The Denver Nuggets made the best of the franchise’s first ever NBA Finals game, dominating the Miami Heat, 104-93, to take Game 1 on their home court. 

While both teams appeared to have some jitters to start this game, the Nuggets settled in quickly with the Heat failing to do so at the same pace. 

By the time the first half was complete, the Nuggets went into their locker room with a 17-point lead thanks to highly efficient offense from the likes of Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic, the two stars that make this team run. 

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Murray was the focal point of the scoring for the Nuggets to start this game, going 8-of-12 from the field with two three-pointers for a total 18 points to lead the way in the first half. 

He would finish the game with 26 points as well as 10 assists and six rebounds. 

There was a large gap to start this game before Jokic even attempted a field goal, as he was dishing the ball left and right to his teammates. He still managed a double-double at the half with 10 assists and 10 points. 

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Once the second half came around, Jokic started showing off his shooting ability, going 8-for-12 for 27points on the night with 10 rebounds and 14 assists for yet another triple-double this postseason. Jokic has six triple-doubles in his last seven playoff games this year. 

The Heat also seemed to have trouble defending Aaron Gordon and Michael Porter Jr. in the first half. Miami kept switching off screens which led to mismatches for the Nuggets’ forward to exploit. 

Gordon had 14 points, going 7-for-9 in the first half with five rebounds as well. Porter also added 10 points and seven rebounds. 

Miami was able to get the Nuggets’ lead down from 24 at one point in the second half to nine, but the effort wasn’t enough as Denver regrouped and finished their double-digit win. 

It was an off night for Miami’s star Jimmy Butler, who went 6-of-14 from the field for 13 points. Max Strus and Caleb Martin also had dud performances, going a combined 1-of-17, while Strus didn’t make any of his 10 shots, nine of which came from three. 

As a team, the Heat have been the best postseason team in three-point percentage in these playoffs, but they shot just 33.3% from downtown. They also only had two total free throws on the night. 

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Not being able to hit threes or get to the line is usually a recipe for disaster. 

Bam Adebayo was the only starter that really had it going, as he went 13-for-25 from the field for 26 points with 13 rebounds and five assists. Gabe Vincent also added 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting. 

Haywood Highsmith was 7-of-10 off the bench for a surprising 18 points. He also defended pretty well, which should help with playing time moving forward in this series. Kyle Lowry had 11 points off the bench as well. 

Game 2 of this series will tip off in Denver on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET. 

Former President Donald Trump took a not-so-subtle swing at former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday, mocking his expected entry into the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination by pointing to his dismal approval rating while governor.

During an exclusive Fox News Town Hall in Iowa, the location of the first contest in the presidential primaries, Trump questioned why Republicans like Christie continued to jump into the already crowded field of candidates seeking to challenge his front-runner status.

"I don’t know why people are doing it. They’re at one percent. Some are at zero," Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity. "I hear Chris Christie’s coming in. He’s at – he was at 6% in New Jersey, which is – I love New Jersey, but 6% approval rating in New Jersey. What’s the purpose? And he’s polling at zero."

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Trump's attacks come after news broke Wednesday that Christie is planning to officially launch his presidential campaign next week. It would be the former governor's second run for the presidency after an unsuccessful bid during the 2016 Republican primaries.

Christie left office with an approval rating near the single digits following a number of scandals that made him one of the least popular governor's in New Jersey history. Similarly, he hasn't had much of an impact on Republican primary voters in the race so far, as the few polls that have included him show him in the low single digits or less.

Trump went on to also mock fellow Republican candidates already in the race, like former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who he called "Aida," and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is currently seen as the former president's main rival in the race.

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"This guy, nobody knows who the hell he is. Never good," Trump said of Hutchinson. "You know, it’s fine, but I don’t understand what they’re doing." 

"Now maybe there’s something wrong, but when you’re at 1% or less – 1%, it says 1% with an arrow pointing left. There’s one guy who’s at zero with an arrow pointing left that means he’s at less than zero. It is what it is," he added. 

"I really go after the one whose second, and I think the one whose second has gone down so much and so rapidly that I don’t think he’s going to be second that much longer. I think he’s going to be third or fourth," he said, referencing DeSantis.

Sources familiar with Christie's thinking say that Christie will formally launch his campaign at a town hall at Saint Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics, next Tuesday, June 6.

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Fox News' Paul Steinhauser and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.