MIAMI (OSV News) — The stone crabs and cigars are on their way.

Despite valiant, history-making efforts, the Miami Heat and the Florida Panthers lost their bids to become NBA and NHL champions on June 12 and June 13, respectively. The Heat fell to the Denver Nuggets in five games, as did the Panthers to the Las Vegas Golden Knights.

That means Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami will have to pay off the bets he made as the playoffs started with the archbishops of both cities: newly elevated Archbishop George Leo Thomas of Las Vegas and Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila of Denver.

It also means Archbishop Wenski won’t receive bison steaks and whiskey from Denver or two mafioso sets of steaks from Vegas.

The three prelates are currently gathered in Orlando for the U.S. bishops’ annual spring plenary assembly meeting June 15-16.

“Now the day of reckoning is upon the Archbishop of Miami as stone crabs and cigars — true ‘tastes’ of South Florida — are being ordered and shipped to the cities celebrating their victories,” said Mary Ross Agosta, archdiocesan communications director.

She shared a picture Archbishop Wenski took with Archbishop Thomas and noted the three prelates had shared some “good fun” conversations about the championship series.

Both the Heat and Panthers began the playoffs as eighth seeds, and both defied expectations in reaching the championship games. A win would have notched the first championship for the Panthers, who also lost on their first trip to the Stanley Cup finals in 1996, their third year of existence.

The Heat would have become the first No. 8 seed to win the finals.

It was the first championship for the Golden Knights in just their sixth year of existence. It also was the first championship in the 47-year history of the Denver Nuggets.