{"id":437746,"date":"2023-06-12T11:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T15:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&p=437746"},"modified":"2023-06-12T11:03:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T15:03:01","slug":"michael-malone-sends-warning-to-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/michael-malone-sends-warning-to-nuggets\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Malone sends warning to Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Miami Heat are trailing 3-1 to the Denver Nuggets<\/a> in the NBA final, but Denver’s head-coach Michael Malone is still wary of their chances.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the vital Game 5, he pointed out that “human nature” is the biggest concern for his team, who head with a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost teams, when they\u2019re up 3\u20131, they come up for air. They relax,\u201d Malone told reporters. \u201cThey just kind of take it for granted that, \u2018Oh, we\u2019re gonna win this.\u2019 And the neat thing for us is that going back to The Bubble, we\u2019ve been down 3\u20131 before and we\u2019ve come back and won and we know anything is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malone pointed out the 2020 Western Conference semifinals, when the Nuggets came from 3-1 down to beat the Clippers.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur approach has to be that we\u2019re down 3\u20131,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re desperate, we have to be more desperate. They\u2019re hungry, we have to be hungrier. The closeout game is always the hardest game ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

The only team to ever come back from 3-1 down in the finals are the Cavaliers, who beat the Warriors in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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