Nikola Jokic did something nice. After leading the Denver Nuggets to their first championship in franchise history, the 6-foot-11 center was crowned NBA Finals MVP. MileHighBasketball
Nikola Jokic did something nice.6-foot-11 center
Jokic is now a winner of two NBA MVPs, a Finals MVP and a Western Conference Finals MVP to supplement the Larry O’Brien Trophy he and his teammates hoisted Monday night at Ball Arena. During the course of the five-game series, the Nuggets hung up posters in their locker room with a variety of motivational quotes, including Jokic’s own go-to phrase about the pursuit of a championship: “We have a chance to do something nice.
But his Finals performance had a different type of distinction. Context is crucial, and for the Nuggets, the context was the occasional lapsing offense of their second- and third-best scorers. Jamal Murray, after averaging 32.5 points in the Western Conference Finals, had two of his four lowest-scoring games of the playoffs during the NBA Finals. He shot 45.1% in the series, down 5% from the WCF.
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