The Heat are 0-4 on their home floor since. … Miami started the playoffs 6-0 at home. … If it was Miami’s home finale this season, then the Heat went 613-299 in its home arena during his career. Jovic was 58 days old when Haslem signed his first Heat contract. Heat: It was retiring 20-year veteran Udonis Haslem’s 43rd birthday and rookie Nikola Jovic’s 20th birthday. … It was Denver’s 25th win on the road this season, tying a franchise record set last season. Nuggets: Murray played with tape protecting the bottom of his left hand, thanks to a nasty floor burn he got in Game 3. He remained in the game after it happened, briefly retreated to the Denver locker room before the start of the second quarter and played the rest of the way with no evident issues. Jokic tweaked his right ankle when he landed on the back of Max Strus’ foot midway through the opening quarter. Teams that take a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals have won 35 out of 36 previous times, and the Heat will have to buck that trend to keep Denver from winning its title. Miami didn’t take advantage of that chance, and now finds itself on the wrong end of history. Murray made a 3-pointer to stop Miami’s 8-0 spurt, and Jeff Green made a huge corner 3 from near the Heat bench for a 94-85 edge with 6:21 left. The Heat scored the first eight points, Jokic committed his fifth foul and had to go to the bench with 9:24 left - and it was down to 86-81 when Butler converted a three-point play with 8:42 remaining.īut the Nuggets – who fell apart in the fourth quarter of Game 2 for their lone loss of the series – didn’t fold, even with their two-time MVP still out. The Nuggets had won nine of the last 10 regular-season meetings between the teams, and their run of success over the Heat has continued through four games of the finals.ĭenver led by 13 going into the fourth, and Miami came out for the final quarter with appropriate desperation. 1 seed Miami was the Eastern Conference’s No. The Nuggets were overwhelming favorites to start the series, for obvious reasons. The Heat walked off the floor in silence, fully aware of how much trouble they're in now. Bam Adebayo had 20 points and 11 rebounds for the Heat, while Kyle Lowry had 13 points. Jimmy Butler scored 25 points for Miami, which has now fallen into 3-1 holes in each of its last three finals appearances - this one joining 20. They’ll have three chances to clinch the title, two of those in Denver, the first of them in what’s sure to be a raucous atmosphere for Game 5 on Monday night – not to mention an altitude advantage. They are now one win away from raising the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy. Jamal Murray had 15 points and 12 assists - his fourth consecutive double-digit assist game - for Denver. The Denver Nuggets now own a 3-1 series lead against the Miami Heat after a 108-95 victory Friday.Īfter taking both games on the road in Games 3 and 4, the Denver Nuggets could earn their first NBA title as soon as Monday night in front of a home crowd in Ball Arena.Īaron Gordon scored 27 points, Nikola Jokic added 23, and Bruce Brown scored 21 off the bench for the Nuggets.
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