Miami Heat vs. Denver Nuggets

Dec 30, 2022

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MIA	19	38	33	29	119
DEN	23	37	25	39	124

Game Recap

Led by Nikola Jokic's 19 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists, his 8th triple-double this season and 84th of his career, the Nuggets defeat the Heat, 124-119. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 20 points in the victory, while Tyler Herro led all scorers with 26 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for the Heat in a losing effort. The Nuggets improve to 23-12 on the season, while the Heat fall to 18-18.

Player Stats

HEAT	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24Haywood HighsmithSF	21	3-6	1-3	0-0	2	0	2	0	3	2	-2	7
22Jimmy ButlerPF	37	5-13	0-0	7-8	6	8	4	0	1	1	-1	17
13Bam AdebayoC	30	6-14	0-0	10-11	7	2	4	2	4	3	-4	22
14Tyler HerroSG	32	9-18	4-9	4-4	10	5	1	0	1	1	-6	26
7Kyle LowryPG	32	1-5	1-4	0-0	2	3	1	1	1	3	-6	3
31Max Strus	33	7-13	4-8	1-1	3	0	0	0	1	3	+2	19
25Orlando Robinson	17	4-5	0-0	5-6	5	0	0	1	0	2	-1	13
2Gabe Vincent	15	1-6	1-4	0-0	1	2	0	0	3	2	-1	3
55Duncan Robinson	19	3-7	3-7	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	2	-6	9
8Jamal Cain	— did not play —												— did not play —
40Udonis Haslem	— did not play —												— did not play —



TOTAL	-	39-8744.8%	14-3540.0%	27-3090.0%	36	21	13	4	14	19	-	119

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	25	4-11	0-3	2-4	6	3	1	0	0	1	-5	10
50Aaron GordonPF	33	4-8	0-1	3-5	5	3	2	0	3	1	0	11
15Nikola JokicC	36	8-15	2-3	1-1	12	12	1	1	3	3	+14	19
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	30	7-7	4-4	2-2	2	2	0	0	2	3	+7	20
27Jamal MurrayPG	33	4-9	1-3	5-5	2	6	0	0	3	2	-9	14
11Bruce Brown	25	5-8	2-5	1-2	4	1	0	0	2	3	+6	13
31Vlatko Cancar	17	5-5	3-3	2-2	0	3	1	0	0	2	+9	15
3Bones Hyland	23	5-9	5-6	1-1	1	4	1	0	6	0	+9	16
6DeAndre Jordan	11	3-4	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	3	-9	6
0Christian Braun	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1	+3	0
22Zeke Nnaji	— did not play —												— did not play —
9Davon Reed	— did not play —												— did not play —
14Ish Smith	— did not play —												— did not play —
10Jack White	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	45-7659.2%	17-2860.7%	17-2277.3%	36	34	6	1	20	19	-	124

