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NBA Finals highlights: Miami Heat defeat Denver Nuggets 111–108

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NBA Finals highlights: Miami Heat defeat Denver Nuggets 111–108

On Sunday night, Gabe Vincent scored 23 points to help the visiting Miami Heat defeat the Denver Nuggets 111-108, tying the NBA Finals at one victory each.

The Heat outscored the Nuggets 36-25 in the fourth quarter as Vincent made 8 of his 12 shots from the field, including 4 of 6 from three-point range.

For Miami, which will host Game 3 of the best-of-seven series on Wednesday, Bam Adebayo scored 21 points and grabbed nine rebounds, and Jimmy Butler added 21 points and dished out nine assists.

Jamal Murray added 18 points and 10 assists, and Nikola Jokic of Denver scored 41 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. With 1.9 seconds left, Murray’s three-point try, however, missed the mark.

The Nuggets, who are 9-1 at home in the playoffs, were defeated by the Lakers, as Aaron Gordon scored 12 points and Bruce Brown contributed 11 off the bench.

After three quarters, Denver led 83-75 before Miami went on a 32-12 run in the opening eight or so minutes of the fourth. Butler scored a three-point play and two 3-pointers to cap the run, which was highlighted by Duncan Robinson’s two treys, two layups, and three-pointer.

With 1:09 left, the Heat’s advantage was trimmed to 109-106 thanks to two three-pointers from Murray and one from Gordon. Before Murray missed his attempt to tie the game, Adebayo responded with a pair of free throws, Jokic answered with a quick jump shot.

With 2:08 remaining in the third quarter, Kyle Lowry’s 3-pointer cut the Nuggets’ advantage to 77-75 before Jokic scored the final six points of the frame.

Butler made a floating jump shot to give Miami a 21-10 lead, and Max Strus responded to a brief Denver surge with his fourth 3-pointer to increase Miami’s lead to 24-15 at the end of the first quarter. With 5:02 left in the first half, Brown’s quick jumper gave the Nuggets their first points back, capping 35 of the following 46 points in the game.

Highlights

In the waning seconds, the Nuggets had a chance to tie the game, but Murray’s three-point attempt missed, and the series is now level at one going back to Miami.

With less than a minute remaining, Bam made two free throws to give Miami a 5-point lead, which was sufficient to defeat the Nuggets in Denver.

With just over a minute remaining, the Nuggets immediately got back into the game with three straight three-pointers, including two from Murray.

As the advantage increased to 11 thanks to a massive slam and-one from Bam Adebayo, it appeared as though Miami would easily win. However, Denver heated up from the perimeter in the closing minutes, nearly completing the comeback.

Miami finished the fourth quarter with a field goal percentage of 11/16, but they would need to hold off the Nuggets the entire time.

 

 

 

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