With the Legend Program, Icon Source has helped athletes transition their on-field success to off-field opportunities, including social media campaigns, appearances, commercial photo and video shoots, and more. The program offers athletes to connect with a wide range of brands offering discounts to paid partnerships with athletes. Through this partnership, Icon Source will launch a high school NIL marketplace providing opportunities for high school athletes around the country that reside in the states that have guidance allowing athletes to be compensated for their NIL in high school. Image Caption: Stack Sports and Icon Source Partner to Revolutionize Sports Management and Branding. The collaboration between the two companies will bring together their cutting-edge technology and branding solutions, allowing for a streamlined and effective approach to sports management and monetization. 8 seed in league history to win a playoff game by 25 or more points.PLANO, Texas, (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) - Stack Sports, the leading provider of sports technology, and Icon Source, a leading platform connecting athletes and brands for NIL endorsements, are excited to announce their partnership. This postseason, they became the first No.The Heat averaged 109.5 points per game in the 2022-23 regular season. The Heat are just the third team in league history to finish the regular season last in points per game but reach the NBA Finals.They defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs. This year’s Heat finished seventh in the East in the regular season, then lost to the Atlanta Hawks in the play-in tournament before beating the 10-seed Chicago Bulls to earn the No. 2022-23 is the fourth year the NBA has used a play-in tournament to decide the final two seeds in each conference. Miami is the first play-in team to win a playoff series.The 1998-99 New York Knicks reached the Finals as an eighth seed in a lockout-shortened season. Tyler Herro, a 20-points-per-game scorer in the regular season, hasn’t played since April 16, when he was injured in the team’s first playoff game.Here are a few things to know about the Nuggets’ first-ever NBA Finals opponent: The bottom line is this: If Jokic and Butler offset each other, scoring about 30 points a game, the Nuggets just blow up the Heat with the other four starters, led by Murray's 28 per game. The Heat have better numbers at forward and on the bench.īut all these stats don't account for defense, which Aaron Gordon, Caldwell-Pope, Bruce Brown and Christian Braun play with a vengeance. So, the Nuggets have a clear advantage at center and guard. In total, the Heat bench is outscoring the Nuggets bench, 32-23. The veterans chip in too, with Kyle Lowry putting in 9 per game and Kevin Loves scoring 7. Duncan Robinson knocks down three-pointers and scores 9 points a game. The Heat bench is scoring far more points than the Nuggets’ reserves. He's putting up over 12 points and 4 rebounds a game.Īfter that, you've got Jeff Green with 4 points a game and Christian Braun with 2 points per contest. For the Nuggets in the playoffs, really only Bruce Brown has come off the bench and played big minutes. With Caleb Martin adding 14 points a game for the Heat, you have to give the forward advantage to Miami. That's the average points total of Michael Porter Jr. He’s putting up 28.5 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists a game in the postseason. Heat guards Gabe Vincent and Max Strus are averaging 13 and 10, respectively.Īt forward, you bring Jimmy Butler into the mix for Miami. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is averaging 12 points. Jamal Murray is averaging 28 points a game in the playoffs. So, this matchup is Nuggets all the way: Joker over Adebayo, and anyone else that may end up playing defense against him.Īt the guard position – until Tyler Herro gets back from injury, which may be Game 3 – the Nuggets dominate the Heat. The problem for them is that Jokic reads plays before they happen, and as soon as they double him he finds the open man with a dime. The Heat will have to work a moving double-team on Jokic – have Adebayo in his face, then cheat over help from someone else. Adebayo had 19 points - and the Nuggets won 112-108. In Miami on February 13, Joker had 27 points and 12 rebounds.December 30 at Ball Arena, when Joker had a triple double with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists, and Adebayo had 22 points. ![]() They played each other twice in the regular season: ![]() The Joker is averaging a triple-double in the playoffs – 30 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists.Īdebayo is averaging 17 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. We'll start at center, where it’s All-Star Nikola Jokic for the Nuggets and All-Star Bam Adebayo for the Heat – the only All-Stars on either team.
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