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DENVER — The Miami Heat now will have to flip the script. Having won their opening game of their first three series during this underdog run to the NBA Finals, the Heat for the first time this postseason will have to play from behind. Three days after an emotional Game 7 road victory to push past the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals, the Heat had the look of a team short on energy, height and shooting, falling 104-93 Thursday night to Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena. “This is a great challenge,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.

DENVER – Observations and other notes of interest from Thursday night’s 104-93 NBA Finals loss to the Denver Nuggets: – Against the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round, the Heat were able to measure up, aided when a back issue took Giannis Antetokounmpo out of 2 1/2 of the five games. – Against the Knicks in the second round, size wasn’t  the expected concern, as they shrunk Mitchell Robinson down to size. – And in the East finals, the Celtics effectively capitulated, moving to a small starting lineup as the series progressed. – That delivered the Heat to these NBA Finals and the upsized challenge of the Nuggets. – A challenge greater than the mountain of man that is Nikola Jokic. – Power forward Aaron Gordon made that clear early, with 12 first-quarter points. – Michael Porter Jr.

Just over a week after the SUV he was driving crossed the median on I-69 and collided with a semitruck, John Green still can't recall the crash.       

Eaton Rapids has dropped a lawsuit against the property owner of a blighted historic mill on 7 acres at the corner of M-99 and Main Street.       

U. S. District Judge Mark E. Walker on Thursday disqualified himself from presiding over the court battle between the Walt Disney Company and Gov. Ron DeSantis, but for different reasons than stated in a motion by DeSantis’ legal team which Walker called “nothing more than rank judge-shopping.” Lawyers for the governor filed a motion for Walker’s disqualification last month claiming that in another case, the judge asked questions that suggested bias in favor of Disney.

Forty-two students conclude their high school career by receiving Young Women's Leadership Academy diplomas during commencement at Plaza Theater in Downtown El Paso, Texas, on Thursday, June 1, 2023.