Heat 93-104 Nuggets Highlights, NBA Finals Game 1: Jokic, Murray shine as Denver takes lead

This is it, here comes the full-time whistle, and Denver Nuggets start the NBA Finals in some style to beat the Miami Heat with a score of 104-93. The Western Conference winners asserted their superiority over the visitors and maintained a reasonable lead in each quarter. Nikola Jokic starred with another triple-double as the Nuggets keep a clean sheet against the Heat in this season. They also keep their unbeaten record at Ball Arena intact.

Gabe Vincent receives the ball and connects a three-pointer from the corner. Only a few seconds left in the match as the Nuggets have sealed Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

Jokic connects another inside the arc.

Highsmith drills in a three-pointer for Heat, too late, too little for the visiting team.

Jokic scores to complete his triple-double!

Gordon converts two free throws after the Nuggets win the foul. Earlier, Porter scored a two-pointer.

Highsmith scores a double and followed it by a three-pointer to make this an interesting game with just less than 3 minutes on the clock.

Back-to-back doubles for Jokic to make it a 14-point lead once again.

Lowry connects a jumper off the paint.

Adebayo scores after Butler misses in first attempt.

KCP fails to convert two free throws after winning a foul.

Lowry fails to convert the shot, Brown with the rebound. Porter fails to connect in attack.

Jamal Murray connects from inside the arc.

Adebayo clears and dunks in easily.

Miami Heat takes the timeout with 7:16 to go in the fourth quarter.

Jokic takes the ball from Porter and dunks in off the paint to take the lead to 16.

Jokic wins another foul and converts two free throws. Lead back to 14.

Jokic with an assist to Jeff Green as he converts off the paint.

Lowry! He scores another behind the arc. Third three-pointer on the bounce for the Heat.

Nuggets timeout with 10 minutes in the clock.

Lowry scores a three-pointer and it has been a terrific start for the Heat as they did some catch-up work with 10 points in two minutes.

Vincent scores a three-pointer from the left flank before Highsmith for Heat started off the last quarter with a double. Five quick points for the Heat.

End of the third quarter as the Nuggets move closer to registering a big win against the Heat.

Lowry gets the ball in attack and this time he converts a three-point!

Brown scores off the paint, making it a 24-point lead for the Nuggets.

Robinson fires from downtown but it hits the rim and Jokic gets his ninth rebound.

Jokic converts one of two free throws.

Jokic barges inside the paint but fails to convert his sho, wins a foul though.

Highsmith tries a shot from downtown, misses.

Lowry misses a mid-range shot off the paint. Murray gets a rebound. Brown converts from inside the arc.

Heat takes a timeout with 2.51 minutes left in the clock in Q3.

Murray waits with the ball and passes it to Bruce Brown, who clears the bucket for a three-pointer to make it a 19-point lead for the home team.

Murray dunks for a two-pointer, Murray with the assist.

Martin scores beyond the arc.

Adebayo scores with a mid-range jumper.

Caldwell Pope connects a downtown from the right flank.

Vincent misses a three-pointer.

Nuggets take the timeout with 6:12 to go in the third quarter!

Jokic connects from behind the arc.

Butler scores in the rebound after Adebayo misses first.

Jokic scores one from two free throws after Adebayo concedes third foul.

Adebayo scores a double.

Denver wins another foul. A point via FT.

Heat scores in the attack this time. A two-pointer for Butler, Adebayo with the assist.

Murray goes behind Jokic to bucket and win a foul. He converts free throw.

Murray scores three with FT.

Gabe Vincent gets a three-pointer and Heat takes their seventh consecutive point in the second half as Adebayo scored back-to-back from mid-range.

Denver Nuggets asserting its dominance at home! It started with Aaron Gordon shell-shocking the Heat defence with his buckets from the paint. Then Jamal Murray got firing. These two alone hit 32 points for the Nuggets. To make matters worse for the Heat, Jokic woke up in the second quarter and got 10 points for himself.

Caleb Martin and Max Strus have not scored a point so far in the game. A massive miss for the visiting side Adebayo has been the leading scorer with 18 points and Butler has seven.

Work to do for Erik Spoelstra’s team in the second half.

Jokic drills in to convert a two-pointer as we come to the end of the first half.

Jamal Murray scores a brilliant three-pointer after the Heat scores from mid-range.

Murray scores his 15th point, a double takes Nugets to 54.

Gabe Vincent gets three points behind the arc.

Gordon scores, Jokic with a timely assist.

Caleb Martin and then Porter misses a three-pointer opportunity.

Jokic drives in to land a clean easy basket.

Duncan Robinson and Nikola Jokic collided with each other and it is the Heat guard who concedes a second foul of the quarter.

Jokic converts two FTs after winning a foul.

Adebayo scores a double for Heat meanwhile Nuggets convert three buckets in as many attempts.

