{"id":10940,"date":"2023-06-26T16:07:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T16:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/nba-denver-nuggets-beat-miami-heat-to-claim-first-nba-title\/"},"modified":"2023-06-26T16:07:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T16:07:46","slug":"nba-denver-nuggets-beat-miami-heat-to-claim-first-nba-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/nba-denver-nuggets-beat-miami-heat-to-claim-first-nba-title\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA: Denver Nuggets beat Miami Heat to claim first NBA title"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Denver Nuggets clinched their first NBA title as a 94-89 win over the Miami Heat sealed a 4-1 series triumph.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nikola Jokic led his side to victory with 28 points to end the Nuggets 47-year wait for the championship trophy.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Serb Jokic, 28, was named the Finals’ most valuable player to add to the two overall MVPs he won in 2021 and 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We’re not in it for ourselves, we’re in it for the guy next to us and that’s why this [means] even more,” Jokic said following victory at Ball Arena.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jokic also contributed 16 rebounds, while Michael Porter Jr added 16 points and 13 rebounds as the Nuggets ground out the decisive victory in game five.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Nuggets never lost more than twice in any of their play-off series, ending their march towards a historic success with 10 victories in their last 11 post-season games.<\/span><\/p>\n

Denver trailed 71-70 at the start of the fourth quarter, and 89-88 with just under two minutes remaining, but the hosts would not be denied after they hit the front with a Bruce Brown lay-up.<\/span><\/p>\n

For Miami, Jimmy Butler scored 21 points and Bam Adebayo 20 but they were unable to keep their hopes of an unlikely comeback alive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only one of the 36 teams to have previously fallen 3-1 behind in an NBA Finals – the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016 – had managed to come back to win the championship.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It was an amazing effort by the team,” Jokic said. <\/span><\/p>\n

“That is why basketball is a fun sport, it is a live thing, you cannot say this going to happen, there are so many factors. <\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m just happy we won the game.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Nuggets coach Michael Malone told the home supporters: “I’ve got news for everyone out there. We are not satisfied with one.”<\/span><\/p>\n

It is the fourth major North American sports title in the past two years for owner Stan Kroenke – who also owns Premier League club Arsenal – alongside NFL Super Bowl success for the Los Angeles Rams, Colorado Avalanche’s NHL Stanley Cup win and Colorado Mammoth’s National Lacrosse League Cup victory.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Denver Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke lifted the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Nikola Jokic became the first player to lead the NBA play-offs for total points, rebounds, and assists<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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