Jan 27, 2021 - Denver Nuggets at Miami Heat

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1/27/2021 Miami v. Denver Game Preview

	Denver Nuggets	(11-7, 7-2 away)
	Miami Heat	(6-11, 4-4 home)

January 27, 2021 at 7:30 PM ET
Regular Season

AmericanAirlines Arena
Miami, Florida

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Season Series - Denver leads 1-0

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 27, 2021	Denver	Miami	109 - 82	Denver	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Apr 14, 2021	Miami	Denver	-	-	Regular Season	Pepsi Center

2020-2021 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Denver	36	48.7	43.4	88.9	.488	13.3	34.4	.387	15.7	20.0	.786	13.6	19.3	10.1	33.7	43.7	26.4	8.1	4.4	115.9
Miami	36	48.4	38.3	82.9	.462	12.8	36.2	.353	17.4	21.9	.795	15.7	19.6	7.5	34.8	42.4	25.8	7.1	3.8	106.8
DEN Opponents	36	48.7	40.3	86.0	.469	12.7	35.8	.355	17.2	22.5	.763	14.6	20.3	9.8	32.1	41.9	26.5	7.1	4.3	110.6
MIA Opponents	36	48.4	38.8	86.8	.447	14.8	40.9	.362	16.1	20.4	.789	15.2	20.9	10.3	33.3	43.6	25.4	8.6	3.8	108.4

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Aug 1, 2020	Miami	Denver	125 - 105	Miami	Regular Season	HP Field House
Nov 5, 2019	Miami	Denver	89 - 109	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Feb 11, 2019	Miami	Denver	87 - 103	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Jan 8, 2019	Denver	Miami	103 - 99	Denver	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Mar 19, 2018	Denver	Miami	141 - 149	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Nov 3, 2017	Miami	Denver	94 - 95	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Apr 2, 2017	Denver	Miami	116 - 113	Denver	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Nov 30, 2016	Miami	Denver	106 - 98	Miami	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Mar 14, 2016	Denver	Miami	119 - 124	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Jan 15, 2016	Miami	Denver	98 - 95	Miami	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Mar 20, 2015	Denver	Miami	91 - 108	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Dec 10, 2014	Miami	Denver	82 - 102	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Mar 14, 2014	Denver	Miami	111 - 107	Denver	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Dec 30, 2013	Miami	Denver	97 - 94	Miami	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Nov 15, 2012	Miami	Denver	98 - 93	Miami	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Nov 3, 2012	Denver	Miami	116 - 119	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Jan 13, 2012	Miami	Denver	104 - 117	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Mar 19, 2011	Denver	Miami	98 - 103	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Jan 13, 2011	Miami	Denver	102 - 130	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Dec 3, 2009	Miami	Denver	96 - 114	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Nov 6, 2009	Denver	Miami	88 - 96	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Feb 10, 2009	Denver	Miami	99 - 82	Denver	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Jan 7, 2009	Miami	Denver	97 - 108	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Feb 12, 2008	Denver	Miami	114 - 113	Denver	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Dec 2, 2007	Miami	Denver	89 - 115	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Dec 8, 2006	Miami	Denver	107 - 123	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Nov 14, 2006	Denver	Miami	112 - 105	Denver	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Dec 9, 2005	Denver	Miami	100 - 92	Denver	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Dec 3, 2005	Miami	Denver	99 - 101	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Dec 17, 2004	Denver	Miami	100 - 107	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Dec 4, 2004	Miami	Denver	95 - 104	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Feb 21, 2004	Denver	Miami	81 - 97	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Jan 18, 2004	Miami	Denver	80 - 88	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Mar 8, 2003	Denver	Miami	98 - 92	Denver	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Jan 8, 2003	Miami	Denver	76 - 86	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Mar 16, 2002	Denver	Miami	76 - 101	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Jan 29, 2002	Miami	Denver	100 - 94	Miami	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Dec 12, 2000	Miami	Denver	96 - 85	Miami	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Dec 6, 2000	Denver	Miami	78 - 95	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Mar 10, 2000	Denver	Miami	88 - 96	Miami	Regular Season	AmericanAirlines Arena
Jan 14, 2000	Miami	Denver	92 - 87	Miami	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Mar 4, 1999	Denver	Miami	87 - 95	Miami	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Jan 9, 1998	Miami	Denver	98 - 79	Miami	Regular Season	McNichols Sports Arena
Nov 15, 1997	Denver	Miami	93 - 96	Miami	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Feb 23, 1997	Denver	Miami	86 - 95	Miami	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Nov 19, 1996	Miami	Denver	104 - 86	Miami	Regular Season	McNichols Sports Arena
Feb 15, 1996	Denver	Miami	91 - 97	Miami	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Jan 6, 1996	Miami	Denver	88 - 86	Miami	Regular Season	McNichols Sports Arena
Mar 3, 1995	Miami	Denver	98 - 100	Denver	Regular Season	McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 15, 1994	Denver	Miami	101 - 99	Denver	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Mar 24, 1994	Miami	Denver	101 - 113	Denver	Regular Season	McNichols Sports Arena
Mar 9, 1994	Denver	Miami	80 - 102	Miami	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Mar 15, 1993	Miami	Denver	103 - 100	Miami	Regular Season	McNichols Sports Arena
Feb 15, 1993	Denver	Miami	129 - 130	Miami	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Mar 13, 1992	Denver	Miami	109 - 113	Miami	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Feb 26, 1992	Miami	Denver	105 - 98	Miami	Regular Season	McNichols Sports Arena
Feb 14, 1991	Denver	Miami	112 - 141	Miami	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Dec 27, 1990	Miami	Denver	124 - 114	Miami	Regular Season	McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 28, 1989	Miami	Denver	107 - 132	Denver	Regular Season	McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 23, 1989	Denver	Miami	135 - 104	Denver	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Mar 18, 1989	Miami	Denver	105 - 111	Denver	Regular Season	McNichols Sports Arena
Mar 10, 1989	Denver	Miami	130 - 131	Miami	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Feb 9, 1989	Miami	Denver	92 - 117	Denver	Regular Season	McNichols Sports Arena
Jan 26, 1989	Denver	Miami	129 - 108	Denver	Regular Season	Miami Arena
Dec 30, 1988	Miami	Denver	83 - 109	Denver	Regular Season	McNichols Sports Arena
Dec 9, 1988	Denver	Miami	121 - 110	Denver	Regular Season	Miami Arena

