MIAMI -- A year ago at this time, the Miami Heat couldnt lose. Casey Hayward Jersey . These days, they cant win. And what at first looked like a mere rough stretch is now concerning to the Heat, who watched the Denver Nuggets come into their building and outscore them by 30 points over one stretch Friday night. Kenneth Faried scored 24 points, Darrell Arthur led a big effort by Denvers bench with 18, and the Nuggets beat the reeling Heat 111-107, sending the two-time defending NBA champions to their fifth loss in six games. "We always have one defining moment," Heat forward LeBron James said. "And this is it right here for us." The loss sent Miami three games behind Indiana in the race for the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. Evan Fournier scored 14, Ty Lawson had 13 and JJ Hickson added 11 for the Nuggets, who got 57 points from their bench and turned a 14-point deficit into a 16-point lead at one point before hanging on late. "We were able to withstand their runs, especially coming down the stretch," Nuggets coach Brian Shaw said after his team won for only the fifth time in its last 18 games. "We made the plays that we needed to make. Im proud of them. It was a complete team effort." Ray Allen scored 22 points for Miami. James scored 21 points, Dwyane Wade added 19, Mario Chalmers had 16 and Chris Andersen scored 14 for the Heat, who turned the ball over 20 times and shot 7 for 24 from 3-point range. "Obviously well be able to get out of it," said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, whose team was on what became a 27-game winning streak at this time last season. "When? We dont know." Down by 16 early in the fourth, and still down by 12 after a four-point play by Denvers Wilson Chandler with 3:47 left, the Heat made it more than a little interesting down the stretch. Chalmers and Allen each hit 3-pointers in what became a 9-0 run, and Chalmers set up Bosh for an easy score that drew Miami within 104-101. But Denver held on, despite not getting another field goal after that four-point play. James missed a 3-pointer that would have gotten Miami within one with about 25 seconds remaining, Denver controlled the rebound, and fans started departing en masse at that point. James thought he forced a turnover with 16.7 seconds left, was called for a foul instead, and two free throws from Randy Foye sealed the outcome. "This is just something we have to deal with," Wade said. Faried called it the best win of Denvers season. "To come in here in Miami ... for all of us to come out and have fun and play hard and do what we need to do and take care of business, thats No. 1," Faried said. The Heat struggled from the 3-point line again, missing their first eight attempts. Chris Bosh was 2 for 10 through the first three quarters, James and Wade both had six field goals in the opening quarter and then combined for four the rest of the way, and some of Miamis turnovers could only be described as mindless. A third-quarter sequence went like this: Bosh tried throwing an ill-advised lob to James, then had the ball batted back to him on a deflection. Instead of grabbing it, Bosh tried to swat it toward Wade on the wing, the ball going out of bounds. Lawson made a short jumper on the ensuing Denver possession to stretch the Nuggets lead to 70-56, matching their biggest of the night to that point. Denvers lead was still 14 entering the fourth. "It was good for us to keep our rhythm going," Lawson said. Denver had only one starter finish the first half with more than four points. Nonetheless, the Nuggets were up 58-53 at the break, despite being down by as many as 12 in the opening quarter and facing a 38-24 deficit after James scored with 8:54 left in the half. From there, the half ended with Denver on a 34-15 run. The Nuggets bench played virtually the entire period and combined to score 36 points. Thats more than opposing reserves had scored against the Heat in the entirety of 38 games this season. NOTES: James filmed a public service announcement encouraging people to sign up for the new health care plan championed by President Barack Obama, who personally called to enlist the MVPs help. "Pretty cool," James said. ... Miami entered Friday 32-2 in games which it led by at least 14 points this season. ... James received the trophy commemorating his Eastern Conference player of the month award for February in a brief halftime ceremony. ... It was the 11th time Denvers bench topped the 50-point mark this season. Dan Feeney Jersey . On Thursday theyll learn even more. Despite the cloud of uncertainty