The Heat caught fire in the fourth quarter and stole homecourt in the NBA Finals.
The Miami Heat have evened the NBA Finals at a game apiece after stealing Game 2 in Denver thanks to a furious fourth quarter comeback to beat the Nuggets, 111-108.
It was a wild game, with Miami taking a double-digit lead in the early going before Denver went on a 40-14 run to seize control in the second quarter. In the third, the Heat clawed back into the game, but saw Nikola Jokic put the Nuggets on his back to close the quarter, pushing Denver out to an 8-point lead going into the fourth.
Look back at Joker’s monster 3Q where he scored 18 of his 31 points ????
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There, Miami finally took advantage of the non-Jokic minutes, with Duncan Robinson spearheading the effort to open the quarter as he scored 10 points in the first 2:16 of the fourth to push Miami out to a three-point lead (with some help from Gabe Vincent, who had 23 points to lead the Heat in scoring).
Gabe Vincent for the lead!
He’s up to 21 PTS and is 4/5 from three as Miami looks to even the series 1-1 ????
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BIG FINISH BY DUNCAN ROBINSON!
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Miami would continue growing that lead steadily through the rest of the quarter, and a Bam Adebayo dunk looked like an early exclamation point on a win for Miami as they took an 11-point lead with just under five minutes to play.
