The Denver Nuggets have won their first-ever NBA championship thanks to another Nikola Jovic standout game.
The Nuggets won the series, 4-1, over the Miami Heat to win their first NBA Finals in franchise history.
Jokic amassed 28 points, 16 rebounds and four assists in a 94-89 victory in front of the 19,537 fans.
Jokić received all votes in the Finals MVP voting, concluding a historic playoff run for the 7-foot Serbian and his Denver teammates.
As a two-time regular-season MVP and now champion, Jokić joins a heady list of basketball greats that includes only Bob Pettit, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Moses Malone, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Tim Duncan, LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
“The job is done,” Jokić said on the postgame broadcast, humble as ever. “We can go home now.”