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2022/23 National Basketball Association (NBA) season
Finals - Game Three
Miami Heat vs Denver Nuggets
Ball Arena
Denver, USA
Thursday, 8 June 2023
02h30
Miami Heat are set to meet Denver Nuggets in the
National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals Game Three on June 8.
What is at stake
With the Finals series tied at 1-1, the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy which is named after former NBA commissioner Larry O'Brien is at stake.
The Heat are hoping to clinch the prestigious trophy for the fourth time having lifted it in 2006, 2012, and 2013.
For the Nuggets, they are marking the first Finals appearance and this is also the second finals to feature a No. 8 seed, following the 1999 finals.
Favourites
The Heat are the favourites to win this year's NBA Championship due to their experience in the Finals and their recent win over the Nuggets.
Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler, Udonis Haslem and Gabe Vincent are key players who were part of the Heat side that reached the 2020 Finals.
Haslem, who has been a Heat player since 2002, helped the Miami side clinch the 2006, 2012, and 2013 championships.
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Quotes
"We know we've got to do it on the defensive end," Adebayo said of Miami's fourth-quarter focus after 2023 Finals Game Two.
"That's the biggest thing for us. We got to do it on that end because we know we can score, all five guys we believe in.
"So the biggest thing for us was getting stops."
Head-to-Head
The Heat and Nuggets have played a total of 74 games against each other, counting the regular season and playoffs.
The Nuggets have the upper hand in this rivalry having won 39 matches compared to the Heat's 35 victories.
NBA Finals schedule
All matches to kick-off at 00h30
June 8
Miami Heat v Denver Nuggets
June 10
Miami Heat v Denver Nuggets
June 13
Denver Nuggets v Miami Heat
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