05-31-2023, 10:21 PM
The Nuggets have been installed as heavy favorites to win the Finals, but the Celtics were even bigger favorites to win the Eastern Conference and that didn't quite go according to plan. After the way they brushed aside the ending of Game 6 and struck back in TD Garden, the Heat have proven that they can't be counted out of anything. Plus, the Nuggets have been mightily struggling to keep from getting rusty: Nuggets' focus -- Keeping 'rhythm' during break before NBA Finals - ESPN Perhaps they might have done better to let the Lakers have Game 4 and then roll up the series two days later at home.
I suspect that over the next couple of weeks, we're going to be hearing a lot about "June Jimmy."
I suspect that over the next couple of weeks, we're going to be hearing a lot about "June Jimmy."
"When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only dream forever." -- Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo (1846)