![]() ![]() Nikola Jokic led the scoring with 28 points and 16 rebounds. However, Denver had an off night offensively, scoring only 94 points (the fewest by a winning team in a Finals game since the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 7 against the Golden State Warriors in 2016, a 93–89 win for Cleveland), but held Miami to a meagre 89 points, the fourth time in the series that Denver held Miami to 95 points or less, all wins. They held Miami to just 38 points in the second half after allowing 51 in the first. The Nuggets turned in a second-half performance that's deserving of their 16-4 post-season record, by mitigating the offensive threat of their opponents with the area that had been subject to the loudest criticism: their defence. He ended with a team-high 21 points but scored 13 straight points for Miami in about two and a half minutes, pushing the Heat ahead by one point with less than two minutes to play. Jimmy Butler struggled on the offensive end for most of the game, but turned on the heat near the end, and almost pulled it off. Miami's Bam Adebayo was the standout performer in the first half with 18 points, but this fell drastically off in the second half, and he finished with 20 points along with 12 rebounds. ![]() The possibility of returning to Miami for Game 6 seemed ever more realistic after the Heat established a seven-point half-time lead during Game 5 on Monday (June 12). Miami would be facing their second eliminations game of this post-season, having previously defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, and could either force a sixth game or the task could prove unsurmountable. Last week Wednesday (June 7) the Denver Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat, in Miami, to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals, and head back to Denver where they lost Game 2 (their only home loss in these play-offs) to these opponents. Fans celebrate during a rally and parade to mark the Denver Nuggets first NBA basketball championship on Thursday, June 15, 2023, in Denver. ![]()
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