― Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić has won the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award after leading his team Denver Nuggets to its first-ever NBA championship following a five-game series win over the Miami Heat on Monday.
― Nikola Jokic claimed he didn’t care about winning a third consecutive regular-season NBA MVP in 2022-23.
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Jokić posted a game-high 28 points, 16 rebounds and four dimes as the Nuggets closed out Miami with a 94-89 win.
In five games against the Heat, Jokic averaged 30.2 points, 14 rebounds and 7.2 assists.
The Nuggets held on from there, cementing one of the most spectacular individual performances in NBA Finals MVP's history.
He is the first player to average at least 30.0 points, 14.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists in an NBA Finals series.
Jokic added another chapter to his remarkable story. Building a Hall of Fame resume, Jokic was the 41st pick in the second round in 2014 ― the greatest second-round pick in the league history and the only modern-day second-rounder to win MVP.
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