Five takeaways from the Heat’s 103-87 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Monday night at Pepsi Center:
u25aa One bad quarter keeps dooming the Heat on this road trip.
In Sacramento, a 17-point lead was squandered with the Kings outscoring the Heat 27-13 in the fourth. In Golden State, it was 36-23 Warriors third quarter run, erasing a Heat halftime lead, long after Miami built a 19 point first quarter lead.
And on Monday in Denver, it was a Nuggets third-quarter run that turned a five-point lead into 18.
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“We got disorganized offensively and that led to some run-outs,” Erik Spoelstra said.