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National Basketball Association (NBA)
Summer League
Off-Season Competition
Miami Heat v Denver Nuggets
Cox Pavilion
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
15 July 2023
Miami Heat will be seeking vengeance against Denver Nuggets in the
NBA Las Vegas Summer League match on July 15.
Head-To-Head
The two teams have met 72 times in regular-season games since the Heat made their debut in the NBA during the 188/89 season.
The Nuggets have the upper hand in this fixture having recorded 38 wins compared to the Heat's 34 victories from 72 matches.
Last Meeting
The Nuggets outlasted the Heat 94-89 in an ugly, frantic Game 5 and Denver side won the 2023 NBA Finals series 4-1 on June 13.
Therefore, the Nuggets were crowned 2022/23 NBA champions - their first-ever championship since the team's inception in 1967.
Nikola Jokic bailed out his Nuggets teammates with 28 points and 16 rebounds on a night when nothing else seemed to work.
Jokic became the first player in history to lead the league in points (600), rebounds (269) and assists (190) in a single postseason.
Team News
Julian Strawther - a 6-foot-7 guard from Gonzaga who was selected 29th overall at the 2023 Draft Class - is part of the Nuggets team.
Looking at the Heat's roster, one name that sticks out is Jamie Jaquez Jr. The Miami side drafted the 6-foot-7 wing with the 18th overall pick in the draft.
Quotes
The Heat's assistant coach Butler opened up about working with players such as Orlando Robinson, Jamal Cain, Jamaree Bouyea as well as Jaquez Jr.
“The message to myself is to be pure and authentic,” Butler, who won the 2010/11 NBA championship with the Dallas Mavericks as a small forward, said.
“I just try to help them to the best of my ability. But they don’t look at me as a player or anything like that.
"They look at me for my messaging and they respect my IQ of the game, and that’s why they call me Coach.”
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