...this is the first game Miami has failed to win to open a playoffs series this postseason. They did it against Milwaukee, New York and Boston, setting the stage for those upsets. It sure would have helped to do it again here in Denver.

But they also started each of those first two series at 1-1, having lost Games 2 in the first and second rounds. Which means a win here in Denver on Sunday would have them in the exact same position they were in versus the Bucks and the Knicks.