Game completed

Denver Nuggets22-10123atMiami Heat18-15147

Mon, Dec 29, 7:30 PM ESTKaseya Center, Miami, FLAltitude 2 · FanDuel Sports Network - Sun

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
DEN	29	34	36	24	123
MIA	41	22	47	37	147

Denver Nuggets

123

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Spencer JonesSF	33	16	3	1	3	1	0	5-6	5-5	1-2	-6
Peyton WatsonPF	32	11	2	1	1	1	1	4-10	0-2	3-4	-9
Nikola JokićC	19	21	5	8	0	0	2	9-14	1-4	2-3	-1
Tim Hardaway Jr.SG	28	16	3	2	0	0	0	6-13	2-6	2-3	-18
Jamal MurrayPG	35	20	6	11	1	0	2	9-21	2-6	0-0	-13
Bruce Brown	26	15	5	2	0	0	2	7-9	1-2	0-0	-16
Zeke Nnaji	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	2-2	-16
Julian Strawther	14	4	1	1	0	0	1	0-3	0-1	4-4	-12
Jonas Valančiūnas	16	6	4	1	0	1	2	3-3	0-0	0-0	-9
DaRon Holmes II	8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	4-4	-11
Curtis Jones	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-5	0-3	0-0	-3
Hunter Tyson	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-3
Jalen Pickett	6	2	2	1	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Team		123	43	29	5	4	10	47-89	11-31	18-22

DNP: Tamar Bates (injury), Christian Braun (injury), Aaron Gordon (injury), Cameron Johnson (injury)

Miami Heat

147

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Andrew WigginsSF	31	19	5	6	3	3	0	6-10	4-7	3-4	+28
Bam AdebayoPF	21	13	10	4	1	0	2	5-10	1-2	2-2	+3
Kel'el WareC	24	19	9	0	1	0	0	8-12	3-6	0-0	+4
Norman PowellSG	28	25	1	4	1	0	3	9-16	3-8	4-4	+7
Davion MitchellPG	32	10	3	9	0	1	3	4-8	2-4	0-0	+17
Pelle Larsson	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-5	1-3	0-0	+2
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	28	20	3	11	0	0	0	8-11	1-2	3-6	+23
Nikola Jović	26	22	4	5	0	0	0	7-12	5-8	3-3	+24
Dru Smith	21	11	4	1	2	0	1	4-6	2-4	1-1	+24
Simone Fontecchio	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	3-3	-3
Myron Gardner	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	-3
Keshad Johnson	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-5	0-1	0-0	-3
Kasparas Jakučionis	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Team		147	54	40	8	4	9	53-99	22-46	19-23

DNP: Tyler Herro (injury), Vladislav Goldin (gleague twoway), Terry Rozier (not with team), Jahmir Young (gleague twoway)

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · MIA: 27
Biggest lead · DEN: 2
Times tied: 5
Lead changes: 6
Longest run · DEN: 12

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Body clock: DEN3 in 4: MIA

DEN is dealing with minimal pressure: 2h on the body clock and 0h of zone shift.
MIA is playing into a 3 in 4 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
DEN is in game 2 of 7 on the road with 1,550 mi already logged before tip.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	DEN	MIA
Record	22-10	18-15
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	48.5h	47.5h
Rest swing	+1h	-1h
Travel in	204 mi	0 mi
Zone change	0h	0h
Body clock	2h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 2 of 7	Homestand · 2 of 2
Miles before tip	1,550 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	3 in 4

How each side got here

Travel and map

DEN

204 mi

Orlando, FLMiami, FL

DEN came from Orlando, FL with 204 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

Orlando, FL to Miami, FL

MIA

0 mi

Miami, FLNo travel

MIA stayed in Miami, FL between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Miami, FL

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

DEN

Road trip

DEN is on game 2 of 7 on the road, with 1,550 mi already behind it.

Game in segment2 of 7

Miles before tip1,550 mi

Segment miles3,940 mi

MIA

Homestand

MIA is in game 2 of 2 on this homestand.

Game in segment2 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

TV · streaming · radio

Local TV: DENAltitude 2MIAFanDuel Sports Network - Sunin-market
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Radio: DENAltitude Sports Radio 92.5 FMMIAFM 104.3 WQAM / S: WAQI 710SiriusXM

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