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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 24 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 103 |
 Heat | 18 | 34 | 24 | 23 | 99 |
DENTeam statsMIA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 41-8747.1% | 9-2733.3% | 12-1770.6% | 50 | 32 | 16 |
| MIA | 38-8345.8% | 8-3125.8% | 15-2560.0% | 38 | 24 | 6 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Denver Nuggets103| 40 | 29 | 11-21 | 1-2 | 6-6 | 0 | +9 | +9.7 | |||||||
| 39 | 11 | 4-9 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +3.8 | ||||||
| 36 | 9 | 4-9 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −9.5 | |||||
| 32 | 18 | 7-19 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 0 | +4 | −1.0 | |||||||
| 30 | 12 | 5-11 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-3 | +8 | +3.7 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −6.6 | |||||
| 15 | 15 | 6-8 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +5.0 | |||
| 11 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.6 | |||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −4.0 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.8 | ||||
| Team | 103 | 41-8747.1% | 9-2733.3% | 50 | 32 | 16 | 20 | 12-1770.6% | 15 | 2 | 2 | |||
Bench 24 points on 10 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Tyler Lydon (coach’s decision).
Miami Heat99| 34 | 12 | 4-12 | 1-4 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | −5 | −3.3 | ||||||
| 24 | 12 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 0 | −6 | +2.8 | |||||
| 23 | 12 | 5-11 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 0 | −4 | +1.8 | |||||||
| 16 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | −2.0 | ||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −5.3 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 13 | 4-10 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 0 | +3 | −1.7 | |||||||
| 29 | 10 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 3-6 | −3 | +1.2 | ||||||||
| 25 | 15 | 6-10 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +4.9 | ||||
| 24 | 13 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +4 | +4.7 | |||||
| 19 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | +0.4 | ||||||
| Team | 99 | 38-8345.8% | 8-3125.8% | 38 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 15-2560.0% | 9 | 9 | 8 | |||
Bench 55 points on 21 for 41 shooting
Did not play: Udonis Haslem, Derrick Jones Jr. and Wayne Ellington (coach’s decision).
Nuggets103Heat99ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Nikola Jokić had 29 points (20 in the paint), 11 rebounds and 10 assists, his 20th career triple-double, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Miami Heat 103-99.
Jokić’s floater put the Nuggets ahead for good with 2.4 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
Jamal Murray’s 2 free throws with 0.9 seconds left made it 103-99 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Heat 14-6. Jokić scored 6 of the Nuggets’ 14 on 3 for 3 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Jokić had 4 of his 10 assists, 2 of them on baskets by Monte Morris and Paul Millsap that put the Nuggets ahead.
Jokić and Murray set each other up for 6 baskets and 12 points, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Heat, Dion Waiters scored 15 points (9 in the second quarter) on 6 for 10 shooting off the bench. The Heat had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Heat gave up 15 offensive rebounds, about 5 more than usual for the shots the Nuggets missed. They outscored the Nuggets 55-24 off the bench. The Nuggets’ starters outscored the Heat 51-41 in 23 minutes together.
Denver NuggetsMiami HeatPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Nuggets’ chance bottomed out at 18% (4th quarter, 5:27 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
91 points from the field on 87 shots: 4.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-19 | 78.9% | 63% |
| In the paint | 11-21 | 52.4% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 6-20 | 30.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-9 | 44.4% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-18 | 27.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hassan Whiteside | 27 | 11 | 4-9 | +2 |
| Bam Adebayo | 25 | 8 | 4-6 | 0 |
| Josh Richardson | 6 | 6 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Rodney McGruder | 4 | 2 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney McGruder | 17 | 4 | 2-5 | −1 |
| Josh Richardson | 16 | 8 | 2-6 | +4 |
| Tyler Johnson | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Hassan Whiteside | 6 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 4 | 2-6 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Olynyk | 19 | 8 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Dwyane Wade | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Bam Adebayo | 4 | 4 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 3 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 31 possessions. He usually scores about 7 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
MIA win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Jokic 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot (29 PTS) (Murray 6 AST)
Q4 0:02
44.3%
53→8
Adebayo 5' Hook Shot (13 PTS) (Richardson 4 AST)
Q4 0:23
28.4%
24→53
Millsap 5' Jump Bank Shot (12 PTS) (Jokic 10 AST)
Q4 2:03
27.0%
57→30
Waiters 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (15 PTS)
Q4 7:03
19.0%
34→53
Lyles 25' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Morris 2 AST)
Q4 9:08
16.0%
56→40