2020-2021 Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	J. Murray	G. Harris	W. Barton	P. Millsap	N. Jokic
Rotation	M. Morris	P. Dozier	M. Porter, Jr.	J. Green
Rotation	F. Campazzo			Z. Nnaji
Lim PT	M. Howard	R. Hampton	V. Cancar	G. Whittington	I. Hartenstein
Lim PT					B. Bol

2020-2021 Miami Heat Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	K. Nunn	D. Robinson	J. Butler	K. Olynyk	B. Adebayo
Rotation	G. Dragic	T. Herro	A. Iguodala	P. Achiuwa
Rotation	G. Vincent	A. Bradley	K. Okpala	M. Harkless
Rotation		M. Strus
Lim PT				U. Haslem	M. Leonard
Lim PT					C. Silva

Denver Nuggets Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
5	Will Barton	GF	33	29.9	4.5	10.2	.442	1.5	3.9	.388	1.1	1.5	.755	1.7	1.6	0.6	3.5	4.1	3.1	0.8	0.4	11.6
10	Bol Bol	C	15	5.6	0.7	1.5	.500	0.3	0.7	.500	0.1	0.1	.500	0.5	0.6	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.9
7	Facundo Campazzo	PG	30	16.3	1.7	4.2	.405	1.1	2.9	.379	1.0	1.2	.811	0.8	1.9	0.2	0.9	1.0	2.1	1.0	0.2	5.5
31	Vlatko Cancar	SF	20	6.1	0.6	1.4	.393	0.1	0.7	.214	0.2	0.3	.833	0.5	0.6	0.2	1.1	1.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.5
35	P.J. Dozier	PG	21	19.4	2.8	6.0	.457	1.0	2.4	.392	1.1	1.8	.605	0.8	1.7	0.9	3.0	3.9	1.7	0.5	0.6	7.6
0	JaMychal Green	PF	25	20.5	3.2	7.2	.444	1.6	3.8	.427	1.1	1.3	.844	1.0	2.7	1.6	4.4	6.0	1.0	0.6	0.3	9.1
13	R.J. Hampton	G	24	9.2	1.0	2.4	.414	0.2	0.8	.278	0.3	0.4	.700	0.5	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.1	2.5
14	Gary Harris	SG	19	30.6	3.6	8.2	.442	1.3	3.9	.320	1.2	1.6	.733	0.7	1.9	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.7	0.9	0.2	9.7
25	Isaiah Hartenstein	PF	26	9.3	1.5	2.9	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.3	.588	0.7	2.0	1.4	1.4	2.8	0.5	0.4	0.6	3.8
00	Markus Howard	SG	17	3.2	0.4	1.8	.194	0.2	1.3	.136	0.1	0.1	.500	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.9
15	Nikola Jokic	C	36	35.9	10.5	18.6	.567	1.6	3.7	.418	4.5	5.1	.881	3.2	3.0	2.8	8.2	11.0	8.6	1.6	0.6	27.1
4	Paul Millsap	FC	26	23.9	3.8	7.3	.524	1.2	3.0	.410	1.6	2.3	.695	1.0	2.1	1.6	3.6	5.2	1.7	0.8	0.5	10.4
11	Monte Morris	G	35	27.1	4.1	8.5	.477	1.1	3.2	.360	1.3	1.7	.754	0.7	0.9	0.2	2.0	2.2	3.4	0.7	0.3	10.6
27	Jamal Murray	SG	34	35.4	8.0	16.5	.487	2.6	6.6	.398	3.1	3.6	.846	2.3	2.1	0.7	3.5	4.2	4.6	1.1	0.3	21.8
22	Zeke Nnaji	PF	23	10.8	1.3	2.7	.508	0.7	1.6	.417	0.2	0.3	.714	0.2	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	3.6
