Denver Nuggets @ Miami Heat

NBA Finals - Game 3 • DEN leads series 2-1

53-29, 19-22 Away

109

53-29, 19-22 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	24	29	29	27	109
Heat MIA	24	24	20	26	94

Miami HeatHeatMIA

44-38, 27-14 Home

Denver Nuggets

starters
Aaron GordonA. Gordon#50
Michael Porter Jr.M. Porter Jr.#1
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeK. Caldwell-Pope#5
Jamal MurrayJ. Murray#27
bench
Jeff GreenJ. Green#32
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
Vlatko CancarV. Cancar#31
Thomas BryantT. Bryant#13
Reggie JacksonR. Jackson#7
Bruce BrownB. Brown#11
Christian BraunC. Braun#0
Peyton WatsonP. Watson#8
DeAndre JordanD. Jordan#6
Ish SmithI. Smith#14
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	5-10	0-0	1-4	3	7	10	5	1	0	0	3	+16	11
21	1-7	0-2	0-0	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	1	+11	2
44	12-21	1-2	7-8	3	18	21	10	0	2	3	5	+15	32
28	1-4	0-3	4-4	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	+12	6
45	12-22	3-6	7-8	3	7	10	10	1	0	7	2	+14	34
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-1	4
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0
29	1-5	1-3	2-2	0	2	2	0	0	3	1	3	+8	5
19	7-8	0-1	1-1	2	2	4	1	1	0	1	1	+2	15
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	41-80	5-18	22-27	13	45	58	28	3	5	13	18		109
	51.2%	27.8%	81.5%

Miami Heat

starters
Kevin LoveK. Love#42
Jimmy Butler IIIButler#22
Bam AdebayoB. Adebayo#13
Gabe VincentG. Vincent#2
Max StrusM. Strus#31
bench
Udonis HaslemU. Haslem#40
Caleb MartinC. Martin#16
Duncan RobinsonD. Robinson#55
Haywood HighsmithH. Highsmith#24
Nikola JovicN. Jovic#5
Cody ZellerC. Zeller#44
Omer YurtsevenO. Yurtseven#77
Kyle LowryK. Lowry#7
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	2-5	2-5	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	-10	6
40	11-24	1-4	5-6	1	1	2	4	0	1	2	2	-11	28
41	7-21	0-0	8-10	6	11	17	3	0	1	0	2	-20	22
32	2-10	1-6	2-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	-16	7
24	1-7	1-4	0-0	2	2	4	5	1	1	0	1	-11	3
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	4-9	2-5	0-0	0	3	3	3	2	0	1	4	-5	10
14	3-6	3-6	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	-4	9
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0
6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+4	0
1	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0
30	4-8	1-4	0-0	0	3	3	5	2	0	1	4	-4	9
	34-92	11-35	15-19	10	23	33	20	7	3	4	22		94
	37.0%	31.4%	78.9%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Heat
93
Nuggets
104

Game 1

6/1

Heat
111
Nuggets
108

Game 2

6/4

Nuggets
109
Heat
94

Game 3

6/7

Nuggets
108
Heat
95

Game 4

6/9

Heat
89
Nuggets
94

Game 5

6/12

Kaseya Center

8:30 PM, June 7, 2023Coverage: ABC

Miami, FL

Attendance: 20,019

Referees:
Josh Tiven
Tony Brothers
Kevin Scott

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	4	0	1.000	-	W4
Utah	2	1	.667	1.5	W1
Denver	2	1	.667	1.5	W2
Portland	2	2	.500	2	W1
Minnesota	2	2	.500	2	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Charlotte	2	1	.667	-	W1
Miami	2	1	.667	-	W2
Washington	1	2	.333	1	L1
Atlanta	1	3	.250	1.5	L2
Orlando	1	3	.250	1.5	L3

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