With Nikola Jokic on the bench with five fouls, the Nuggets turned what could have been a grim fourth-quarter stretch into one that put the franchise one win away from its first NBA title in Friday's Game 4.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra remained both confident about his team's chances and defiant that his group would respond following a 108-95 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday night.