A week ago, it looked like both the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat would complete their sweeps in the Conference Finals and get significant time off before the NBA Finals began.
The Nuggets did their part, narrowly beating the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 to advance to their first NBA Finals.
The Heat ran into a determined Celtics team in Game 4, who didn’t want to be embarrassed like they did in Game 3. Boston won Game 4 and brought the series back home. The Celtics found a way to win Game 5 and push the series back to Miami, where the Heat hadn’t lost all playoffs before Game 4.