Denver Nuggets 120, Miami Heat 111 — Recap

November 29, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 120, Miami Heat 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 32-23 MIA; Q2 DEN 31-20 MIA; Q3 DEN 32-35 MIA; Q4 DEN 25-33 MIA.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 24 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Bam Adebayo (MIA) 24 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists on 11-of-19 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Max Strus (MIA) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Nah'Shon Hyland (DEN) 19 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

24 PTS, 15 REB, 7 AST, 1 3PM · 9-14 FG

Scoring · MIA

Bam Adebayo

24 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST · 11-19 FG

Scoring · DEN

Aaron Gordon

20 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 6-11 FG

Season highs

Kyle Lowry · Season-high 14 assistsMax Strus · Season-high 6 threesNah'Shon Hyland · Season-high 5 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	32	31	32	25		120
MIA	23	20	35	33		111

🧮 How They Scored

DENMIA

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

70.3%Effective FG%55.5%

13.5%Turnover %8.4%

15.6%Offensive rebound %28.6%

0.284Free-throw rate0.165

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Aaron Gordon F	38	20	4	5	0	0	2	6-11	2-4	6-8	+18
Nikola Jokic C	33	24	15	7	1	0	1	9-14	1-2	5-6	+17
Will Barton G	33	14	5	4	0	0	3	4-7	4-6	2-2	+4
Jeff Green F	31	12	3	0	0	0	2	5-8	1-3	1-2	+15
Monte Morris G	28	11	4	6	0	0	0	5-9	1-4	0-0	+15
Facundo Campazzo G	24	10	1	5	0	1	2	4-7	2-3	0-1	-3
Nah'Shon Hyland G	21	19	0	3	1	0	2	6-9	5-8	2-2	+8
Austin Rivers G	16	7	2	1	0	0	0	3-5	1-3	0-0	+4
Zeke Nnaji F-C	11	3	1	1	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	-3
Vlatko Cancar F	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-14
Bol Bol C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8
Markus Howard G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-8

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kyle Lowry G	36	17	2	14	0	0	1	5-9	2-5	5-6	-11
Bam Adebayo C-F	35	24	13	6	0	0	5	11-19	0-0	2-4	-9
Caleb Martin F	33	18	4	1	0	0	0	8-15	2-4	0-0	0
PJ Tucker F	32	8	6	2	1	0	0	4-9	0-4	0-0	-11
Max Strus G	31	19	2	3	0	0	0	6-12	6-12	1-1	-7
Gabe Vincent G	29	14	1	3	1	0	2	5-13	4-9	0-0	-1
Duncan Robinson F	29	3	2	3	0	0	0	1-9	1-9	0-0	-14
Dewayne Dedmon C	11	8	6	0	0	1	1	3-5	0-1	2-4	-8
Omer Yurtseven C	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+8
KZ Okpala F	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+8

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	33	24	72.1	25.8	+29.2	23.5
Aaron Gordon	Bench	38	20	68.9	22.7	+27.0	10.3
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	21	19	96.2	29.3	+20.0	19.7
Will Barton	Bench	33	14	88.8	16.2	+10.1	10.0
Jeff Green	Bench	31	12	67.6	17.5	+26.9	4.8
Monte Morris	Bench	28	11	61.1	15.5	+29.3	11.5
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	24	10	67.2	19.6	-6.8	7.9
Austin Rivers	Bench	16	7	70.0	15.6	+20.2	11.4
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	11	3	75.0	9.5	-8.8	2.2
Bol Bol	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-266.7	0.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	4	0	0.0	20.0	-155.6	-30.8
Markus Howard	Bench	1	0	0.0	33.3	-266.7	-11.8

Miami HeatTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Bam Adebayo	Bench	35	24	57.8	33.3	-15.5	11.5
Max Strus	Bench	31	19	76.4	17.4	-14.0	13.0
Caleb Martin	Bench	33	18	60.0	20.3	0.0	8.4
Kyle Lowry	Bench	36	17	73.0	15.9	-22.3	13.4
Gabe Vincent	Bench	29	14	53.8	22.7	-6.0	7.1
PJ Tucker	Bench	32	8	44.4	12.3	-21.1	7.2
Dewayne Dedmon	Bench	11	8	59.2	27.6	-43.9	16.4
Duncan Robinson	Bench	29	3	16.7	13.8	-25.5	-2.2
KZ Okpala	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+266.7	13.3
Omer Yurtseven	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+266.7	26.7