relax and watch a Finals series where I’m okay with either team winning. Next year though it’s back to clenching.
Lol why is Stephen A. having *Rob Lowe* on as a guest for Stephen A.’s world?! (I haven’t been paying attention and didn’t click over to ABC before I saw the graphic with his guests)
Stephen A bringing on Josh Hart on the telecast lol I hope he brings up his tweets
Update: he did lol and Josh Hart’s verdict on breast milk (he said he got finessed into a milk taste test) was that it was “exceptional…kinda like sweet almond milk.” 💀
Gordon feasting on mismatches
Gordon smells bbq chicken with Martin
Aaron Gordon is killing them
Fun game so far, crowd is pumped and Gordon is feasting
I see. These teams in the finals all got alot of help from complimentary players and didn’t really depend heavily on their stars. If warriors aren’t getting anything from their other players then difficult times for 36 year old Steph ahead
Pro of Warriors not playing: Can watch this series stress free
Con of Warriors not playing: Without the Dubs no game is worth the two hour annoyance of hearing MJax announcing games lol
Lol what was that sneaky full on hold by Gordon on that screen
Anyone who thinks the heat has any chance to win this series is just…
Denver isn’t even making threes and is blowing them out of the water
The Nuggets just make it easy. And Jokic is still scoreless. Scary hours
man watching Jokic run the Denver offense is a thing of beauty
This is going to be a boring series. On in the background, can’t give it my full attention.
I want to see Love get some minutes. He’s had decent splits against these Nuggets (looking at this year and last, specifically, and even better splits if you go back to 2019-2020) and god knows the Heat could use some rebounding.
AG YOU ARE A WARRIOR!
Ken Jeong is a Denver fan? lol Just surprised. Such a random actor to see court side that doesn’t really talk much about sports
They really have somebody’s uncle guarding jokic
Lol the subjectivity of the offensive push off calls made in this league has gotten egregious
Is there any online streams for nba that are legit free? I’m traveling and can’t access my cable
jokic might wanna put up some points, else the fmvp ain’t going his way lol
I like Denver but for some reason I just find myself rooting for Miami. Its just better when a series is competitive. Last thing I want is Denver in 4 or 5.
We need a taller and stronger players…
This is gonna be a blow out real soon
lol the heat are so fucking bad. this is what happens when an 8th seed overachieves and makes it to the final
Gabe Vincent is one reason some Bay Area folks could root for the Heat. Gabe’s from the Bay. Cali Kids gotta stay united
Heat working extra hard for every point. Just hoping this is not going to be a blowout
bam not even playing defense 😂
I hate to say this but I think we are like heat without adebayo. We kinda have no chance against Denver….
Damn. Heat really do seem tired from playing a full 7 game series and not much rest. Then you add the Denver altitude, Heat truly are major under dogs here and really looking like an eighth seed against the number one
How does the KD era team matchup against this Nuggets team? Just another foe or legitimate threat?
Finding myself rooting for the heat. Probably the underdog factor
This feels like a series I would probably skip if it wasnt for the finals. Boring so far
Letzz GO Nuggezz