For much of the first half of the season, Nikola Jokic was going crazy. His statistical production and consistency were insane, and the burden he was carrying matched that level. Jokic was one half of a dynamic duo, but Jamal Murray too a while to get there.

MIAMI (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 30 points, Nikola Jokic extended his NBA lead with his 17th triple-double of the season and the Denver Nuggets spoiled Jimmy Butler's return by beating the Miami Heat 133-113 on Friday night.

You understand that his business at the end of the day, and I’ll leave it at that,” Bam Adebayo said. “J.B. [Butler] is one of my guys. So, for me, we give him space and we let him and management

The story vs the Miami Heat was about Jimmy Butler and his return to the floor, but the Denver Nuggets quickly flipped the script.

The Denver Nuggets went into Miami and played 4 good quarters to take the win over the Miami Heat 133-113. Jamal Murray had 30 points, 8 rebounds and 7

Jamal Murray scored 30 points as the Denver Nuggets spoiled Jimmy Butler’s return in a win against the Miami Heat on Friday night.

Bam Adebayo and the Denver Nuggets will battle when the Miami Heat (20-19) meet the Nuggets (24-16) at Kaseya Center on Friday, January 17 at 8:00 PM ET.In their last time out, the Nuggets lost

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The Nuggets vanquished the Heat in Jimmy Butler’s return from a seven-game suspension. Jamal Murray lit up everything in front of him. And Nikola Jokić had his 17th triple-double of the season. “I thought our guards did a hell of a job on [Tyler] Herro and [Duncan] Robinson,