Heat And Nuggets Final Injury Reports And Starting Lineups
On Monday evening, the Denver Nuggets are hosting the Miami Heat at Ball Arena in Colorado for Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
For the game, both teams have finalized their injury reports and starting lineups.
The Heat have ruled out two-time NBA All-Star Victor Oladipo, while Tyler Herro, Bam Adebayo, Gabe Vincent and Cody Zeller are all available.
Meanwhile, the Nuggets have no one on their injury report, so they are fully healthy for Game 5.
NBA's official injury report
The starting lineups for both teams have been relayed by Underdog NBA.
Via Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Heat will start Vincent, Strus, Butler, Love, Adebayo on Monday."
Via Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Nuggets will start Murray, Caldwell-Pope, Porter Jr., Gordon, Jokic on Monday."
The Nuggets have a 3-1 lead in the series, so a victory would give them the 2023 NBA Championship.
That said, the Heat can force a Game 6, which would be back in Miami on Thursday evening.
After splitting Games 1 and 2 at Ball Arena, the Nuggets (first seed in the Western Conference) were able to win both Games 3 and 4 on the road in Miami.
The franchise had never been to the Finals before this year, so this would be the first time the Nuggets have ever won an NBA Championship.
As for the Heat (first seed in the Eastern Conference), they are in the Finals for the second time in the previous four seasons but haven't won a title since 2013, when LeBron James and Dwyane Wade were still on the roster.
