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Denver Nuggets vs. Miami Heat

November 5, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Heat 122-112 on 2025-11-05 at home. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. The Heat started Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell, Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell, and Pelle Larsson. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 9 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Cameron Johnson as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 15 points (6/16) in his matchups, with Kel'el Ware as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokić GS	36:35	33	15	16	3	0	3	1	12-18	2-5	7-8	+18
Christian Braun GS	35:18	11	8	7	2	1	0	2	5-14	0-3	1-1	+14
Jamal Murray GS	33:37	14	8	3	2	1	2	2	4-15	1-8	5-5	+6
Aaron Gordon GS	30:50	24	6	1	1	0	3	1	9-16	1-5	5-6	+8
Cameron Johnson GS	23:02	9	2	1	0	0	0	3	3-10	2-5	1-2	+8
Bruce Brown	27:38	5	3	2	2	0	3	3	2-7	1-3	0-0	+3
Tim Hardaway Jr.	24:25	18	3	0	0	0	1	2	7-12	4-9	0-0	-1
Peyton Watson	17:42	2	10	3	0	2	2	1	0-4	0-1	2-2	+2
Jonas Valančiūnas	10:53	6	6	0	0	0	2	1	1-5	0-1	4-4	-8
Totals		122	61	33	10	4	16	16	43-101	11-40	25-28

Did not play: Spencer Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Strawther (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIA

Miami Heat 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Andrew Wiggins GS	31:43	22	4	5	2	1	0	4	9-13	3-4	1-2	-1
Davion Mitchell GS	31:19	10	3	9	0	0	3	3	4-6	1-2	1-2	-1
Norman Powell GS	30:30	23	2	0	1	0	3	0	5-15	4-8	9-9	-5
Pelle Larsson GS	23:30	6	3	3	0	0	1	1	1-4	0-3	4-4	-8
Bam Adebayo GS	8:12	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-5	0-2	0-0	+4
Kel'el Ware	27:10	13	13	0	4	1	1	4	4-6	2-4	3-4	-14
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	26:24	21	3	2	1	0	1	2	9-14	1-5	2-2	-5
Nikola Jović	19:34	5	3	3	0	0	3	2	1-6	1-4	2-2	-8
Dru Smith	16:41	5	2	2	3	1	0	0	2-6	1-4	0-0	-9
Simone Fontecchio	15:37	5	2	2	1	1	1	1	2-7	1-2	0-0	-2
Keshad Johnson	9:21	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0-4	0-3	0-0	-1
Totals		112	38	26	13	4	14	20	38-86	14-41	22-25

Did not play: Kasparas Jakučionis (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun Starter 16.2 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 10.9 min
Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Christian Braun 4.7 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Christian Braun 3.9 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Christian Braun · Peyton Watson 3.2 min

MIA

Miami Heat

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Andrew Wiggins · Norman Powell · Bam Adebayo · Davion Mitchell · Pelle Larsson Starter 8.2 min
Andrew Wiggins · Norman Powell · Davion Mitchell · Pelle Larsson · Kel'el Ware 13.3 min
Dru Smith · Nikola Jović · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Simone Fontecchio · Keshad Johnson 7.5 min
Dru Smith · Nikola Jović · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Simone Fontecchio · Kel'el Ware 6.5 min
Andrew Wiggins · Norman Powell · Davion Mitchell · Jaime Jaquez Jr. · Kel'el Ware 5.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Norman Powell 9 pts (4/7) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Cameron Johnson (31 %, 5 pts) · Christian Braun (22 %, 0 pts) · Bruce Brown (14 %, 0 pts)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 7 pts (2/5) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Tim Hardaway Jr. (26 %, 0 pts) · Peyton Watson (20 %, 0 pts) · Bruce Brown (18 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Kel'el Ware: 33 poss., 9 pts (4/9) · Bam Adebayo: 14 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Christian Braun	Pelle Larsson: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Norman Powell: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamal Murray	Davion Mitchell: 26 poss., 6 pts (2/7) · Dru Smith: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Aaron Gordon	Andrew Wiggins: 33 poss., 14 pts (5/6) · Norman Powell: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown	Nikola Jović: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cameron Johnson	Norman Powell: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Pelle Larsson: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Simone Fontecchio: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Peyton Watson	Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nikola Jović: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jonas Valanciunas	Kel'el Ware: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Keshad Johnson: 4 poss., 2 pts (0/1)

Heat defense

Nikola Jokić 15 pts (6/16) in 82 possessions

Guarded by: Kel'el Ware (40 %, 9 pts) · Bam Adebayo (16 %, 2 pts) · Keshad Johnson (9 %, 0 pts)
Jamal Murray 20 pts (7/13) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Davion Mitchell (27 %, 4 pts) · Andrew Wiggins (16 %, 5 pts) · Dru Smith (15 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Andrew Wiggins	Aaron Gordon: 29 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Norman Powell	Christian Braun: 30 poss., 8 pts (2/6) · Cameron Johnson: 14 poss., 13 pts (3/4)
Davion Mitchell	Jamal Murray: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Christian Braun: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kel'el Ware	Nikola Jokić: 33 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Jamal Murray: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Peyton Watson: 14 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Bruce Brown: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Pelle Larsson	Cameron Johnson: 22 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Christian Braun: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nikola Jović	Bruce Brown: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Dru Smith	Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Simone Fontecchio	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bruce Brown: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Bam Adebayo	Nikola Jokić: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jamal Murray: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Keshad Johnson	Nikola Jokić: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jonas Valanciunas: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2)