Miami is going back home tied 1-1 in the 2023 NBA Finals.
The Heat took Game 2 on the road against the Denver Nuggets 111-108. Miami led by double digits in the first quarter, then trailed by double digits in the second before embarking on a 36-25 fourth-quarter rally to even the series.
Miami took a commanding 21-10 lead with 4:42 to go in the opening 12 minutes, but Nikola Jokic's paint scoring proved to be a threat early, which pioneered Denver's incoming run after it cut the deficit to 26-23 by the end of the quarter.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter. The third quarter was a true back-and-forth affair as Miami looked to retake the lead, but there was simply no stopping Jokic. The two-time league MVP finished the quarter with 31 points in 30 minutes, with the second-highest Nugget behind Jamal Murray with 10. The Heat had four players in double figures: Strus, Vincent, Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo.
Jokic led Denver and all scorers with 41 points on 16-for-28 shooting , 11 rebounds and four assists. Murray added 18 on 7-for-15 shooting, but it was Miami's group effort that got it done.
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