The Denver Nuggets beat the Miami Heat 124-119 on Dec 30, 2022 at Ball Arena.
Final · Ball Arena
Top performers
- Tyler Herro led the Heat with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led the Nuggets with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
Miami Heat box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Herro | 33 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9-18 | 4-9 | 4-4 | 1 |
| Bam Adebayo | 30 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 10-11 | 3 |
| Max Strus | 33 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7-13 | 4-8 | 1-1 | 3 |
| Jimmy Butler III | 38 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 1 |
| Duncan Robinson | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-7 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Haywood Highsmith | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Kyle Lowry | 32 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Team | 206 | 103 | 30 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 34-76 | 13-31 | 22-24 | 15 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Denver Nuggets box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 30 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7-7 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 3 |
| Nikola Jokic | 36 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8-15 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 3 |
| Bones Hyland | 23 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5-9 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Jamal Murray | 34 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 2 |
| Aaron Gordon | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 3-5 | 1 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-11 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 1 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Christian Braun | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Team | 196 | 96 | 32 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 35-63 | 12-20 | 14-18 | 14 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Heat · 2022-23 season · Previous Dec 28, 2022: LAL 98, MIA 112 · Next Dec 31, 2022: MIA 126, UTAH 123
- Nuggets · 2022-23 season · Previous Dec 28, 2022: DEN 126, SAC 127 · Next Jan 1, 2023: BOS 111, DEN 123