Game Summary
Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 123, Miami Heat 147. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 29-41 MIA; Q2 DEN 34-22 MIA; Q3 DEN 36-47 MIA; Q4 DEN 24-37 MIA.
Top performers (box score): Norman Powell (MIA) 25 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Nikola Jovic (MIA) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 20 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-21 shooting; Jaime Jaquez Jr. (MIA) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-11 shooting.
Standouts
Top Scorer ยท MIA
25 PTS, 1 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM ยท 9-16 FG
Scoring ยท MIA
22 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM ยท 7-12 FG
Scoring ยท DEN
21 PTS, 5 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM ยท 9-14 FG
Season highs
Jaime Jaquez Jr. ยท Season-high 11 assistsNikola Jovic ยท Season-high 5 threesSpencer Jones ยท Season-high 5 threes
Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.
๐ Game Flow
DEN
2 largest lead
Q2 0:14 (DEN 63, MIA 61) ยท 7-0 run, Q2 7:34โQ2 5:18
MIA
27 largest lead
Q4 3:29 (DEN 115, MIA 142) ยท 11-0 run, Q1 3:20โQ1 1:38
Swings
6 lead changes
Tied 5 times
Ahead for good: Kel'el Ware makes 23-foot three point jumper (Andrew Wiggins assists) (Q3 11:47, DEN 63, MIA 66).
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 29 | 34 | 36 | 24 | 123 | |
| MIA | 41 | 22 | 47 | 37 | 147 |
๐งฎ How They Scored
DENMIA
58Points in the paint56
9Fast-break points18
8Second-chance points12
12Points off turnovers19
39Bench points61
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
59.0%Effective FG%64.6%
9.2%Turnover %7.6%
16.2%Offensive rebound %33.3%
0.247Free-throw rate0.232
Box Score
Denver Nuggets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Murray G | 35 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9-21 | 2-6 | 0-0 | -13 |
| Spencer Jones F | 33 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5-6 | 5-5 | 1-2 | -6 |
| Peyton Watson G | 32 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 3-4 | -9 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. G | 28 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-13 | 2-6 | 2-3 | -18 |
| Bruce Brown G | 26 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -16 |
| Nikola Jokic C | 19 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9-14 | 1-4 | 2-3 | -1 |
| Jonas Valanciunas C | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -9 |
| Julian Strawther G | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 4-4 | -12 |
| Zeke Nnaji F-C | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -16 |
| DaRon Holmes II F | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-4 | -11 |
| Curtis Jones G | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -3 |
| Hunter Tyson F | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -3 |
| Jalen Pickett G | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 |
Miami Heat
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davion Mitchell G | 32 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | +17 |
| Andrew Wiggins F-G | 31 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6-10 | 4-7 | 3-4 | +28 |
| Norman Powell F-G | 28 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9-16 | 3-8 | 4-4 | +7 |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. G | 28 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8-11 | 1-2 | 3-6 | +23 |
| Nikola Jovic F | 26 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-12 | 5-8 | 3-3 | +24 |
| Kel'el Ware C | 24 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8-12 | 3-6 | 0-0 | +4 |
| Bam Adebayo C-F | 21 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Dru Smith G | 21 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 1-1 | +24 |
| Pelle Larsson G | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +2 |
| Simone Fontecchio F | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3-3 | -3 |
| Myron Gardner F | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 |
| Keshad Johnson F | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -3 |
| Kasparas Jakuฤionis G | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 |
๐ฌ Advanced Stats
Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokic | Starter | 19 | 21 | 68.5 | 36.2 | -2.4 | 24.2 |
| Jamal Murray | Starter | 35 | 20 | 47.6 | 28.0 | -15.6 | 11.2 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | Starter | 28 | 16 | 55.9 | 19.7 | -30.5 | 6.6 |
| Spencer Jones | Starter | 33 | 16 | 116.3 | 9.0 | -10.6 | 9.7 |
| Peyton Watson | Starter | 32 | 11 | 46.8 | 17.8 | -11.6 | 2.4 |
| Bruce Brown | Bench | 26 | 15 | 83.3 | 20.0 | -22.6 | 10.3 |
| Jonas Valanciunas | Bench | 16 | 6 | 100.0 | 14.7 | -22.9 | 5.5 |
| Zeke Nnaji | Bench | 10 | 4 | 106.4 | 9.5 | -60.9 | 0.0 |
| Julian Strawther | Bench | 14 | 4 | 42.0 | 18.2 | -38.7 | 3.1 |
| DaRon Holmes II | Bench | 08 | 4 | 113.6 | 9.5 | -74.6 | 15.6 |
| Jalen Pickett | Bench | 06 | 2 | 100.0 | 6.3 | -30.8 | 20.0 |
| Hunter Tyson | Bench | 06 | 2 | 33.3 | 18.8 | -30.8 | 3.6 |
| Curtis Jones | Bench | 07 | 2 | 20.0 | 31.3 | -30.8 | -3.6 |
Miami HeatTS% true shooting ยท USG% usage ยท NET net rating ยท PIE player impact
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Powell | Starter | 28 | 25 | 70.4 | 29.0 | +9.7 | 11.3 |
| Andrew Wiggins | Starter | 31 | 19 | 80.8 | 15.2 | +40.0 | 14.0 |
| Kel'el Ware | Starter | 24 | 19 | 79.2 | 19.7 | +7.8 | 15.4 |
| Bam Adebayo | Starter | 21 | 13 | 59.7 | 24.1 | +6.8 | 13.2 |
| Davion Mitchell | Starter | 32 | 10 | 62.5 | 14.5 | +29.9 | 6.2 |
| Nikola Jovic | Bench | 26 | 22 | 82.6 | 20.6 | +40.9 | 16.8 |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | Bench | 28 | 20 | 73.3 | 21.2 | +38.3 | 16.6 |
| Dru Smith | Bench | 21 | 11 | 85.4 | 14.0 | +51.1 | 9.8 |
| Simone Fontecchio | Bench | 04 | 3 | 64.7 | 18.2 | -28.6 | 15.4 |
| Pelle Larsson | Bench | 15 | 3 | 30.0 | 11.9 | -0.9 | -1.3 |
| Keshad Johnson | Bench | 03 | 2 | 20.0 | 45.5 | -28.6 | -38.5 |
| Tyler Herro | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kasparas Jakuฤionis | Bench | 03 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -28.6 | 7.7 |
| Myron Gardner | Bench | 04 | 0 | 0.0 | 27.3 | -28.6 | -30.8 |
โ๏ธ Season Series & What's Next
2025-26 season series
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Last 17 meetings ยท since 2020-21
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Previous meetingsOpen the recap
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- DEN 133@MIA 113 Recap
- MIA 122@DEN 135 Recap
- DEN 100@MIA 88 Recap
- MIA 97@DEN 103 Recap
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