The Denver Nuggets won the first NBA title in franchise history tonight, besting the Miami Heat in Game 5 and taking the best of seven series 4-1. The new champions won 94-89.
Nikola Jokić was named the Finals Mvp, contributing 28 points and 16 rebounds in Game 5 and becoming the first center to win Finals Mvp since Shaquille O’Neal in 2002. Jokić finished the Finals averaging 30.2 points, 14 rebounds, 7.2 assists, and 1.4 steals, according to NBA.com. He also the first player in NBA history to lead the playoffs in total points, rebounds, and assists.
“It’s good, it’s good,” Jokić told ESPN after the win, before ending with a typically laconic, “The job is done, we can go home now.”
The two-time league Mvp also said, “It was an amazing effort by the team. It was an ugly game. We couldn’t make shots but at the end, we figured out how to defend.
Nikola Jokić was named the Finals Mvp, contributing 28 points and 16 rebounds in Game 5 and becoming the first center to win Finals Mvp since Shaquille O’Neal in 2002. Jokić finished the Finals averaging 30.2 points, 14 rebounds, 7.2 assists, and 1.4 steals, according to NBA.com. He also the first player in NBA history to lead the playoffs in total points, rebounds, and assists.
“It’s good, it’s good,” Jokić told ESPN after the win, before ending with a typically laconic, “The job is done, we can go home now.”
The two-time league Mvp also said, “It was an amazing effort by the team. It was an ugly game. We couldn’t make shots but at the end, we figured out how to defend.
- 6/13/2023
- by Armando Tinoco and Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
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