The Nuggets love to remind opponents that we are 5,280 feet above sea level. Before announcing the visiting starting lineup, their public address announcer makes a production of warning visitors, complete with visual aids on the video boards that say things like “LOW OXYGEN” and “ALTITUDE WARNING.” Then he introduced the Heat as being “from a whopping six and a half feet above sea level.”
Although Tyler Herro is available tonight, he’s more like an emergency option. “I’m not going to disrupt everything initially,” Coach Erik Spoelstra said before the game.