NBA fans are as guilty of recency bias as any in the sports world. Team gets up by 20 points? They’re unstoppable. Player X has a huge game? The opponent has no answers for him.  Team wins Game 1 of a series handily? Get out the brooms.

If the Miami Heat have proven one thing in this incredible playoff run, it’s that we all need to pump the brakes when it comes to premature prognostications.

There’s no way to sugarcoat it — the Heat’s 104-93  loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday was ugly. Outside of a couple short-lived fourth-quarter runs, Miami was outmatched, out-executed and outclassed. The easy conclusion is that the Nuggets are just a better team, and that the Heat simply can’t match the overstuffed collection of offensive gunpowder that Denver ignites game after game after game.

That may certainly end up being the case, but there is also evidence from Game 1 that the Heat can absolutely win this series. Here are a few silver linings that Erik Spoelstra and his crew can take into Sunday’s Game 2.