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NBA Finals 2023: Jokic’s 40-point jinx lives on; Nuggets handed home loss by Heat

Basketball
Published 05.06.2023
NBA Finals 2023: Jokic’s 40-point jinx lives on; Nuggets handed home loss by Heat

The Miami Heat handed the Denver Nuggets their first dwelling defeat of the playoffs Sunday, surging within the fourth quarter for a 111-108 victory that leveled the NBA Finals at one recreation apiece.

Gabe Vincent scored 23 factors and Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo scored 21 factors apiece for Miami, who withstood a 41-point efficiency from Nuggets star Nikola Jokic to get the cut up in Denver and breathe new life into the championship marketing campaign.

In a recreation of swinging shifts of momentum, the Heat had the final phrase, rallying from a 15-point first-half deficit and out-scoring the Nuggets 36-25 within the closing interval as they silenced the gang of 19,537 at Ball Arena.

Adebayo sealed it with a pair of free-throws with 48.3 seconds remaining.