This could be it for the Miami Heat; unfortunately, history is not on their side. Teams down 3-1 in the NBA finals are 1-35. We all know who the ones are and it would take another set of historic performances from the superstars for Miami. Though Jimmy was pretty good in the last game scoring 25 points on 9/17 shooting, he has to still be better. Jimmy and Bam have to string together 3 straight performances like Lebron and Kyrie did in 2016. Game 4 is certainly a tough one to swallow as a Miami Heat fan because Butler and Adebayo outscored Murray and Jokic. The difference was the role players as Denver had Aaron Gordon scoring 27 points and Bruce Brown had 21 points. Miami did not have any role players that came close to that production-wise. Denver looks like the healthier team, the more confident team, and frankly just looks like the better team. Denver cannot get complacent knowing that they are going home up 3-1. They need to play with the same sense of urgency they did in games 3 and 4. The Nuggets taking their foot off the gas pedal is exactly how they gave away game 2 to Miami down the stretch. They have to expect a dogfight and I am sure Miami will give them. a damn good one. Miami will not go down easy. However, in the end I believe the Nuggets are the better team and will pull of the victory and win their first championship in franchise history!
Prediction: Nuggets 107 - Heat 105
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