Heat Find Threes Easier To Make In the Thin Air of Denver

Farried's bounding kept the Nuggs within reach.

The dreaded "Denver leg" of the NBA back-to-back.  No D Wade.  The altitude.  Starting point guard injured in the second quarter.

And the Heat still lead wire-to-wire and win 98-93 vs the Nuggets.

With Dwyane Wade resting his sore foot, Mike Miller again stepped into the starting lineup.   Miller scored 12, while going 4-8 from three.  A nice fill-in performance 

Chris Bosh with a single rebound by 9:41 in the third, Kenneth Farried with 14 at the time.  Farried is as much a freak as LeBron James when it comes to leaping.  Maybe he can't jump higher than James, but his pogo stick-like ability to quickly go up and down is like no one else in the NBA.  Throw in his heart and desire, and you have a great rebounder.

Norris Cole received extended minutes with Mario Chalmers straining a triceps muscle in the second period.  Overall, Cole had an uneven game, trying too much at times and forcing things, but he also hit a huge three with a minute left to effectively put the game out of reach for Denver.

After a Nuggets turnover in their offensive end, LBJ goes one-on-three during the ensuing fast break...... He ended up drawing a foul and going one of two from the line.  Who else can get a point when going against three people?

At one point, of LBJs nine assists, six came on three pointers.  Outside shooting is what it's all about this year.

Heat got killed on the boards.  Halfway through the fourth, Farried had more bounds than the starting five of the Heat put together.  Manamal ended up with 20 for the game, and Denver was +19 overall.

Shane Battier is Mr. Charge.  Another two taken against Denver.

How does Andre Miller hurt the Heat so much?  A career 21% three-point shooter, he hits 2-2 down the stretch to get the Nuggs close.   This is after he went 8-10 from the floor last week to keep Denver in that game.  The "least athletic" guy on the court has serious basketball skills, and is such an asset to have off the bench.

When the game gets close, having LBJ is so nice.... So many positive things happen for the Heat.

If they make their threes, the Heat win.  They did so in Denver, going 13-27 from distance.

A nice road win against a tough home team.

7-3.