112 - 122

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Ball Arena

Officials: Courtney Kirkland, Matt Kallio, and Andy Nagy

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Miami Heat	33	27	26	26	112
Denver Nuggets	36	32	33	21	122

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Miami Heat	112	38-86	44.2%	14-41	34.1%	22-25	88.0%	5	44	26	20	13	14	4
Denver Nuggets	122	43-101	42.6%	11-40	27.5%	25-28	89.3%	21	68	34	16	10	16	4

PLAYER STATS


Miami Heat	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Pelle Larsson^SF	23:30	6	1-4	0-3	4-4	0	3	3	3	0	0	1	1	-8
Andrew Wiggins^PF	31:43	22	9-13	3-4	1-2	0	4	4	5	2	1	0	4	-1
Bam Adebayo^C	08:12	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
Norman Powell^SG	30:30	23	5-15	4-8	9-9	0	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	-5
Davion Mitchell^PG	31:19	10	4-6	1-2	1-2	0	3	3	9	0	0	3	3	-1
Nikola Jović	19:34	5	1-6	1-4	2-2	0	3	3	3	0	0	4	2	-8
Kel’el Ware	27:10	13	4-6	2-4	3-4	2	11	13	0	4	1	1	4	-14
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	26:23	21	9-14	1-5	2-2	0	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	-5
Dru Smith	16:41	5	2-6	1-4	0-0	1	1	2	2	3	1	0	0	-9
Simone Fontecchio	15:36	5	2-7	1-2	0-0	2	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	-2
Keshad Johnson	09:21	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	-1
Kasparas Jakučionis	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Myron Gardner	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vladislav Goldin	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Herro	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Rozier	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jahmir Young	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denver Nuggets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Cameron Johnson^SF	23:02	9	3-10	2-5	1-2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	8
Aaron Gordon^PF	30:50	24	9-16	1-5	5-6	1	5	6	1	1	0	3	1	8
Nikola Jokić^C	36:34	33	12-18	2-5	7-8	5	10	15	16	3	0	3	1	18
Christian Braun^SG	35:18	11	5-14	0-3	1-1	4	4	8	7	2	1	0	2	14
Jamal Murray^PG	33:36	14	4-15	1-8	5-5	2	6	8	3	2	1	2	2	6
Tim Hardaway Jr.	24:25	18	7-12	4-9	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	-1
Peyton Watson	17:42	2	0-4	0-1	2-2	2	8	10	3	0	2	2	1	2
Bruce Brown	27:38	5	2-7	1-3	0-0	2	1	3	3	2	0	3	3	3
Jonas Valančiūnas	10:53	6	1-5	0-1	4-4	3	3	6	0	0	0	2	1	-8
Spencer Jones	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zeke Nnaji	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Pickett	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Julian Strawther	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hunter Tyson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tamar Bates	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DaRon Holmes II	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curtis Jones	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Narrow-Theory-3533

132 | 3 days ago

*Miami plays perfect defense for 24 Seconds.

Denver: Offensive rebound.

That’s the game.

putdahaakin | Nuggets

32 | 3 days ago

So size DOES matter? :(

Balla_Calla | Heat

5 | 3 days ago

All about the flow

bigtice | Rockets

113 | 3 days ago

Jokic Triple Doubles: 5

Rest Of League: 5 (Luka on his way to adding #6)

Got another one tonight in only 26 minutes.

soycameron | Trail Blazers

30 | 3 days ago

Lowkey Russ gonna most likely add one tonight too

Aught_To | Nuggets

3 | 3 days ago

But but but.. what about his defense?

DerGovernator

16 | 3 days ago

He’s like 4th in steals per game so far this season too.

Key-Spare-1009

2 | 3 days ago

Steals per game doesn’t mean good defense though, look at Luka

Edit I’m not saying they’re bad defenders I’m just saying better defenders don’t necessarily need to have a lot of steals

9SidedLemon | Nuggets

5 | 3 days ago

Yeah I get what you mean, Steph has come close to leading the league in steals before and he isn’t amazing defensively tho he can play passing lanes well.

I think jokics been pretty solid to start this season tho, he doesn’t have to do as much offensively so he can expend more on defense. I stand firm on him being an average to a bit above average defender when he needs to be he’s not a rim protector but he has good reflexes, good positioning, high iq, and is just a big body that can take up the paint, and of course is a good rebounder.

DentistFun2776 | Nuggets

66 | 3 days ago

We kill the Heat ngl

Adraf45 | Heat

73 | 3 days ago

We have a single win against yall since 2016 and that’s finals game 2 in Denver. This is damn near a decade long ass beating

IllegitimateRisk | Nuggets

20 | 3 days ago

and august 1 2020 and march 9 2018

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/miami-heat-vs-denver-nuggets-last-30-games

Adraf45 | Heat

9 | 3 days ago

Oh shit i was thinking of the last (non playoff) ball arena win

Bovine_Joni_Himself | Nuggets

3 | 3 days ago

The one game I went to. Shit wasn’t cheap either.

