Denver Nuggets (1-0) vs. Miami Heat (0-1) - 8:00pm ET - ABC
No rust factor existed for the Denver Nuggets in Thursday night’s Game 1, as they rode a balanced, team-wide effort to a 104-93 win. The Nuggets had five players in double figures, led by Nikola Jokic with 27 points (on just 12 field goal attempts) and Jamal Murray with 26 points. Jokic had yet another triple-double; his 14 assists were the most ever in an NBA Finals debut.
On the other end of the court, Denver employed the Jok-a-dope strategy, content to let Bam Adebayo have all the mid-range floaters he could ever desire.