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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**MIA**|**20**|**22**|**21**|**30**|**93**|[](/MIA)|
**DEN**|**29**|**30**|**25**|**20**|**104**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/MIA)**MIA**|**39-96 (40.6)**|**13-39 (33.3)**|**2-2 (100.0)**|**11**|**43**|**26**|**8**|**5**|**3**|**15**|**93**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**40-78 (51.3)**|**8-27 (29.6)**|**16-20 (80.0)**|**5**|**44**|**29**|**10**|**4**|**4**|**8**|**104**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|43:04|5-15 (33.3)|2-11 (18.2)|2-2 (100.0)|1|12|1|0|0|2|0|14|+20|
A. Gordon^^PF|36:05|7-10 (70.0)|0-1 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|2|6|1|0|0|1|0|16|+15|
N. Jokic^^C|40:26|8-12 (66.7)|1-2 (50.0)|10-12 (83.3)|0|10|14|2|1|1|1|27|+14|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|36:27|3-8 (37.5)|1-3 (33.3)|0-2 (0.0)|1|3|0|1|1|0|2|7|+5|
J. Murray^^PG|44:04|11-22 (50.0)|2-7 (28.6)|2-2 (100.0)|1|6|10|3|1|0|2|26|+9|
C. Braun|8:11|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|1|0|0|2|0|-1|
B. Brown|20:45|4-7 (57.1)|2-3 (66.7)|0-0 (0.0)|0|5|2|3|1|0|1|10|+1|
J. Green|10:57|2-3 (66.7)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|4|-8|
**Totals**||**40-78 (51.3)**|**8-27 (29.6)**|**16-20 (80.0)**|**5**|**44**|**29**|**10**|**4**|**4**|**8**|**104**||
**DNP:** ***Thomas Bryant***, ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Reggie Jackson***, ***DeAndre Jordan***, ***Zeke Nnaji***, ***Ish Smith***, ***Peyton Watson***
**Inactive:**
**[](/MIA)MIA**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
C. Martin^^SF|24:34|1-7 (14.3)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|4|0|0|1|1|3|3|-10|
J. Butler^^PF|38:01|6-14 (42.9)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|3|7|7|1|1|1|1|13|-17|
B. Adebayo^^C|39:57|13-25 (52.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|4|13|5|1|0|0|4|26|-6|
M. Strus^^SG|21:01|0-10 (0.0)|0-9 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|5|3|0|0|0|0|0|-12|
G. Vincent^^PG|37:42|7-14 (50.0)|5-10 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|5|1|0|1|1|19|0|
K. Lowry|25:34|4-8 (50.0)|3-6 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|5|5|2|1|0|1|11|+2|
C. Zeller|7:29|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|3|0|1|0|0|1|0|-5|
D. Robinson|21:09|1-6 (16.7)|1-5 (20.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|1|0|0|2|3|-4|
H. Highsmith|23:23|7-10 (70.0)|2-4 (50.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|2|0|1|2|0|2|18|-3|
N. Jovic|0:32|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
O. Yurtseven|0:32|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
**Totals**||**39-96 (40.6)**|**13-39 (33.3)**|**2-2 (100.0)**|**11**|**43**|**26**|**8**|**5**|**3**|**15**|**93**||
**DNP:** ***Udonis Haslem***, ***Kevin Love***
**Inactive:** ***Tyler Herro***, ***Victor Oladipo***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**MIA**|38|8|4|1|32|8|9|[](/MIA)|
**DEN**|46|7|9|24|14|10|13|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 4** | **Times Tied: 2** | **Gametime: 2:04** | **Attendance: 19528**
*Officials: Marc Davis, Ed Malloy, David Guthrie*
by BigHoneyBot
40 Comments
I think Jamal Murray should take the Smooth Operator title from Carlos Sainz Jr.
Heat will answer. They missed a lot of threes tn and didn’t shoot many free throws.