that has followed them around from the moment general manager Masai Ujiri was brought in to put his stamp on the franchise, the Raptors have surpassed all pre-season expectations. Lance Alworth Jersey . Its been two seasons in one for both parties and neither will look back on the first 18 games fondly. "I think I took the fall for a lot of things," said Gay, reflecting on his short time in Toronto ahead of Wednesdays game against his former club. http://www.chargersauthenticshop.com/Chargers-Mike-Williams-Draft-Jersey/ . Team officials did not indicate the extent of the injury Saturday, simply listing Rose with "left knee soreness." Rose has played two preseason games without any sign of problems. The first NBA game in South America now will be missing its biggest star.LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - After winning two medals at the Sochi Olympics, internal expectations around the U.S. womens bobsled program as they enter a new four-year cycle are loftier than ever.With good reason, apparently.Elana Meyers Taylor and Cherrelle Garrett set both the track and start records in winning the opening womens World Cup bobsled race of the season Saturday, leading an American sweep of the medal spots. Meyers Taylor and Garrett finished two runs at Mount Van Hoevenberg in 1 minute, 52.68 seconds.Its great to be able to come out here and be able to put down a solid performance, Meyers Taylor said.This was more than solid.This was historic.Meyers Taylors winning margin over the USA-3 sled piloted by Jazmine Fenlator and pushed by Natalie Deratt was 1.12 seconds — massive, especially when considering that the total margin of victory in eight World Cup womens races last winter was 2.02 seconds.It was just the third time American sleds went 1-2-3 in a womens race, after also occurring in 2001 and then last season.Its a great confidence builder, USA Bobsled and Skeleton CEO Darrin Steele said. You try to keep that momentum going from a successful Olympics. Theyre getting better and better and theyre comfortable here. Its just a great way to start the season.Meyers Taylor missed the overall World Cup title last season by one point, then was second in the Olympics by one-tenth of a second, losing both to Canadas Kaillie Humphries. But she was dominant Saturday, breaking Humphries track record by 0.35 seconds in the first run, then topping the start record held by Jamie Gruebel Poser and Aja Evans of the U.S. by 0.01 seconds in the second heat.Weve been sliding really fast all week, Meyers Taylor said. It was a super-fast track. I knew wed be fast. I just didnt know how fast.Fenlator and Deratt were second in 1:53.80 and Gruebel Poser annd Lauren Gibbs completed the U. Dan Fouts Jersey. S. sweep by finishing third in 1:54.04. All three U.S. push athletes were making their World Cup debuts, with last seasons Olympians Lauryn Williams (competing a limited schedule), Evans (planning to return next season) and Lolo Jones (focusing on track) all not in Lake Placid for various reasons.Theyre doing a really great job, said Gruebel Poser, the bronze medallist at the Sochi Games. Theyve all stepped up. They have really big shoes to fill, but this is a huge step in the right direction for our program.Anje Schneiderheinze and Lisette Thoene were fourth for Germany. Humphries, from Calgary, and Melissa Lotholz, from Barrhead, Alta., were fifth for Canada.In four-man later Saturday, 0.04 seconds separated the top three sleds — and the Americans failed to medal in a four-man race at Lake Placid for the first time since 2006.Germanys Maximilian Arndt and his team of Kevin Korona, Joshua Bluhm and Ben Heber rallied in the final turn to nip Russias Alexander Kasjanov, Maxim Mokrousov, Ilvir Huzin and Aleksei Pushkarev by 0.01 seconds. Arndts sled finished in 1:49.31, Kasajanov in 1:49.32 and the Latvian sled of Oskars Melbardis, Daumants Dreiskens, Arvis Vilkaste and Janis Strenga was third in 1:49.35.Canada settled for fourth. Justin Kripps of Calgary, Timothy Randall of Burlington, Ont., Bryan Barnett and Ben Coakwell, both from Calgary, had a time of 1:49.58. The other Canadian sled piloted by Chris Spring of Calgary was 10th.For the U.S., Nick Cunningham and his team of Casey Wickline, James Reed and Samuel Michener was fifth for the top American finish. Steven Holcomb and push athletes Justin Olsen, Alex Harrison and Aaron Victorian were sixth, while Codie Bascue with Carlo Valdes, David Cremin and Adrian Adams were ninth.The World Cup series resumes in Calgary next weekend. 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