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterMIADEN

(11:57) Jump Ball N. Jokic vs. B. Adebayo: Tip to J. Murray
(11:45) MISS N. Jokic 14' Jump Shot
(11:43) J. Butler REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:21) MISS J. Butler 14' fadeaway Shot
(11:18) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:14) A. Gordon bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(11:14) H. Highsmith STEAL (1 STL)
(11:09) MISS T. Herro 25' running pullup 3PT
(11:05) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (10:58) K. Caldwell-Pope 3PT (3 PTS) (M. Porter Jr. 1 AST)
03
(10:41) N. Jokic kicked ball VIOLATION
+3 (10:32) K. Lowry 27' 3PT (3 PTS) (T. Herro 1 AST)
33
+2 (10:11) J. Murray driving finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
35
(9:59) N. Jokic kicked ball VIOLATION
+3 (9:53) H. Highsmith 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (T. Herro 2 AST)
65
(9:28) MISS M. Porter Jr. 15' floating Shot
(9:26) T. Herro REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:09) MISS B. Adebayo 14' Jump Shot
(9:06) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:57) N. Jokic 6' turnaround Jump Shot (2 PTS) (A. Gordon 1 AST)
67
(8:44) MISS B. Adebayo 7' floating Shot
(8:43) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:39) K. Lowry shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Murray 2 FT)
+1 (8:39) J. Murray Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
68
+1 (8:39) J. Murray Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
69
(8:21) H. Highsmith traveling TURNOVER (1 TO)
(8:05) MISS M. Porter Jr. 25' 3PT
(8:03) B. Adebayo REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:58) MISS T. Herro driving floating Shot
(7:53) B. Adebayo REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(7:53) MISS B. Adebayo tip Layup
(7:51) T. Herro REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (7:51) T. Herro tip Layup (2 PTS)
89
(7:46) A. Gordon lost ball TURNOVER (2 TO)
(7:46) H. Highsmith STEAL (2 STL)
(7:41) MISS H. Highsmith running Layup - blocked
(7:41) N. Jokic BLOCK (1 BLK)
(7:41) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:35) MISS A. Gordon 25' running pullup 3PT
(7:33) T. Herro REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(7:28) MISS K. Lowry running 3PT
(7:24) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (7:19) K. Caldwell-Pope running finger roll Layup (5 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
811
(7:12) MISS J. Butler Layup
(7:12) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(7:06) MISS M. Porter Jr. running 3PT
(7:06) T. Herro REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(6:53) MISS T. Herro 16' pullup Shot
(6:51) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (6:43) N. Jokic cutting Layup (4 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 1 AST)
813
(6:43) MIA Timeout
(6:30) MISS H. Highsmith 25' 3PT
(6:26) B. Adebayo REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(6:25) MISS B. Adebayo putback Layup
(6:24) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(6:06) MISS B. Brown 3PT
(6:02) T. Herro REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
(5:58) N. Jokic kicked ball VIOLATION
(5:46) MISS M. Strus 25' 3PT
(5:42) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(5:37) MISS A. Gordon running Layup - blocked
(5:37) K. Lowry BLOCK (1 BLK)
(5:34) B. Adebayo REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
(5:30) MISS M. Strus running Layup
(5:28) B. Adebayo REBOUND (Off:3 Def:2)
+2 (5:28) B. Adebayo putback Layup (2 PTS)
1013
+2 (5:10) M. Porter Jr. 20' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (B. Brown 1 AST)
1015
(4:43) MISS B. Adebayo 18' Jump Shot
(4:40) B. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:33) A. Gordon bad pass TURNOVER (3 TO)
(4:33) B. Adebayo STEAL (1 STL)
(4:29) MISS T. Herro 26' running pullup 3PT
(4:25) K. Lowry REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(4:18) MISS B. Adebayo 10' Jump Shot
(4:14) M. Strus REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(4:11) K. Lowry step out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(4:11) DEN Timeout
+3 (3:51) B. Brown 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (B. Hyland 1 AST)
1018
(3:33) MISS K. Lowry 25' 3PT
(3:31) H. Highsmith REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(3:31) H. Highsmith traveling TURNOVER (2 TO)
(3:16) MISS B. Brown 25' 3PT
(3:12) M. Strus REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (2:53) H. Highsmith driving floating Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1218
+2 (2:32) B. Brown 13' driving floating Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1220
+3 (2:19) M. Strus 24' 3PT (3 PTS) (K. Lowry 1 AST)
1520
(2:05) J. Murray traveling TURNOVER (1 TO)
(1:52) MISS M. Strus driving floating bank Shot
(1:51) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(1:37) B. Hyland bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(1:37) J. Butler STEAL (1 STL)
(1:32) D. Jordan shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Butler 2 FT)
+1 (1:32) J. Butler Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1620
+1 (1:32) J. Butler Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1720
+3 (1:18) B. Brown 3PT (8 PTS) (V. Cancar 1 AST)
1723
(1:05) MISS J. Butler 7' floating Shot
(1:03) J. Butler REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:59) MISS J. Butler bank Shot
(0:59) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(0:59) B. Brown loose ball personal FOUL (1 PF) (Robinson 2 FT)
+1 (0:59) O. Robinson Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1823
+1 (0:59) O. Robinson Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1923
(0:41) J. Murray traveling TURNOVER (2 TO)
(0:34) MISS M. Strus 26' 3PT
(0:31) D. Jordan REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:13) MISS B. Hyland 3PT
(0:09) O. Robinson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:02) MISS G. Vincent 28' pullup 3PT
(0:02) J. Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)

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4th quarter

Team Stats

MIA

DEN

119Points124

39-87(44.8%)Field Goal(%)45-76(59.2%)

14-35(40.0%)3-Point(%)17-28(60.7%)

27-30(90.0%)Free Throw(%)17-22(77.3%)

36(11)Rebounds(Offensive)36(5)

21Assists34

13Steals6

4Blocks1

14Turnovers20

19Fouls19

42Pts In The Paint48

15Fast Break Pts14

19Pts Off Turnovers15

44Bench Pts50

9Largest Lead8

Game Details

Friday, December 30, 2022 · 9:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,638 (102.8%)