NBA Final Intelligence
Miami Heat 119, Denver Nuggets 124 — Recap
Game Summary
Final (regular season): Miami Heat 119, Denver Nuggets 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 19-23 DEN; Q2 MIA 38-37 DEN; Q3 MIA 33-25 DEN; Q4 MIA 29-39 DEN.
Top performers (box score): Tyler Herro (MIA) 26 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Bam Adebayo (MIA) 22 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists on 6-of-14 shooting; Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (DEN) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-7 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 19 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Max Strus (MIA) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.
Standouts
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | 19 | 38 | 33 | 29 | 119 | |
| DEN | 23 | 37 | 25 | 39 | 124 |
🧮 How They Scored
Box Score
Miami Heat
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Butler G-F | 38 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 7-8 | -1 |
| Tyler Herro G | 33 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9-18 | 4-9 | 4-4 | -6 |
| Max Strus G | 33 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7-13 | 4-8 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Kyle Lowry G | 32 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | -6 |
| Bam Adebayo C-F | 30 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 10-11 | -4 |
| Haywood Highsmith F | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -2 |
| Duncan Robinson F | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-7 | 3-7 | 0-0 | -6 |
| Orlando Robinson C | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 5-6 | -1 |
| Gabe Vincent G | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | -1 |
Denver Nuggets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokic C | 36 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8-15 | 2-3 | 1-1 | +14 |
| Jamal Murray G | 34 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 5-5 | -9 |
| Aaron Gordon F | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 3-5 | 0 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G | 30 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7-7 | 4-4 | 2-2 | +7 |
| Bruce Brown G | 26 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5-8 | 2-5 | 1-2 | +6 |
| Michael Porter Jr. F | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-11 | 0-3 | 2-4 | -5 |
| Nah'Shon Hyland G | 23 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5-9 | 5-6 | 1-1 | +9 |
| Vlatko Cancar F | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 2-2 | +9 |
| DeAndre Jordan C | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -9 |
| Christian Braun G | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 |
🔬 Advanced Stats
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Herro | Bench | 33 | 26 | 65.8 | 23.2 | -9.9 | 20.5 |
| Bam Adebayo | Bench | 30 | 22 | 58.4 | 30.3 | -9.5 | 12.6 |
| Max Strus | Bench | 33 | 19 | 70.7 | 18.2 | +1.0 | 7.4 |
| Jimmy Butler | Bench | 38 | 17 | 51.5 | 18.9 | -2.8 | 13.1 |
| Orlando Robinson | Bench | 18 | 13 | 85.1 | 20.5 | +4.9 | 16.8 |
| Duncan Robinson | Bench | 19 | 9 | 64.3 | 16.7 | -12.1 | 5.4 |
| Haywood Highsmith | Bench | 21 | 7 | 58.3 | 16.4 | -2.1 | 2.7 |
| Kyle Lowry | Bench | 32 | 3 | 30.0 | 7.5 | -10.3 | 0.7 |
| Gabe Vincent | Bench | 16 | 3 | 25.0 | 25.7 | +5.4 | -5.6 |
| Jamal Cain | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Udonis Haslem | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | Bench | 30 | 20 | 126.9 | 14.3 | +15.8 | 12.4 |
| Nikola Jokic | Bench | 36 | 19 | 61.5 | 21.4 | +16.6 | 19.0 |
| Nah'Shon Hyland | Bench | 23 | 16 | 84.7 | 28.8 | +11.0 | 11.9 |
| Vlatko Cancar | Bench | 18 | 15 | 127.6 | 15.0 | +14.4 | 23.3 |
| Jamal Murray | Bench | 34 | 14 | 62.5 | 18.2 | -15.9 | 6.9 |
| Bruce Brown | Bench | 26 | 13 | 73.2 | 20.4 | +13.7 | 9.2 |
| Aaron Gordon | Bench | 33 | 11 | 53.9 | 17.6 | +3.3 | 6.5 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | Bench | 25 | 10 | 39.2 | 22.0 | -7.1 | 7.4 |
| DeAndre Jordan | Bench | 12 | 6 | 75.0 | 16.7 | -32.1 | 7.4 |
| Zeke Nnaji | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Christian Braun | Bench | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 12.5 | +42.9 | -23.1 |
| Ish Smith | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Davon Reed | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jack White | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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