Nuggets set to make their NBA Finals debut against the Miami Heat

• Miami won Game 7 on Monday against the Celtics and is looking for its fourth title in franchise history.

The intrigue: Nuggets center Nikola Jokić has done just about everything this playoff series, averaging a triple-double and nearly 30 points per game.

• For the team to win, they'll have to keep relying on his scoring and passing.

Between the lines: Jamal Murray is chipping in 27.7 points per game and regaining all-star form after missing last season while recovering from a torn ACL.

How to watch: ABC, with tip-off scheduled for 6:30pm.

• Tickets are available on resale sites, but you may have better luck snagging a seat at these Denver area bars.

Fun fact: The last time a Denver team played a Miami-area team for a shot at its first league championship, it won.

• The Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in 1996 after sweeping the Florida Panthers.

The other side: For a local look at what the Nuggets are facing, we invited Axios Miami's Martin Vassolo to share his thoughts:

South Beach Flu: It's become a long-running joke that NBA teams who play in Miami sometimes have a little too much fun the night before and then show up hungover for the game.

• You'd think the Nuggets would be too disciplined (especially in the Finals) to fall prey to the Miami party scene, but maybe Bruce Brown Jr. will want to show teammates his old University of Miami haunts.

Local cuisine: While you're rooting against the Heat, eat their lunch too by making a Cuban sandwich. Miami's most famous delicacy is made with Cuban bread, ham, Swiss cheese and pork tenderloin.

• Pro tip: A good panini press will get you far.

Why Miami will win: Erik Spoelstra is the best coach in the NBA and Jimmy Butler is in playoff mode.

• And to the Denver fans already counting us out, try and act like you've been here before. We have. Seven times.