The Miami Heat benefited from a late finishing kick against the Denver Nuggets to send the NBA Finals back to South Beach all square at 1-1.

Miami erased an eight-point deficit entering the fourth quarter and overcame a 41-point, 11-rebound performance from Nikola Jokic to record a 111-108 victory in Game 2 in Denver on Sunday.

Gabe Vincent made 8 of 12 shot attempts from the floor — including 4 of 6 from 3-point range — as the Heat outscored the Nuggets 36-25 in the fourth quarter.

Bam Adebayo had 21 points and nine rebounds, and Jimmy Butler added 21 points and nine assists for Miami, which hosts Game 3 of the best-of-seven series on Wednesday.

"Our guys love to compete," Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. "They love to put themselves out there in those moments of truth."

Denver's Jamal Murray finished with 18 points and 10 assists but saw his 3-point attempt with 1.9 seconds remaining hit the iron.

Aaron Gordon scored 12 points and Bruce Brown added 11 off the bench for the Nuggets, who fell to 9-1 at home in the playoffs.

"We didn't want it to happen, of course, but it happened, so we have to live with it," Jokic said. "We're going to Miami to play another game."

While Jokic is looking ahead, Denver coach Michael Malone took issue with what he's seen in the first two games of this series.

"Let's talk about effort," Malone said. "I mean, this is the NBA Finals and we're talking about effort. That's a huge concern of mine. "This is not the preseason or the regular season. This is the NBA Finals. And that to me is really, really perplexing, disappointing."

Denver held an 83-75 lead through three quarters before Miami erupted for a 32-12 run over the first eight-plus minutes of the fourth. Duncan Robinson made a pair of 3-pointers and two layups, and Butler converted a three-point play and a 3-pointer to highlight the surge.

"We know we've got to do it on the defensive end," Adebayo said of Miami's fourth-quarter focus. "That's the biggest thing for us. We got to do it on that end because we know we can score, all five guys we believe in. So the biggest thing for us was getting stops." Miami, which came through two play-in games, is trying to become the first eighth-seeded team to win the title.

"We gutted out one on their home court, so time to go back to the 305," Adebayo said referencing the Miami area code.