They defeat the Miami Heat in game 5 behind Jokic’s 28/16 on 12-16 shots.
The job is done, we can go home now
That shit was hilarious from Jokic.
Lolwut did he say that
he was getting interviewed about becoming a champion and he was like we can finally go home.
Man just wants to go back home and play with his horses. Can’t blame him for that.
This Denver team looked so complete. Congratulations to them! I had so much fun watching the postseason for the first time this year
This Denver team looked so complete
They really did. All year people were somewhat counting them out due to their defense, but they ended up winning the clinching game due to some phenomenal defense.
What Butler was doing was kinda suspect though, tbh. Props to the Nuggets, but if the Butler just chilled out over that 6-3 minute mark I bet the Heat could’ve taken this one.
Adam Silver bout to drop the next installment in the Ja Morant saga now that this is done.
Almost forgot all about Ja
Ja was hoping everyone else did, too
It wasn’t that long ago that it seemed like space-and-pace would kill the center position
We thought that Centers were dead, but in reality it was just unskilled centers.
An interesting subplot is that since Kawhi’s 2020 Raptors run, none of the finals teams have had a dominant, heliocentric wing. Maybe Boston, but even that team didn’t quite rely on Tatum in the same way that other teams before had. Since the Heatles, the consensus has basically been that wings are the most important position in modern basketball, allowing teams to play ‘positionless’ and spread the floor.
But over the last three years the best teams have bucked that trend, instead being lead primarily by guards or bigs. Going into next season, most people would probably have a couple of centers at the top of their best players list. And in the last 6 NBA drafts, the only dominant wing player to be taken was Ant. Interesting to see the league pivot so quickly, considering it was only a few years ago that Ballmer went all out and built almost a whole team with 6’7" - 6’9" guys
Congrats Denver! Love seeing a small market team win it all, very happy for both Murray and Jokic.
Congrats to the Nuggets. They in a good spot moving forward.
Jokic and Murray are in their primes. Gordon is a perfect third man. I hope they can keep Brown.
Brown was so clutch. MPJ for all of his scoring troubles had a solid defensive series. Super proud of them all!
So happy that my nuggets finally won! Hoping for a few more with this core. Jokić is god.
Had a blast following the game day thread, I have a good feeling about this Lemmy community!
Welcome to the NBA Championship Club, Denver.
Long time Nuggets fan. This run by Jokic is insane. and I think will get even better over the next few years.
After Miami’s performances in the previous playoffs games, it is crazy this only went to 5 games.
the variance of 3pt shooting
Our boys were tired…
Man it’s great to see a team win for the first time ever! Congrats to Denver! Great ending to the season!
Ah shit, I forgot this means Stan Kroenke is a winner. Fuck that