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Jun 13, 2023 · The two-time MVP entered Game 5 averaging 30.8 points, 13.5 rebounds and eight assists per contest in the finals. In Game 3, he became the first player in NBA history to record a 30/20/10 game in ...
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Jun 13, 2023 · Nikola Jokic, Nuggets win first NBA title in Game 5 nail-biter over Heat. For the first time in franchise history the Denver Nuggets are NBA champions. The Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat 94-89 to ...
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Nikola Jokic would not be denied. Not against the Heat’s vaunted defense, not against any remaining naysayers and not from spearheading the Nuggets’ first championship in their franchise history. A 56-year wait, including 47 years since entering the NBA, ended on Monday night. Jokic, once an obscure second-round pick, made sure of it. An ugly defen...
Fourth-quarter updates
Ballgame: There it is, Nuggets fans. The thing you’ve been waiting for your whole life has finally happened. The Nuggets are NBA champions. It wasn’t pretty. But who cares!?!?! This place is going BA-NAN-AS!!! Wave your towels. Light your fireworks. This. Is. Beautiful. — Matt Schubert What can Brown do for you? (8:59 p.m.): Bruce Brown just snagged a rebound and drains both free throws. Nuggets up 94-89 with 14.3 second to go. — Joe Nguyen K.C.P. (8:55 p.m.): What. A. Steal. — Joe Nguyen And...
Third-quarter analysis — Heat 71, Nuggets 70
Sean Keeler, sports columnist:All Hail MPJ! Stat to keep an eye on down the stretch: Turnovers. The Nuggets are 5-3 this postseason when committing 11 turnovers or more; 10-1 when it’s 10 giveaways or fewer. They’ve turned it over 12 times through three quarters. Hang on tight, kids. Matt Schubert, sports editor:If the Nuggets are going to hoist the Larry O’Brien trophy tonight, they’re going to have to win the fourth quarter. No easy task against the Heat. What does tight look like? How abou...
Third-quarter updates
MP-Jolt of energy (8:20 p.m.): Michael Porter Jr. gets a loud ovation coming off the court. He has been in the Nuggets’ energy in this one. Gotta believe he’s going to see minutes in the fourth quarter. — Matt Schubert No one’s shooting well (8:17 p.m.): The Heat are shooting 37.3% from the field. The Nuggets are shooting 43.5%. — Joe Nguyen Struggles (8:12 p.m.): A missed dunk. A couple of missed 3s. And an absolutely indefensible turnover from Jamal Murray. The Heat is more than willing to...
Bennett Durando, sports reporter:The buzz in this building right now does not sound like a crowd that thinks it’s not celebrating a championship tonight. Denver has all but broken the Heat without one of its three best scorers contributing. The series feels over, especially because my hunch is MPJ finally has a big game tonight. But I’ve been wrong...
If coaching doesn’t work out — and there’s little evidence to suggest it won’t — perhaps Nuggets coach Michael Malone can take up a career in psychology. Before the Nuggets took part in shooting contests and basic drills as part of their practice Sunday, Malone relayed a message as they’ll vie for their first-ever NBA championshipon Monday night at Ball Arena. “My biggest concern going into any close-out game is human nature and fighting against that,” he said. “You’re up 3-1. Most teams, whe...
David Thompson jumped to conclusions and dunked on the future with his right hand. Just like old times. He laughs about it now, recalling how the Skywalker turned into a Soothsayer. See, the Nuggets icon was visiting Denver last June 30, which, ya know, also just happened to be the day of the Avs’ raucous Stanley Cup victory parade. He says he gave an interview during said trip and got asked about the burgundy-and-blue party downtown. “I told them that the next parade would be the Nuggets’ pa...
If time is running out on the Nuggets’ symbiotic relationship with Bruce Brown, at least they’ll always have a special place reserved in his pregame routine. Game 4 of the 2023 NBA Finals, where else but the city he was taught the ritual, belongs in the highlight reel rotation from now on. It will forever inspire comfort and confidence. In autumn of 2017, Brown was slumping. It was his second year at the University of Miami, where his responsibilities were heightened as the team’s top returni...
Jun 14, 2023 · 24 thoughts on championship-clinching Game 5. Instant observations and the best of NBA Twitter from the Nuggets' championship-clinching Game 5 of the 2023 NBA Finals as it happened in Denver on ...
Jun 13, 2023 · Denver trailed at halftime of Game 5 but came back to win, 94-89, with the two-time league most valuable player Nikola Jokic posting 28 points and 16 rebounds. He was named finals M.V.P.
Jun 12, 2023 · That’s what the Denver Nuggets did, beating Miami 94-89 in Game 5 Monday and winning the franchise’s first championship in its 47-year NBA history. The Nuggets overcame a 10-point deficit and ...
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Jun 13, 2023 · NBA Finals Game 5 leading scorers. Nikola Jokic: 28 points Jimmy Butler: 21 points Bam Adebayo: 20 points Nuggets vs. Heat score, highlights from Game 5 (All times Eastern) Final: Nuggets 94, Heat 89
