It’s a difficult concept to uphold actually, but I’m glad And We All Looked Up somehow managed to do well with it whilst maintaining its own uniqueness. I’ve been disappointed by a number of books like this, who claim to divert from the cliches and tropes, yet do anything but that. Praying to the YA books gods to let it be just as amazing as the indie-esque cover, let it be the answer to the Breakfast Club tragedy that was Infinite In Between, let it be a great character case study and contain beautiful prose as well, let it have feeling and relatability and emotion. I don’t specifically remember my thoughts before beginning And We All Looked Up, but it probably had something to do with praying. Two months to become something bigger than what we’d been, something that would last even after the end. That gave us two months to leave our labels behind. They said it would be here in two months. The athlete, the outcast, the slacker, the overachiever.īut then we all looked up and everything changed. Trying to keep up with the NBA playoffs? We have the latest results, as well as series-by-series schedules and streaming info below.Before the asteroid we let ourselves be defined by labels: Miami, whether due to the mile-high altitude or just having getting off an intense seven-game series against Boston, had to overcome a number of obstacles, such as 33.3% from three and only getting to the line twice. They became the first set of teammates to post 25-point, 10-assist games in the NBA Finals since Magic Johnson and James Worthy first did it for the Lakers in 1987. The stat line of 27 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists paced the Nuggets, as did Jamal Murray who scored 26 points and had 10 assists. Nikola Jokic, Denver's two-time MVP, produced a masterful performance, a triple-double, in his NBA Finals debut.

The Nuggets, who completed their sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers on May 22, were off for nine days before Thursday's Game 1 against the Miami Heat. The Denver Nuggets opened the NBA Finals with a 104-93 win in the franchise's first appearance in the championship round.

And we all looked up