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Saturday, January 18 · 1:00 AM

DEN

Nuggets

133113

Final

MIA

Heat

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Murray scores 30 points, Jokic has another triple-double to help Nuggets roll past Butler and Heat

Saturday, January 18 · 1:00 AM

FG%

54 · 49

DEN · MIA

3P%

48 · 27

DEN · MIA

REB

41 · 41

DEN · MIA

Head-to-head production

Game stats

DENMIA
50-92FG45-91
54Field Goal %49
16-333PT9-33
48Three Point %27
17-19FT14-14
7Offensive Rebounds6
34Defensive Rebounds35
35Assists30
5Steals2
1Blocks0
5Turnovers8
0Technical Fouls0
4Points Conceded Off Turnovers10
17Fast Break Points17
10Fouls15
23Largest Lead2
  • Final score

    DEN 133, MIA 113

  • Top scorer

    Jamal Murray (DEN) — 30 pts

  • Largest lead

    23 · 2

Game recap

NIkola Jokic puts up 24 points with 12 rebounds and 10 assists in the Nuggets' win over the Heat.
NIkola Jokic puts up 24 points with 12 rebounds and 10 assists in the Nuggets' win over the Heat.

MIAMI -- — Jamal Murray scored 30 points, Nikola Jokic extended his NBA lead with his 17th triple-double of the season and the Denver Nuggets spoiled Jimmy Butler's return by beating the Miami Heat 133-113 on Friday night.

Jokic finished with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. Aaron Gordon added 16 for Denver.

Tyler Herro scored 22 points for Miami, while Butler had 18 in his first game back from a seven-game suspension. Bam Adebayo finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Nikola Jovic scored 16 points for the Heat.

Takeaways

Nuggets: Denver hit the midway point of the season at 25-16, putting the Nuggets on pace to win at least 60% of their games for the sixth time in the last seven seasons. Prior to this stretch, the Nuggets finished at .600 or better only six times in their previous 31 seasons.

Heat: Miami has dropped three in a row at home — its longest such streak of the season — and all were by double digits: a 13-point loss to Indiana on Jan. 2, a 36-point loss to Utah two nights later and now this loss by 20.

Key moment

Jokic made a 3-pointer with four seconds left in the third quarter, pushing Denver's lead out to 12. Otherwise, Miami would have been within nine and with the ball to open the fourth quarter. But Jokic's 3 started an 14-2 run that put the game basically out of Miami's reach.

Key stat

Including a pair of triple-doubles in NBA Finals games, Jokic has eight triple-doubles against Miami. The Nuggets are 8-0 in those games.

Up Next

Denver finishes its two-game trip Sunday in Orlando, while Miami remains home Sunday to face Victor Wembanyama and San Antonio.

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Play by play

  • 12:00Nikola Jokic vs. Bam Adebayo (Tyler Herro gains possession)00
  • 11:37Jimmy Butler misses 9-foot two point shot00
  • 11:33Nuggets defensive team rebound00
  • 11:13Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper00
  • 11:13Nuggets offensive team rebound00
  • 10:59Michael Porter Jr. misses 21-foot step back jumpshot00
  • 10:56Bam Adebayo defensive rebound00
  • 10:43Bam Adebayo makes 1-foot dunk (Duncan Robinson assists)20
  • 10:22Jamal Murray makes 22-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)23
  • 10:13Tyler Herro makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot43
  • 9:49Haywood Highsmith shooting foul43
  • 9:49Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 244
  • 9:49Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 245
  • 9:35Bam Adebayo misses driving floating jump shot45
  • 9:32Nikola Jokic defensive rebound45
  • 9:20Jamal Murray misses 19-foot step back jumpshot45
  • 9:17Tyler Herro defensive rebound45
  • 8:59Bam Adebayo misses 23-foot three point jumper45
  • 8:56Jamal Murray defensive rebound45
  • 8:51Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)47
  • 8:38Tyler Herro misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot47
  • 8:34Jamal Murray defensive rebound47
  • 8:31Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point shot (Jamal Murray assists)410
  • 8:09Jimmy Butler makes dunk (Duncan Robinson assists)610
  • 7:56Jamal Murray makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)612
  • 7:40Tyler Herro out of bounds lost ball turnover612
  • 7:32Christian Braun makes 2-foot dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)614
  • 7:11Tyler Herro makes 1-foot two point shot814
  • 7:10Nikola Jokic out of bounds lost ball turnover814
  • 6:46Haywood Highsmith misses 23-foot three point jumper814
  • 6:42Michael Porter Jr. defensive rebound814
  • 6:36Christian Braun misses 23-foot pullup jump shot814
  • 6:33Michael Porter Jr. offensive rebound814
  • 6:32Michael Porter Jr. misses two point shot814
  • 6:29Nikola Jokic offensive rebound814
  • 6:29Russell Westbrook makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)817
  • 6:29Heat Full timeout817
  • 6:29Nikola Jovic enters the game for Haywood Highsmith817
  • 6:16Jimmy Butler misses 12-foot pullup jump shot817
  • 6:12Nikola Jokic defensive rebound817
  • 6:03Russell Westbrook makes driving layup819
  • 5:44Tyler Herro makes 27-foot three pointer (Duncan Robinson assists)1119
  • 5:22Jamal Murray makes 3-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)1121
  • 5:10Bam Adebayo makes 10-foot pullup jump shot1321
  • 4:52Jamal Murray misses driving layup1321
  • 4:49Nikola Jovic defensive rebound1321
  • 4:49Nikola Jovic out of bounds bad pass turnover1321
  • 4:49Jaime Jaquez Jr. enters the game for Tyler Herro1321
  • 4:49Julian Strawther enters the game for Jamal Murray1321
  • 4:38Russell Westbrook misses driving layup1321
  • 4:36Bam Adebayo defensive rebound1321
  • 4:33Julian Strawther shooting foul1321
  • 4:33Bam Adebayo makes free throw 1 of 21421
  • 4:33Aaron Gordon enters the game for Christian Braun1421
  • 4:33Peyton Watson enters the game for Michael Porter Jr.1421
  • 4:33Bam Adebayo makes free throw 2 of 21521
  • 4:18Julian Strawther misses 25-foot three point jumper1521
  • 4:15Duncan Robinson defensive rebound1521
  • 4:02Jaime Jaquez Jr. makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jovic assists)1721
  • 3:41Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)1723

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