The Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets will meet in Game 5 of their best-of-seven NBA Finals series on Monday. The Nuggets (53-29), the top seed in the West, grabbed a 108-95 win last Friday to take a 3-1 lead in the series. Denver can win its first NBA championship with a win and is 9-1 on its home floor this postseason.

Tip-off from Ball Arena in Denver is set for 8:30 p.m. ET. Denver is favored by 8.5-points in the latest Heat vs. Nuggets odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 210.

Before locking in any Heat vs. Nuggets picks or any other NBA predictions, you NEED to see which side Larry Hartstein is on. 

A former lead writer for Covers and The Linemakers, Hartstein combines a vast network of Vegas sources with an analytical approach. Hartstein also excels in the NBA, especially when picking Denver Nuggets games. Over the past 101 Denver matchups, he is an insane 60-38-3 against the spread, returning $1,825 for $100 players! Anybody following those picks has seen HUGE returns!

Now, he has set his sights on Game 5 of Heat vs. Nuggets.

The expert knows Nuggets center Nikola Jokic continued his postseason dominance with a double-double in Game 4, scoring 23 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. He has three triple-doubles in his past five games and went off for 41 points and 11 rebounds in the Game 2 loss in Denver.

Hartstein also knows the Heat will turn to forward Jimmy Butler, who has been the team's foundation throughout the playoffs. In Game 4, Butler poured in 25 points, while grabbing seven rebounds and dishing out seven assists. It was his third 20-plus scoring game of the series and 17th of 2023 NBA playoffs.  

Now, Hartstein has locked in another confident against the spread pick for Heat vs. Nuggets. We can tell you he's leaning Over on the point total, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

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