[NBA] The Nuggets led by Jimmy Butler have become a strong home team with a high winning percentage of 85.7% this season!

2023-06-02 14:37

[NBA] The Nuggets led by Jimmy Butler have become a strong home team with a high winning percentage of 85.7% this season!

News from June 2, the 2022/23 NBA Finals will start tomorrow , and the Miami Heat will go to an away game to challenge the Denver Nuggets, led by Jimmy Butler. The Nuggets have become a strong home team this season with a high winning percentage of 85.7%. Considering Denver has an NBA -best 42-7 record ( 85.7 percent win percentage) at home at Ball Arena since the start of the 2022-23 season, the Nuggets are expected to get off to a good start in the Finals.

The Miami Heat are no strangers to playing underdog roles, having been watched in 14 of their 18 games this postseason . The Heat are used to feeling undervalued, but after winning their first road game in each of the three playoff rounds this season, the Nuggets need to pay attention.

In this year's playoffs, Jokic's performance is unmatched. The Serbian big man started to emerge, although opponents kept trying to stop his offense, but to no avail. Jokic was omnipotent in the playoffs, whether it was finding open teammates, hitting difficult shots when the shot clock was running low, or even grabbing multiple offensive rebounds in a row. From any point of view, Jokic is a player that opponents do not want to encounter.

Miami Heat center Adebayo now needs to think about how to defend the big man Jokic. Jokic is averaging 23 points , 12 rebounds and 10 assists in two games against Miami this season . Jokic beat Adebayo in pick-and-rolls and rebounds during the game, forcing Spoelstra to work out some different defensive schemes, with little success.

Since the beginning of the 2020-21 season, the Denver Nuggets have maintained a perfect record against the Heat , achieving 6 wins and 0 losses . Going back to 2017, the Nuggets are 12-2 against Miami . In the nine times these two teams have met since October 2019 , Denver has dominated.

The Nuggets swept the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference finals, becoming the third home team to rest 10 days before the start of the Finals. It's no surprise that Miami has two wins in the series. But it will be surprising that the Heat can win at home with the Nuggets, after all, the Nuggets have performed very well at home this season.

Adebayo, the Miami Heat's top rebounder, will face Jokic in the series, and Butler must give the Heat a second chance on offense. Jokic has routinely grabbed double-digit rebounds against the Heat, and the Heat will have the tough task of protecting those rebounds.

From all perspectives, the Nuggets have a higher probability of winning Game 1 of the Finals. The team's excellent home record, Jokic's unstoppable offensive end, and the team's deep lineup depth give the Nuggets an advantage in the matchup with the Heat. However, in the past three rounds of the playoffs, the Heat faced the same situation before the start of each round. The outside world was generally not optimistic about their ability to advance, but the Heat finally succeeded in counterattacking. Now, the Heat are only four wins away from winning the championship.