Jeff Zillgitt Don't tire of the Nuggets yet. He is among the top-3 players in the league, and for his work against the Heat, Jokic earned Finals MVP. Despite his monotone pleas that he is just a one player, he is much more than that. He didn’t win the award he didn’t care about, but earned the accomplishment he wanted. Go step-by-step and play every game to win a game, as simple as that.' I'm just trying to win a game and just play every game. The Denver Nuggets’ reserved but influential star wanted to win the championship.ĭismissing individual stats in favor of team success, Jokic said, 'My focus has never been those kinds of records or whatever the media are putting on me. Nikola Jokic claimed he didn’t care about winning a third consecutive regular-season MVP in 2022-23.Īll throughout the playoffs when he posted a statistical line in the box score that had never been accomplished in NBA history ― such as the first 30-point, 20-rebound triple-double in the Finals ― Jokic downplayed it. 'OK, not I, we won it': Nikola Jokic remains modest after winning Finals MVP Denver and Miami traded blows in the final quarter, but the Nuggets were able to get timely stops down the stretch and made clutch free throws to seal the game and win their first ever NBA title. The gritty Heat led for most of the game, but the Nuggets fought back in the third quarter and only trailed 71-70 entering the fourth quarter.

Nuggets center Nikola Jokic had a game-high 28 points and 16 rebounds in the win. The Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat, 94-89, to clinch the best-of-seven series 4-1 and win the NBA Finals. For the first time in franchise history the Denver Nuggets are NBA champions.

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