

The action begins Thursday night, and if Green is proven correct, Jokic and the Nuggets will celebrate a championship on Monday, June 12. While Denver looks to win its first NBA title, Miami will try to bring the Larry O'Brien Trophy back to South Beach for the first time since 2013. I got the Nuggets in five." RELATED: Why Warriors should follow Nuggets' winning example Denver in five? Denver in six? But they're ready to win a championship.

They're not messing around with these other teams. "They've had opportunities to close, they close, they're getting it done. "One key thing that Denver has done that's made me say that Denver's ready to win a championship in this league: They have not f-ked around in any of their series," Green said.

How each team reached the Finals played a part in Green's prediction. The groundwork laid by those who want to bring top-level pro basketball back to the commonwealth for the. to noon Monday through Friday, he is doing so from long distance after having moved back to Denver full-time in 2022. While the Heat had to overcome steep odds to beat the Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks and Boston Celtics en route to the NBA Finals, the Nuggets cruised against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round, beat the Phoenix Suns in six games in the second round and swept the Lakers in the Western Conference finals. Presently, even though Issel co-hosts a sports radio talk show on Louisville’s WHBE-AM 680 (ESPN Louisville) from 10 a.m.