Apotheosis62 | Nuggets

17 | 3 days ago

Bad matchup their best defender constantly gets killed by Jokic (although mostly injured today) and they’re to small to guard the Nuggets in general

9SidedLemon | Nuggets

1 | 3 days ago

Jovic ain’t getting that win anytime soon. They’re just too small, heat and warriors are two teams im always weirdly confident against, tho warriors cooked us opening night so that might be changing.

dismissivecrab | Lakers

67 | 3 days ago

If Cam remembers how to play basketball, the Nuggets are truly scary.

TheNaskgul | Nuggets

57 | 3 days ago

Cam is playing fine basketball, shots just not landing. People already forget how streaky Mpj was and cam actually plays defense

9SidedLemon | Nuggets

25 | 3 days ago

He consistently makes the right passes and plays as well, which goes under the radar. Our offense is in no way hurting atm we put up 130 every night it feels like tho our schedule and the defenses we’ve faced have been light.

BballMD | Knicks

8 | 3 days ago

I think this is the major thing, that the flow of the offense is better because MPJ isn’t there waiting to get the ball before he thinks about what he is going to do with it.

viking_ | Nuggets

16 | 3 days ago

Still getting used to the thin air.

lejon-brames23 | Nuggets

-15 | 3 days ago

I don’t think you can call a guy “streaky” when he shoots 40% from three for his career lol

happycleaner

20 | 3 days ago

That is how averages work yes

lejon-brames23 | Nuggets

-11 | 3 days ago

Uh, I think you’re misunderstanding my point

The term “streaky shooter” is given to guys that are like around 33-36% and switch from super hot to super cold.

If you’re shooting 40% or better from three then you’re consistently elite, not streaky.

TheNaskgul | Nuggets

10 | 3 days ago

I don’t think you’ve watched many nuggets games if “consistent” is anywhere in your description of Mpj

Dapper_Inevitable555 | Nuggets

-2 | 3 days ago

This is exactly the problem with nuggets fans. The grass always looks greener on the other side. There’s many things to dislike with MPJ’s game, but consistency has never been one of them. Compare him to the stretch Cam’s having now. I don’t think Mike has ever had a 7 game stretch shooting 25%, but he’d have one game where he was like 2-13 and y’all would skin him not realising that’s how 3 point shooting works.

lejon-brames23 | Nuggets

-5 | 3 days ago

You just have a fundamental misunderstanding of three point shooting in the NBA if you think MPJ is a streaky shooter. Plain and simple.

I’m not saying he doesn’t have awful shooting games occasionally, but literally every shooter does and you’re the type of person to use those small handful of games to try to create a narrative that is just objectively wrong.

TheFatmanRises | Heat

54 | 3 days ago

This is not a rivalry they always whoop are ass

iamthatguy54 | Heat

48 | 3 days ago

man got whooped so hard he lost the ability to use the right english words

TheFatmanRises | Heat

29 | 3 days ago

Only Da Joker can managed to do that to us

bdybwyi

55 | 3 days ago

Tim Hardaway steal of the offseason (I know he’ll suck for stretches but he’s elite rn)

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

51 | 3 days ago

Jokic is still clearly the best player in the league

Don’t let anyone else convince you otherwise

Aught_To | Nuggets

20 | 3 days ago

They never will

Rook2Rook

9 | 3 days ago

Some redditor just tried to convince me it was Luka or Shai on a Luka stats at halftime thread

Key-Spare-1009

-8 | 3 days ago

Jokic isn’t clearly the best

He may be the best but it isn’t necessarily obvious

Hyde1505

4 | 3 days ago

It depends on if you have knowledge of basketball.

Key-Spare-1009

-3 | 3 days ago

I just don’t see jokic being clearly better than giannis. You could say hes better but it isn’t obvious at all really

siziyman | Heat

2 | 3 days ago

You can sell me on Luka and possibly Shai being in the same league as Jokic, you can’t sell me on Giannis being there.

Hyde1505

1 | 3 days ago

It’s like saying „you can argue Ronaldo is better than Messi“. No, you can not - even if many still do it.

LouieM13 | NYK

33 | 3 days ago

The quality of assists from Jokic and Murray is like night and day lol

The_NGUYENNER | DEN

20 | 3 days ago

I have love for Jamal but the dude is just not a floor general. That stretch near the end of the game before Jokic came back in was so painful.. and gave me PTSD of last year.

One of the best shotmakers I’ve ever seen though

1manadeal2btw | Nuggets

9 | 3 days ago

Imo Adelman needs to rest him. Clearly has something bothering him that’s caused him to lose some burst, must be frustrating.

RussEastbrook | Gran Destino

2 | 3 days ago

He’s been on the injury reports with a calf injury

1manadeal2btw | Nuggets

1 | 3 days ago

Yep. I’m not sure if it is that but it probably is.

strangerthingskids | Heat

30 | 3 days ago

How much more resume building does Joker need to be in the top 5 conversation. Never seen anyone make the game look so easy

DentistFun2776 | Nuggets

32 | 3 days ago

Has probably capped out how high he can climb all-time without ring 2

He gets ring 2 and we can start having fun

chizzmaster | Nuggets

5 | 3 days ago

Yeah I agree. Love Jokic (he’s my second favorite player of all time), but unless he wins another ring or two, that conversation probably isn’t happening.

