Tag: 2020–21 Denver Nuggets Season
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Denver Nuggets’ championship summer too short for Nikola Jokic
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The championship run came with a cost for Nikola Jokic. The NBA Finals and subsequent celebrations — first the parade he didn’t want to attend until he did and later a rowdy night in Las Vegas — prevented Jokic from returning to Serbia until the middle of June. He returned to Denver over the weekend. “I think it’s…
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NBA awards: Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic early favorite for third MVP in four years
Last season, Nuggets star Nikola Jokic narrowly missed out on being the fourth player in NBA history to win three consecutive Most Valuable Player awards. The list remains a short one – Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird – after 76ers center Joel Embiid won last season’s award. This season, Jokic can join another short…
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Nikola Jokic puts Denver Nuggets on his back down the stretch of overtime win over New Orleans
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DENVER — Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets ran out of time in regulation but delivered Denver an improbable 138-130 overtime win over the Pelicans on Sunday at Ball Arena. The Nuggets trailed by 11 with 3:15 remaining before Jokic took over, starting with a three-point play and finishing regulation with the tying free throws with 3.2…