2023 NBA Finals Heat vs Nuggets - Game 1 Preview C

The Miami Heat, who won the same amount of regular-season games this year (44) as they did five years ago -- Tyler Johnson, James Johnson and Hassan Whiteside were all starters on that team -- and lost a play-in game against the Atlanta Hawks on April 11, have solved every puzzle they've encountered in the last seven weeks. Their reward for knocking off the top two seeds in the Eastern Conference? A matchup with the top seed in the West in the NBA Finals.