Nuggets await winner of Celtics-Warmth sequence – NBA Weblog – NBA Basketball Weblog
Through the Miami Herald:
Whereas the Miami Warmth ready for Saturday evening’s Sport 6 of the Jap Convention finals towards the Boston Celtics at Kaseya Middle, the Denver Nuggets have been already making ready for each the Warmth and Celtics forward of the NBA Finals.
The Nuggets earned that luxurious after finishing the 4-0 sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers within the Western Convention finals on Monday evening. Subsequent up for the Nuggets is Sport 1 of the NBA Finals on June 1.
“Every spherical now we have one coach devoted to the opponent,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone mentioned Friday. “So proper now, clearly, now we have two coaches, one engaged on Boston, one engaged on Miami. We’ve been speaking about each groups on daily basis.”
The Warmth’s historic playoff run as a No. 8 seed has left Malone impressed. The Warmth already turned the sixth No. 8 seed in league historical past to get rid of a No. 1 seed within the first spherical and the second No. 8 seed in NBA historical past to advance to the convention finals after qualifying for the playoffs via the play-in event this yr.