Nikola Jokić capped off his historic run through the NBA playoffs by coming up huge for the Nuggets in the fourth quarter of Game 5 against the Heat and leading Denver to its first-ever NBA title with a 94-89 win in front a raucous home crowd.
Jokić finished with 28 and 16 rebounds and then did something pretty classy moments after the final whistle blew—he went and shook hands with just about every player on the Heat.
Then Jokić went and found his family and celebrated by scooping up his adorable daughter and bringing her into the team’s celebration and the postgame festivities.
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“The job is done. We can go home now.” —unanimous Finals MVP Nikola Jokic
A lot of people tend to write series off when they get to 3-1 — and most often, rightfully so — but teams still have to go out there and make that fourth win happen. As the saying goes, “it’s not first to three, it’s first to four,” and the Miami Heat are just about the last team anyone wants to see with their backs against the wall.
The Denver Nuggets beat the Miami Heat, 94-89, in a hard-fought Game 5 on Monday night to win their first NBA championship in franchise history.
Leading the way once again was Nikola Jokić, who finished with 28 points and 16 rebounds and was named the NBA Finals MVP during the postgame celebration.
Jokić, who might be the most humble player in the NBA, did something pretty classy right after the final whistle blew—he went over to the Heat and shook just about every player’s hand while his teammates and fans celebrated their championship.
The NCAA Tournament usually brings us a number of crazy plays over the course of the month, but Stanford and Texas had it all in the 9th inning. It will take a while for the Longhorns to forget this one.
Stanford was in control for most of the game, leading 6-3 in the 8th inning. But credit to Texas, as the Longhorns fought back and tied it up 6-6 heading into the final inning. This is where the wheels started to come off in terms of craziness.
As both teams headed to the 9th inning, with the game tied 6-6, we were about to witness pure chaos.
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The belief is Silver is getting ready to drop the hammer due to Morant having repeated issues off the field.
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