DENVER — Kevin Love’s wife Kate gave birth to the couple’s first child over the weekend. Love, the Miami Heat’s starting power forward, did not fly with the organization to Denver for Game 5 of the NBA Finals so he could be there for the birth of his daughter, but traveled on his own late Saturday night to rejoin the Heat and resume his effort to be a part of the second team in history to come from a 3-1 deficit to win in the finals.
“When you have a special moment like that, you’re obviously very happy no matter what situation you’re in,” Heat center Bam Adebayo said of Love. “To see the joy on his face for him having his baby, obviously, his wife is healthy and everybody is healthy throughout, that’s the blessing that you get. That’s the blessing he probably needed. That’s great news for all of us that we probably needed.”
Life indeed goes on, even while history hangs over the heads of both teams. The Nuggets are looking for the first NBA title in the franchise’s 47 seasons in the league, and they’ve only lost once since the middle of the Western Conference finals when they were tied 2-2 with the Phoenix Suns.
Denver is at home, where it has lost just once this postseason (to Miami in Game 2) and can celebrate in an unrivaled state of euphoria…
