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Miami Heat vs. Denver Nuggets

December 29, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Heat beat the Nuggets 147-123 on 2025-12-29 at home. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell, and Kel'el Ware. The Nuggets started Tim Hardaway Jr., Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 9 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Bam Adebayo as his primary defender. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 9 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Peyton Watson as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

MIA

Miami Heat 147

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Davion Mitchell GS	31:34	10	3	9	0	1	3	4	4-8	2-4	0-0	+17
Andrew Wiggins GS	31:20	19	5	6	3	3	0	2	6-10	4-7	3-4	+28
Norman Powell GS	27:58	25	1	4	1	0	3	1	9-16	3-8	4-4	+7
Kel'el Ware GS	23:56	19	9	0	1	0	0	1	8-12	3-6	0-0	+4
Bam Adebayo GS	21:10	13	10	4	1	0	2	3	5-10	1-2	2-2	+3
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	27:51	20	3	11	0	0	0	0	8-11	1-2	3-6	+23
Nikola Jović	25:54	22	4	5	0	0	0	3	7-12	5-8	3-3	+24
Dru Smith	21:06	11	4	1	2	0	1	3	4-6	2-4	1-1	+24
Pelle Larsson	15:24	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	1-5	1-3	0-0	+2
Kasparas Jakučionis	3:27	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Simone Fontecchio	3:27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	3-3	-3
Keshad Johnson	3:27	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-5	0-1	0-0	-3
Myron Gardner	3:27	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0-3	0-0	0-0	-3
Totals		147	46	40	8	4	9	22	53-99	22-46	19-23

Did not play: Tyler Herro (DND - Injury/Illness)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	34:47	20	6	11	1	0	2	0	9-21	2-6	0-0	-13
Spencer Jones GS	33:06	16	3	1	3	1	0	3	5-6	5-5	1-2	-6
Peyton Watson GS	31:42	11	2	1	1	1	1	3	4-10	0-2	3-4	-9
Tim Hardaway Jr. GS	28:20	16	3	2	0	0	0	1	6-13	2-6	2-3	-18
Nikola Jokić GS	19:21	21	5	8	0	0	2	1	9-14	1-4	2-3	-1
Bruce Brown	25:54	15	5	2	0	0	2	4	7-9	1-2	0-0	-16
Jonas Valančiūnas	15:41	6	4	1	0	1	2	3	3-3	0-0	0-0	-9
Julian Strawther	14:11	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0-3	0-1	4-4	-12
Zeke Nnaji	9:27	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	1-1	0-0	2-2	-16
DaRon Holmes II	8:16	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	4-4	-11
Curtis Jones	6:25	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1-5	0-3	0-0	-3
Hunter Tyson	6:25	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-3
Jalen Pickett	6:25	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Totals		123	36	29	5	4	10	21	47-89	11-31	18-22

Lineups

MIA

Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Andrew Wiggins · Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Kel'el Ware Starter 12.5 min
Andrew Wiggins · Davion Mitchell · Dru Smith · Nikola Jović · Jaime Jaquez Jr. 8.1 min
Andrew Wiggins · Dru Smith · Nikola Jović · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Pelle Larsson 6.4 min
Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Pelle Larsson · Kel'el Ware 4.2 min
Nikola Jović · Simone Fontecchio · Myron Gardner · Keshad Johnson · Kasparas Jakučionis 3.5 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 8.9 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 6.8 min
Jalen Pickett · Julian Strawther · DaRon Holmes II · Hunter Tyson · Curtis Jones 6.4 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 4.2 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 3.9 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Heat defense

Nikola Jokić 9 pts (3/6) in 45 possessions

Guarded by: Bam Adebayo (32 %, 0 pts) · Kel'el Ware (22 %, 0 pts) · Jaime Jaquez Jr. (12 %, 1 pts)
Jamal Murray 17 pts (7/10) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Davion Mitchell (34 %, 2 pts) · Andrew Wiggins (15 %, 3 pts) · Norman Powell (11 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Andrew Wiggins	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Davion Mitchell	Jamal Murray: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bruce Brown: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Norman Powell	Peyton Watson: 24 poss., 11 pts (3/6) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Spencer Jones: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Bruce Brown: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Nikola Jović	Zeke Nnaji: 9 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Bruce Brown: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Kel'el Ware	Jonas Valanciunas: 13 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Spencer Jones: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Bam Adebayo	Nikola Jokić: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Spencer Jones: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Dru Smith	Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pelle Larsson	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Myron Gardner	Hunter Tyson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Pickett: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keshad Johnson	Julian Strawther: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · DaRon Holmes II: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Simone Fontecchio	DaRon Holmes II: 3 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · Jalen Pickett: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kasparas Jakučionis	Curtis Jones: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Pickett: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Norman Powell 9 pts (3/6) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Peyton Watson (36 %, 4 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (20 %, 0 pts) · Bruce Brown (16 %, 3 pts)
Bam Adebayo 19 pts (8/13) in 43 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Jokić (35 %, 14 pts) · Spencer Jones (26 %, 3 pts) · Peyton Watson (18 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Davion Mitchell: 33 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Dru Smith: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Spencer Jones	Bam Adebayo: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kel'el Ware: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Andrew Wiggins: 23 poss., 11 pts (4/6) · Norman Powell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Peyton Watson	Norman Powell: 20 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Andrew Wiggins: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown	Andrew Wiggins: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Nikola Jokić	Bam Adebayo: 15 poss., 14 pts (6/8) · Kel'el Ware: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jonas Valanciunas	Kel'el Ware: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Nikola Jović: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther	Dru Smith: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Davion Mitchell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nikola Jović: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II	Nikola Jović: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hunter Tyson	Nikola Jović: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Curtis Jones	Kasparas Jakučionis: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Pickett	Dru Smith: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Myron Gardner: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)