The Denver Nuggets opened the 2023 NBA Finals with a convincing victory over the Miami Heat at home. On Sunday, Denver will look for a win that will earn them a 2-0 series lead, while the Heat will look to fight back to even the series at a game apiece. In our NBA betting picks for Sunday night, we break down Heat vs Nuggets Game 2 from Denver.
Heat vs Nuggets Game 2 Betting Pick
| ℹ️ The Pick: | Nuggets -8.5 |
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This game will be played at Ball Arena at 8:00 PM ET on Sunday, June 4, 2023.
Why Bet the Nuggets:
✅ The talk heading into Game 2 of this series is that the Heat will shoot better than they did in Game 1, but the Nuggets will also shoot better than the 8/27 from three-point range that they shot in the opener of this series.
✅ The Nuggets still have a huge home-court advantage, having lost just seven home games this season between the regular season and postseason.
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Miami Heat
Going into Game 2 of the NBA Finals, the question for the Miami Heat is what kind of adjustments the team can make to try and be more competitive than they were in the first game of the series. But the solution for the Heat may not be adjustment related. They simply need to shoot the ball better than they did in the opening game of this series.
Max Strus missed all 10 of his field goal attempts in Game 1, while Jimmy Butler failed to hit 15 points. In a make or miss league, all of the adjustments in the world do not matter if a team cannot simply put the ball in the basket.
Denver Nuggets
For the Denver Nuggets, Game 1 was an important step for them as they look to build a lead in these Finals. But they could have played better than they did as well. Michael Porter Jr. was dreadful from the field, as the Nuggets won despite a terrible night of shooting from three-point range.
In Game 2, the Nuggets will need to shoot the ball better, but they will also need to do a better job defending Bam Adebayo. Adebayo scored 26 points on 13/25 shooting from the field. Denver was great defensively as a whole on Thursday, but the interior is one area where they could improve on that end of the floor.
