Denver Nuggets @ Miami Heat
40-18, 14-14 Away
112
40-18, 14-14 Away
32-26, 19-10 Home
108
32-26, 19-10 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Max Strus makes 26-foot three pointer (Jimmy Butler assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
- Bam Adebayo misses driving floating jump shot
- Gabe Vincent makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Bam Adebayo misses jumper
- Vlatko Cancar makes 5-foot two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Gabe Vincent misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Bam Adebayo makes 11-foot two point shot (Gabe Vincent assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Bam Adebayo misses 7-foot two point shot
- Jimmy Butler misses tip shot
- Jimmy Butler makes two point shot
- Vlatko Cancar makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Gabe Vincent misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot (Vlatko Cancar assists)
- Jimmy Butler makes layup (Gabe Vincent assists)
- Bruce Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jimmy Butler makes 8-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Caleb Martin makes dunk (Jimmy Butler assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses layup
- Caleb Martin makes driving floating jump shot
- Orlando Robinson makes two point shot (Jimmy Butler assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Max Strus misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Max Strus misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Christian Braun assists)
- Max Strus makes 24-foot three point jumper (Haywood Highsmith assists)
- Jeff Green makes 5-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jamaree Bouyea makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
- Christian Braun misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jamaree Bouyea misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Ish Smith misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Bam Adebayo makes two point shot
- Bam Adebayo makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jeff Green makes 8-foot two point shot
- Bam Adebayo makes pullup jump shot (Jamaree Bouyea assists)
- Thomas Bryant misses layup
- Thomas Bryant makes two point shot
- Bam Adebayo misses pullup jump shot
- Thomas Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Thomas Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Haywood Highsmith misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Bam Adebayo makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bam Adebayo makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 28-foot three point jumper (Ish Smith assists)
- Gabe Vincent makes 26-foot three pointer
- Thomas Bryant makes 7-foot two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Bam Adebayo misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
- Caleb Martin makes two point shot
- Jeff Green makes dunk (Ish Smith assists)
- Bam Adebayo makes 11-foot two point shot (Haywood Highsmith assists)
- Jeff Green misses 17-foot jumper
- Caleb Martin misses three point jumper
- Christian Braun makes three point jumper (Ish Smith assists)
- Caleb Martin misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeff Green makes free throw 2 of 2
- Gabe Vincent misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
- Thomas Bryant makes two point shot (Ish Smith assists)
- Caleb Martin misses two point shot
- Max Strus misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jeff Green assists)
- Haywood Highsmith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Max Strus assists)
- Max Strus misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown makes three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Haywood Highsmith misses layup
- Jamaree Bouyea makes 25-foot three pointer
- Michael Porter Jr. makes three point jumper (Christian Braun assists)
- Jimmy Butler misses 17-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Vlatko Cancar assists)
- Max Strus makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
- Bruce Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Bruce Brown assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Nikola Jokic makes 13-foot jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
- Jimmy Butler misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Gabe Vincent makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Butler assists)
- Bruce Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Vlatko Cancar makes free throw 1 of 2
- Vlatko Cancar makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jimmy Butler misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
- Bruce Brown misses two point shot
- Bam Adebayo makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bam Adebayo makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 28-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jimmy Butler makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Bruce Brown makes 3-foot dunk (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Gabe Vincent misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot
- Jimmy Butler makes 7-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Vlatko Cancar assists)
- Jimmy Butler makes technical free throw
- Jimmy Butler misses driving layup
- Vlatko Cancar misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Bam Adebayo misses jumper
- Bruce Brown makes 3-foot layup (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Jimmy Butler makes alley oop layup (Bam Adebayo assists)
- Gabe Vincent misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