I still love our chances though with the amount of mismatches we can exploit
how long has herro been out? i just can’t imagine a guy that hasn’t played a playoff game can walk into the fuckin finals and make a huge impact
Remember that the Nuggets don’t have that experience in winning finals games like the Heat because the Heat were in the Finals a few years ago. This is going to fuck things up guys!!! The Nuggets wont win any games because of that.
Jimmy Butler turned into Ben Simmons
Having watched the Heat playoff games this year, haven’t seen any stretches where they were this dissected offensively. Jok didn’t even look to score that much and the overall vibe of the game was just getting things into rhythm.
They missed a lot of their looks and probably they won’t have such shooting slumps, but probably also guys elevate even further with destabilizing their zone. Even if they get Herro back, he’s gonna be one more guy Mike or AG can hunt for mismatches.
Tremendous game from Mike, he locked in both ways and played some amazing ball. Can’t wait for sunday!
Ok, so when the Avs were playing the Kraken ESPN would not shut up with the “First playoff X in franchise history,” shit. “First play off shot,” “First playoff goal,” “First power play…”. It was so fucking annoying. I was surprised they didn’t sneak into the bathroom to tape the “First playoff dump in franchise history.”
So now the Nuggets are in the Finals for the first time and ESPN mentioned it MAYBE three times. I don’t want them to be as annoying for the Nuggets, but can we at least acknowledge the idiocy?
How do they fix things on defense? Looked a little off. Can’t expect Miami to stay cold.
Nuggets are about to find out what finals experience looks like. Rude awakening coming
The Nuggets are 7-0 since I bought this hat, y’all.
Watching Jokic just say “No,” when the Heat got it to single digits was so satisfying.
Team has at least 2 more gears haven’t unleashed on the Heat yet.
Only 2 free throws attempts for Miami tonight. Aton of missed open 3’s as well. Sunday night is gonna be a dogfight. Ball Arena is gonna be electric ⚡️.
does this count as a moral victory for the heat or does that only apply to the fakers
NUGGETS HAVE NEVER LOST AN NBA FINALS GAME
Lmao at Shaq coughing into the mic
Ahahaha https://www.theonion.com/boston-fan-doesn-t-have-slurs-to-describe-disappointmen-1850497076
Everyone is rightly talking about jokic but Aaron Gordon dominated this game
I thought our off ball movement was bad in the 4th. Fortunately, Jokic saved us
They figured it out.
Put Rui Hachimura on Jokic
Shaq saying Jokić is his new favorite big man. bye Embiid!
The meme power in this community is channeling the Nuggets for a spirit bomb attack.
Watching replays and I really liked how dominant Aaron Gordon was to start the game. Kind of set the tone for the rest of the game!!
Was kinda worried if such a long gap would mess with the rythm. Taking the win while holding the munder, takes that worry away. If we’ll hit the 3 like we can again coming games we are looking good. Ready for that MPJ bounce back game sunday
I didn’t know this team was good. I don’t really watch NBA but I like that a team called the nuggets might win the championship.
Bam Adebayo played his heart out, had an amazing game and Jokic nonchalantly had a much better game than him. Incredible.
3 more wins fellas. I’m getting chills.
How about MPJ’s defense lately? He’s really stepped up.
I’m ready to see the whole town of South Park go batshit crazy when the Nuggets win it all. Please Matt and Trey.!!
It’s wild.
We’re sweeping this fools.
Fuck camaraderie. Fuck “himmy” Butler.
It’s fucking OVER
We deserve this man
3 more wins and nugglyfe is finally defeated
Feeling good about this win. This team just has too many options. They’ll find a way to get the ball in the rim. Their defense seems to always be good enough to get the win.
Was that a moral victory for the heat?
Starting the Finals with a Munder 🥹
MPJ game high +20 and he shot like shit from three. He probably won’t shoot that badly again this series, and still will make an impact defensively. He has the most underrated arc on this team, he deserves his flowers no question
Lol heat fans talking shit cause we didn’t win by more!
MPJ did not get DPOG, why is Malone doing this to him… one would do wonders for his confidence.
Highsmith is going to be the new Rui
I hope KCP’s leg is fine. We need his defense
Allen iversons 2001 finals run is the most overrated in history