NumenoreanNole

-2 | 3 days ago

Are you saying you already have him above guys like Durant, Curry, Wilt, and Kobe?

jbrun10120 | Nuggets

13 | 3 days ago

Definitely Durant.

siziyman | Heat

5 | 3 days ago

Durant - easily, Kobe - question of how much do you value longevity and specifically rings rather than individual contribution to victories.

Last 5 years of Jokic’s play are better than any season Kobe produced as far as I’m concerned.

Constant_Charge_4528 | Bulls

3 | 3 days ago

KD isn’t even top 15

Apotheosis62 | Nuggets

23 | 3 days ago

Nuggets on their fuck around and win easily anyway bullshit a little to much for me but fuck it I like wins

zmartins222 | Heat

21 | 3 days ago

Will prob get downvoted to hell but we had a chance at this one if Bam doesn’t go down ¯_(ツ)_/¯

SnooMachines4393

21 | 3 days ago

Honestly, doubtful. It felt like Nuggets just completely stopped taking this game seriously after Bam went down.

The_NGUYENNER | DEN

10 | 3 days ago

You dropped an arm. You gotta do double \ on that side

PeopleCallMeSimon

10 | 3 days ago

You are not wrong. I say this as a Nuggets fan.

Game was pretty close until Bam got injured.

greenwhitehell

7 | 3 days ago

I think there’s a chance but that’d have to be predicated on Bam shooting very well. He’s been making a lot of 3s this year, so its not impossible. But I don’t think the difference would be meaningfully different. Bam is an awesome defender but this is the worst matchup in the league for him on that end

WasProbablyBanned | Australia

4 | 3 days ago

ngl saw bam got hurt and assumed this would be a blowout, geniuinely surprised when I checked later and saw it was only single digits with a minute left

thatswhathemoneysfor | Nuggets

18 | 3 days ago

Jokic with a mundane 30-15-15 game and people will still argue he isn’t the best in the world

BruceBrownMVP | Nets

20 | 3 days ago

That statline has happened 14 times since 1980. Jokic has 7 of them lol

MegaAltarianite

2 | 3 days ago

Drew Brees type stat.

BruceBrownMVP | Nets

2 | 3 days ago

I have no idea who that is im afraid

MegaAltarianite

2 | 3 days ago

NFL quarterback. There are 15 instances of a quarterback throwing for 5,000 yards in a season. Drew Brees has five of them.

Pepper-Jun | Nuggets

19 | 3 days ago

It is kind of scary that we’re doing this despite Cam not figuring it out yet or shooting like he normally does.

Aught_To | Nuggets

15 | 3 days ago

It val.. that second unit isn’t just bleeding points. So joker isn’t having to play 38 a game

Ralphie_is_bae | Nuggets

2 | 3 days ago

I mean, he played 37 tonight…. and 37 against SAC on Monday

spiralism | Nuggets

9 | 3 days ago

Math still checks out though.

9SidedLemon | Nuggets

3 | 3 days ago

Yeah we’re like incapable of blowing teams out (except the pelicans) the closest things we have to blow outs are games like tonight we go up 15 then it fluctuates back to 8 to 15 to 8. Never enough to sit our guys.

fanintenn | Nuggets

1 | a day ago

I feel like it’s really just a few bad stretches. I think as the season goes on they will figure out which lineups work for which situations and avoid getting pummeled with 12-2 runs that wipe out the lead.

fanintenn | Nuggets

1 | a day ago

Yeah, but no 40 minute games, so that’s good.

rawchess | Minneapolis Lakers

16 | 3 days ago

Fat man gud

heat_fan_ | Raptors

13 | 3 days ago

Joker is just not human

Insane numbers after game 1

MileHi49er | Nuggets

15 | 3 days ago

33/15/16 on 77% TS with 3 steals.

BITW

1 of 1

MVP

WhiteDeath57 | Celtics

9 | 3 days ago

Watching Joker play really is insane

poontang-jiblowme

9 | 3 days ago

Poor Kel’el Ware man lmao

aw11348

10 | 3 days ago

Jokic was throwing some absolutely DISGUSTING passes in this game. One of the craziest play-making games I’ve ever seen from him. I was shouting and jumping up every time he passed. And Braun and Watson would sell the highlight every time 💀

CafeNordstrom

2 | 3 days ago

I like it when they shoot the ball and it goes in the net.

Successful-Sky4411

1 | 3 days ago

By however Denver was favored to beat the Heat in The Finals should have been doubled

ghosts-of-your-past

1 | 3 days ago

filthy numbers by jokic disgusting

Jonjon428 | Heat

1 | 3 days ago

Scheduled loss

eatmorefruits33

-1 | 3 days ago

The Cam Johnson spot is starting to look like the Russ-KD era OKC that always had a 3&D wing who is just not very good at 3 or D (or sometimes both).

fanintenn | Nuggets

1 | a day ago

Pretty disappointed in his play so far.

On the plus side, seem to be getting more out of THJ than expected and JV has been pretty good.

The Denver Nuggets (5-2) defeat the Miami Heat (4-4), 122-112.