- Caleb Martin misses driving floating jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
- Jimmy Butler misses driving layup
- Gabe Vincent makes 13-foot two point shot
- Gabe Vincent makes free throw 1 of 1
- Bruce Brown makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Gabe Vincent misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Max Strus misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Max Strus misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point shot
- Jamaree Bouyea misses two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses running pullup jump shot
- Jimmy Butler makes two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Jimmy Butler makes layup (Max Strus assists)
- Vlatko Cancar makes driving layup
- Bam Adebayo misses jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot layup (Vlatko Cancar assists)
- Jamaree Bouyea makes driving layup (Jimmy Butler assists)
- Bruce Brown makes 12-foot two point shot (Vlatko Cancar assists)
- Max Strus misses three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point shot (Bruce Brown assists)
- Orlando Robinson makes 5-foot two point shot (Jimmy Butler assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 16-foot two point shot
- Jimmy Butler misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Christian Braun makes layup
- Haywood Highsmith misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
- Max Strus makes 6-foot two point shot (Jamaree Bouyea assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup (Christian Braun assists)
- Christian Braun misses two point shot
- Gabe Vincent misses 8-foot two point shot
- Orlando Robinson makes dunk
- Ish Smith misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Max Strus makes 5-foot two point shot (Gabe Vincent assists)
- Jeff Green misses two point shot
- Gabe Vincent misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
- Max Strus misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Haywood Highsmith misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jeff Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jamaree Bouyea misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Ish Smith makes driving layup
- Max Strus makes 24-foot three point jumper (Haywood Highsmith assists)
- Max Strus makes 6-foot two point shot (Jamaree Bouyea assists)
- Ish Smith misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Jamaree Bouyea makes two point shot
- Thomas Bryant makes 17-foot jumper (Ish Smith assists)
- Bam Adebayo makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Max Strus assists)
- Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeff Green makes free throw 2 of 2
- Max Strus makes two point shot (Gabe Vincent assists)
- Jeff Green makes 7-foot layup (Ish Smith assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 24-foot three point shot
- Christian Braun makes tip shot
- Bam Adebayo misses 7-foot two point shot
- Caleb Martin makes 5-foot two point shot (Max Strus assists)
- Christian Braun makes 23-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Vlatko Cancar misses three point jumper
- Jamaree Bouyea misses 4-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes driving layup (Christian Braun assists)
- Jimmy Butler makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jimmy Butler makes free throw 2 of 2
- Vlatko Cancar makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Gabe Vincent makes three point jumper (Bam Adebayo assists)
- Bruce Brown makes three point jumper (Vlatko Cancar assists)
- Bam Adebayo makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bam Adebayo makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. misses three point jumper
- Max Strus misses free throw 1 of 2
- Max Strus makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot
- Bruce Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Bam Adebayo makes 7-foot two point shot
- Max Strus misses driving floating jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jimmy Butler misses layup
- Max Strus misses three point jumper
- Christian Braun makes free throw 1 of 2
- Christian Braun misses free throw 2 of 2
- Max Strus makes free throw 1 of 3
- Max Strus makes free throw 2 of 3
- Max Strus misses free throw 3 of 3
- Bruce Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bruce Brown misses free throw 2 of 2
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: DEN, 53.1
Win %: MIA, 52.2
Win %: MIA, 50.3
Win %: DEN, 52
Win %: MIA, 50.3
Win %: MIA, 54.7
Win %: MIA, 50.3
Win %: DEN, 51.9
Win %: DEN, 52.7
Win %: DEN, 57.4
Win %: DEN, 58.1
Win %: DEN, 55
Win %: DEN, 52.6
Win %: DEN, 57.3
Win %: DEN, 55
Win %: DEN, 57.3
Win %: DEN, 55
Win %: DEN, 52.6
Win %: DEN, 54.9
Win %: DEN, 57.3
Win %: DEN, 58.1
Win %: DEN, 60
Win %: DEN, 62.1
Matchups
Game Information
Miami, FL
NBA TV
Referee:Courtney Kirkland
Referee:Jenna Schroeder
Referee:Ray Acosta
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 64 | 18 | .780 | - | L2 |
| Denver | 54 | 28 | .659 | 10 | W12 |
| Minnesota | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15 | W2 |
| Portland | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22 | W2 |
| Utah | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42 | L1 |
Eastern Conference
| Southeast | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 46 | 36 | .561 | - | L1 |
| Orlando | 45 | 37 | .549 | 1 | L1 |
| Charlotte | 44 | 38 | .537 | 2 | W1 |
| Miami | 43 | 39 | .524 | 3 | W2 |
| Washington | 17 | 65 | .207 | 29 | L10 |
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