The Nuggets turned their nine-point lead after the first quarter into a 17-point margin over the Heat in the second quarter. Follow along with our live blog: 📷: Isaiah J. Downin | NBAFinals Game1 Denver Miami
USA TODAY Sports will bring you the latest news, updates, analysis and more throughout Game 1. Follow along.Miami isn’t done yet. The Heat opened the fourth quarter with an 11-0 run to close the Nuggets' lead to 10. Kyle Lowry knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers to cut the lead to 84-74. Lowry has 11 points off the bench.
Three-point buckets from Nikola Jokic and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope continued Denver’s dominance and a trey from Bruce Brown was a dagger that gave the Nuggets a 19-point lead and caused Miami coach Erik Spoelstra to call a timeout.Murray and Adebayo lead each of their teams with 24 points.Caleb Martin was the unlikely hero of the Heat’s Game 7 victory over the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals, but he’s pulled a disappearing act so far in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
The Nuggets had too much space to operate offensively in the first half, creating several easy opportunities. The Nuggets outscored the Heat 32-18 in points in the paint and shot 59.5% from the field and 45.5% on 3-pointers. And they did it with Nikola Jokic taking just three shots in the half. However, he had 10 points, 10 assists and three rebounds, threatening to record another playoff triple-double.
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