Adebayo hits in.

Porter hits another two-pointer.

Kyle Lowry drives in to score.

Porter Jr has injured himself as Bam scores before Nuggets takes a timeout.

Robinson scores from the mid-range.

Porter dunks in.

Jeffrey scores another inside arc.

Robinson with a three-pointer.

Michael Porter scores from outside the arc for a three-pointer.

Heat converts two free throws.

Highsmith attempts a shot which was blocked by Braun, Heat wins foul. Two FTs.

Christian Braun dives on the ball to beat Heat in attack.

Jokic makes count and gets his first point on the board after Gordon wins the ball in rebound and passes it to the Serbian.

Brown takes a shot, Butler blocks it.

Duncan Robinson concedes a foul while on attack.

Offensive foul called on Pope while Nuggets was in attack.

Butler misses an easy shot.

Adebayo scores for Heat and keeps his team in the game with his brilliant moves early on in the game.

Nuggets scores behind the arc.

Butler scored a 2-pointer via a lay up.

Jokic with an assist, Gordon buckets in. Heat scored a 2-pointer from mid-range earlier.

Aaron Gordon! 12th point as he dunks to make it 14-22.

Back-to-back scores for the Nuggets. Gordon moves to double-digit points already.

A three-pointer for the Heat. Only a two-point lead for the Nuggets at the moment.

Murray converts from mid-range to score.

Heat pulls back two points.

Butler and Murray collided with each other. A foul was called on Butler.

KCP! He takes a pull up shot from the mid range and hits.

Gabe Vincent with a fadeaway shot. Connects!

Gordan scores. His sixth point till now.

Heat misses a three-point opportunity as Porter takes the possession in the rebound.

Porter misses a downtown opportunity. Heat takes the possession.

A tight start as Denver maintains a one-point lead at the moment.

Gordon dunks, scores a double, Jokic with the assist.

Butler with a three point shot for Heat earlier.

Gordon buckets to score another double.

Heat scores to equalise the point at two-all.

Heat takes the first possession but Denver wins the ball and straight away opens the account with a two-pointer.

All set in Denver as the Game 1 of NBA Finals 2022/23 is underway.

Miami Heat will miss the service of their point guard - Tyler Herro in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The team’s third-highest scorer (20.1 points), Herro, has been out since suffering a broken right hand in the opening game of the Heat’s first-round series against Milwaukee Bucks.

Total: 2 games | Nuggets: 2 wins | Heat: 0 win

• Nuggets 112-108 Heat - Feb 14, 2023
• Heat 119-124 Nuggets - Dec 31, 2022

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Jimmy Butler average in NBA Playoffs - 28.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.7 assists.

Jokic has averaged a triple-double in 15 playoff games: 29.9 points, 13.3 rebounds, 10.3 assists.

Beat Los Angeles Lakers 4-0

• Lakers 126-132 Nuggets
• Lakers 105-111 Nuggets
• Nuggets 119-108 Lakers
• Nuggets 113-111 Lakers

Beat Boston Celtics 4-3

• Game 1: Heat 123-116 Celtics
• Game 2: Heat 111-105 Celtics
• Game 3: Celtics 102-128 Heat
• Game 4: Celtics 116-99 Heat
• Game 5: Heat 97-110 Celtics
• Game 6: Celtics 104-103 Heat
• Game 7: Heat 103-84 Celtics

• Where will the Nuggets vs Heat NBA Finals series be telecast on TV in India?

The Denver Nuggets vs Miami Heat NBA Finals series will be telecast on Sports18, Sports18 HD and MTV in India.

Game 1 will be telecast on Friday, June 1, starting 06:00 AM IST.

• Where to live stream the Nuggets vs Heat NBA Finals games?

The Denver Nuggets vs Miami Heat NBA Finals series will be live streamed on JioCinema app.

The entire series can also be watched on NBA.com with an NBA League Pass.

• Where will the Nuggets vs Heat NBA Finals series be telecast on TV in the United States?

The Denver Nuggets vs Miami Heat NBA Finals series will be telecast on TNT in the United States.

• Where will the Nuggets vs Heat NBA Finals series be telecast on TV in the Philippines?

The Denver Nuggets vs Miami Heat NBA Finals series will be telecast on TV5, One Sports and NBA TV Philippines.

Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat will face off in the NBA Finals beginning on Friday.

Their roads to the title clash could not have been more contrasting. While the Nuggets attained their passage with a sweep against Los Angeles Lakers, the Heat had to win the seventh game against Boston Celtics.

But despite the toil the Heat faced in the Eastern Conference finals, it will be buoyed by the chance to become the first No.8 to get their hands on the Larry O’Brien trophy.

While the Heat have three championships under their belt, Nikola Jokic and company will take the floor to win the franchise’s maiden title.