When Trey Lyles checked out of the Denver Nuggets game against the Miami Heat with just over seven minutes left in the second quarter, the look on his face was one of a guy who knew he was playing himself out of the rotation.
He had just missed his first four shots of the game — the last being a 3-pointer blocked by James Johnson.
At that point the Nuggets were up 39-38, but the Heat were in the middle of an extended 12-4 run and had all the momentum.
He didn’t check back in until the Nuggets were up 103-85 with under two minutes left in the game, along with Jauncho Hernangomez and Jarred Vanderbilt — both getting on the court for the first time.