DENVER—Gabe Vincent scored 23 points, Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo each had 21 and the Miami Heat evened up the NBA Finals by overcoming a monster effort from Nikola Jokic to beat the Denver Nuggets 111–108 in Game 2 on Sunday night, June 4.
Jimmy Butler (22) of the Miami Heat defends against Nikola Jokic (15) of the Denver Nuggets during the third quarter in Game Two of the 2023 NBA Finals at Ball Arena in Denver on June 4, 2023. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
Strus scored 14 and Duncan Robinson had 10 for the Heat, who had a big early lead, then got down by as many as 15 before reclaiming the lead in the fourth. Miami outscored Denver 36–25 in the final period, erasing an eight-point deficit going into the final frame….