1	Michael Porter, Jr.	PF	26	28.6	5.5	10.9	.502	2.4	5.7	.416	1.3	1.7	.756	1.1	2.3	1.2	5.8	7.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	14.6
3	Greg Whittington	PF	2	4.1	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Miami Heat Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
15	Precious Achiuwa	SF	35	14.0	2.4	4.1	.579	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.3	.543	0.9	1.7	1.3	2.7	4.0	0.6	0.4	0.5	6.1
13	Bam Adebayo	C	33	33.9	7.2	12.7	.563	0.1	0.2	.333	4.8	5.7	.847	3.0	2.4	2.2	7.3	9.5	5.4	0.9	1.0	19.2
11	Avery Bradley	PG	10	21.1	3.1	6.6	.470	1.6	3.8	.421	0.7	0.9	.778	0.9	2.6	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.4	0.7	0.1	8.5
22	Jimmy Butler	GF	22	33.1	6.5	14.3	.454	0.4	1.5	.235	7.2	8.3	.863	2.3	1.2	2.0	5.5	7.5	7.8	1.9	0.4	20.5
7	Goran Dragic	G	22	27.1	5.3	11.5	.458	1.6	4.4	.361	2.6	3.1	.841	2.8	2.6	0.3	2.7	3.0	4.8	0.6	0.1	14.8
8	Maurice Harkless	F	10	10.9	0.4	1.0	.400	0.4	0.8	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	1.2	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.3	1.2
40	Udonis Haslem	FC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	Tyler Herro	SG	25	32.7	6.0	13.8	.438	2.0	5.8	.347	1.8	2.3	.772	2.4	1.6	0.4	5.3	5.7	3.6	0.6	0.4	15.8
28	Andre Iguodala	SF	34	21.6	1.7	4.3	.388	1.1	3.3	.339	0.4	0.7	.560	1.1	1.5	0.6	3.1	3.7	2.3	1.1	0.5	4.9
0	Meyers Leonard	C	3	9.8	1.0	2.3	.429	1.0	2.3	.429	0.3	0.7	.500	0.7	1.7	0.0	2.3	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	3.3
25	Kendrick Nunn	SG	28	30.0	5.4	11.8	.461	2.1	5.7	.365	1.3	1.4	.923	1.8	1.9	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.7	1.2	0.3	14.2
4	KZ Okpala	SG	19	10.5	0.7	2.1	.350	0.4	1.3	.333	0.1	0.3	.333	0.5	1.3	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.2	2.0
9	Kelly Olynyk	C	35	26.5	3.8	8.5	.441	1.9	5.7	.328	0.6	0.9	.733	1.3	2.8	0.9	4.9	5.9	2.1	0.8	0.5	10.1
55	Duncan Robinson	F	36	33.4	4.2	9.8	.429	3.2	8.3	.391	1.2	1.4	.840	1.3	2.5	0.1	3.9	3.9	1.6	0.5	0.2	12.8
30	Chris Silva	PF	6	8.8	1.0	1.5	.667	0.2	0.2	1.000	1.7	2.0	.833	1.3	2.3	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.0	0.2	0.3	3.8
31	Max Strus	G	19	14.9	2.5	5.4	.456	1.6	4.5	.365	0.5	0.7	.714	0.2	1.3	0.1	0.9	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.0	7.1
2	Gabe Vincent	G	25	15.0	2.1	5.7	.364	0.9	3.6	.258	0.8	0.8	.905	0.8	1.8	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.2	0.5	0.1	5.8

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