Until the final match is over, no one remembers the other team, the group in the shadow of history, the wrong loser. Miami Heat ended a legendary season. The second #8 that reaches a finals since the 1999 Knicks he is on the verge of achieving the impossible. The Denver Nuggets were superior and it showed in the overall draw, 4-1but the milestone for Erik Spoelstra’s men had simply been reached.
Within the team the feeling is bitter. It’s hard to relativize a loss when it’s so recent, especially after all the effort it took to avoid it in a fifth game with the smell of a seventh. Time heals everything and soon this will be seen for what it is, feat, and its protagonists, the references.
At the conclusion of the fifth and final game of the 2023 NBA Finals, members of the Miami Heat attended the media to take stock, congratulate the champions and look to the future.
Erik Spoelstra: “A lot of people can identify with this team”
“We wish we could have climbed to the top of the mountain and managed to get the final win, but I think this is a team that a lot of people can relate to if you’ve felt like you’ve been written off. We had a lot of people in our locker room that probably felt that, and there’s probably a lot of people out there that felt that at some point.”
“The way this team handled setbacks and adversity to develop collective determination and perseverance. Those are lessons we can pass on to our kids, that even though it’s sports, we can learn life lessons from this game, that you can persevere, that you can handle what people see as little setbacks along the way and become stronger and you can overcome things and find beautiful things.”
“Obviously, we didn’t get the final victory, but sometimes that’s true in sports and in life, you don’t always get what you want. But we have no regrets from our side. Everyone, staff, players, put in the effort and dedicated themselves to the team , they did what was best for the group. And the difficult thing is that all that was not enough. We were against a team that was better than us in this series.
Hats off to them. It’s a great team. They play the right way, they fight, they are well coached and they have a strong culture. They deserve it”.
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Jimmy Butler: ‘I learned a lot from this team’
“I feel grateful to be able to compete with these people. You never know what next year’s team is going to be like. I’m grateful. I’ve learned a lot [de este equipo]”.
“They taught me a lot. I wish I could have taken it from them because they definitely deserve it. But the one thing I’ll take away from this is how grateful I am to be able to compete with them.”
Bam Adebayo: “The year has been a whirlwind”
“This year was a whirlwind because at the beginning of the season we were waiting [grandes cosas]. Obviously we didn’t start well at the beginning and then we struggled, people got injured, they were playing with eight players, they were trying to find a way, nobody took us into account… You lose the first game -In the game, then you win the second and we go on an incredible run in the Finals”.
All I can say is they should respect the undrafted players more. They’re still professional players at the end of the day and obviously they’ve shown they can get you here.”
So, for me, it’s been a treat to come this far and have those kinds of people, without a pension, fighting to make a name for themselves. And they fought to the end. We got close, but I don’t care what the other person says. You can never write these guys off.”
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Denver Nuggets announced Nikola Jokic He will miss at least four weeks due to a left knee injury.
Star center was diagnosed with left knee hyperextension. At the same time, tests confirmed that the three-time NBA MVP’s knee ligaments remained intact.
Jokic was injured in the final seconds of the first half of the 123-147 loss to the Miami Heat and limped heavily on his way to the locker room. He did not return to the site after a long time.
Before his injury, Nikola managed to produce 21 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds in just 19 minutes on the field.
Losing Jokic could be a big blow for Denver, as starters Christian Braun (ankle injury), Aaron Gordon (hip issue) and Cam Johnson (knee injury) remain sidelined.
Jokic averaged 29.9 points, 12.4 rebounds and 11.1 assists per game this season.
Injury Update: Nikola Jokić suffered a Hyperextension injury in his Left Knee in last night’s match against Miami Heat. Nikola will be re-evaluated in four weeks. pic.twitter.com/NIDmlKAN81
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11 games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of December 29-30.
Miami hosted Denver and earned a landslide victory.
The home team was ahead by 12 points with 41:29 to play in the first quarter, but the Nuggets were able to slowly win back in the second quarter. The teams entered a long break with the score tied at 63:63. The decisive factor in the match was the third quarter, when the Heat made an 11:0 move and led by 15 points at 84:69. After that the home team completely controlled the course of the game and only increased their advantage, achieving a crushing victory – 147:123.
The most productive player of the match was Powell, who brought 25 points to Miami, while Jaques (20 points + 11 assists) and Adebayo had double-doubles with 13 points + 10 rebounds.
San Antonio hosted Cleveland and suffered a sensational defeat.
Three-quarters of the meeting was fought evenly, with the teams responding to each other’s pushes with their own pushes and often staying within a shot or two of each other. That changed in the fourth quarter, as the Cavaliers went on a 15-2 run to take a 10-point lead, 94-84. They then maintained their advantage and won with a score of 113:101.
Cleveland’s main hero in this game was Allen, who had a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds. Garland can achieve the same success with 15 points and 11 assists.
Toronto beat Orlando at home.
Magic started the match better and made a 14:2 move at the start. Afterwards, they took control of the course of the game and increased the advantage completely to +21 – 51:30 in the second 12 minutes. After that, the home team slowly started to close the gap and entered the long break with a score of 11-11 at 54:65. The third quarter was tied, so Orlando still had a double-digit advantage ahead of the final: 94:84. At the beginning of the match the play followed the same scenario but in the middle Toronto made a move with 15:0 and not only won it back but also took the lead with 105:102. The fate of the game was decided by Barnes’ free throws, which set the score at 107:106 with 1 minute and 27 seconds left in the quarter.
Barnes could not make a triple-double this time, but he did a double-double and got 13 points and 11 rebounds, while the most productive name in the victory was Shead with 19 points.
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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo He gave a harsh response to the question about a possible trade to another NBA club:
“I’m here. Don’t ask me that question. It’s disrespectful to me and my teammates. I wear this jersey every day.
To say I don’t want to be here is disrespectful to the organization, the coaching staff, myself and everyone who worked hard to get me on the field. Don’t ask me this question. I am her. I’m going out in this uniform. And as long as I’m here, I’ll give it my all until the last second of the match.”
On the night of December 27-28, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player of the game with the Chicago Bulls – 112:103.
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