Not exactly the horsing around that Nikola Jokic has in mind, watch how Jamal Murray and Nikola celebrated their first NBA Championship together.
Nikola Jokic finally brought the Denver Nuggets and the city of Denver a championship. Jokic, in tandem with Jamal Murray, led their team to victory despite the Nuggets going 1-for-15 from 3-point range and having 10 turnovers.
There was no question who the MVP was in this series. Throughout the Finals, Jokic averaged 30.2 points, 14.0 rebounds, and 7.2 assists. In Game 5, he tallied 28 points (12-for-16 from the field) and grabbed 16 rebounds. Nikola even set a playoff record with 10 triple-doubles in this postseason. In fact, at 28, Nikola became the first player in league history to lead all players in total points (600), rebounds (269) and assists (190) in a single postseason. To top it all off, Jokic walked away last night as the unanimous Finals MVP.
Jamal Murray was also special this postseason. Jamal averaged 26.1 points per game in this year’s playoffs. That, compared to his career regular-season average of 16.9 points per game, only shows how much winning this year’s championship meant to Murray.
After a grueling championship run, what better way is there to celebrate than a quick dip in the treatment pool?
Watch Nikola Jokic celebrate by dragging Jamal Murray into a pool:
The combined feeling of summer vacation just starting and knowing you are the best in the world must be pretty hard to beat, or at least, I imagine.
Denver’s journey wasn’t easy. They were tested every single step of the way. So congratulations to the Jokic family, the Nuggets organization, and all the fans overseas, who are probably still elated that this horse fanatic from Sombor, Serbia now holds up the Larry O’Brien trophy.
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