An eye-popping stat highlights the astonishing parity in the 2024 NBA Playoffs.
Before the start of the year, everyone expected the Denver Nuggets to be in the NBA Finals. After all, they have the best player in the world Nikola Jokic (who won his third MVP award), and a talented supporting cast featuring Jamal Murray, Michael Porter Jr, and Aaron Gordon.
The Denver Nuggets have just seen the end of their journey in the 2024 NBA Playoffs. Letting the Minnesota Timberwolves pillage Mile High City of a Game 7 win on Sunday meant that there won’t be a two-peat happening for Denver, which entered the series against Anthony Edwards and company as the favorites to emerge as a winner.
The Minnesota Timberwolves shockingly dumped the Denver Nuggets out of the playoffs with a 98-90 win in Game 7 on Sunday. In the aftermath, Nikola Jokic was asked if the Timberwolves are a team that could be a rival of the Nuggets in the future and he stated they are built to beat them as of now.
Denver Nuggets news: Not even a monster 34-point, 19-rebound double-double from the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player was enough to lift Denver on Sunday night.
After suffering the worst playoff loss by a defending NBA champion in history, the Denver Nuggets responded by blowing the largest halftime lead ever in a Game 7 on Sunday.
On Sunday evening, Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets will play host to Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinals series.
Those looking to place a player prop wager can find odds on Nikola Jokic, Anthony Edwards and others in the Denver Nuggets-Minnesota Timberwolves matchup at Ball Arena on Sunday at 8:00 PM ET.
Nikola Jokic’s Denver Nuggets meet the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday at 8:00 PM ET in Game 7 of the second round of the NBA playoffs, and to beat his 3-point over/under, he needs to make two from beyond the arc.
Everything you need to know before an epic Game 7 matchup between the Nuggets and Wolves.
Shaquille O’Neal is considered as one of the greatest big men in the history of the NBA, and recently was compared to Nikola Jokic in a humorous Instagram video.
From being drafted in the second round during a Taco Bell commercial, Nikola Jokic transformed himself into a three-time NBA MVP. Jokic is also a six-time All-Star, NBA champion, and a Finals MVP.
Nikola Jokic continues to make headlines time and time again. After winning his third MVP trophy, many are already contemplating where to place the Serbian among the all-time great centers.
The Denver Nuggets suffered a 115-70 blowout loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center on Thursday. Meanwhile, with the Game 6 victory, the Timberwolves have managed to force the series to Game 7.
The Nuggets were held to just 70 points, which is by far the team’s lowest playoff total since Nikola Jokic joined the team in 2015.
The Timberwolves are double-teaming Jokic. Sometimes he scores anyway.
It was about a week ago that many people were wondering whether the Denver Nuggets and league MVP Nikola Jokic would be going home early from the 2024 NBA Playoffs.
It’s hard to imagine the Denver Nuggets without Nikola Jokic these days. The big Serbian is the biggest reason the team won their first NBA title. He’s also a huge factor to the Nuggets’ 3-2 standing against the Minnesota Timberwolves despite starting the series two games down.
There is still one more win for the Nuggets to grab in their playoff series with the Timberwolves, but if Jokic finishes this off, he will have passed this stress test and become a better player because of it.
How many of the NBA players who have recorded the most career 40-point playoff games can you name in five minutes?
Nikola Jokic received his third NBA Most Valuable Player trophy, then put on a show, leading the Denver Nuggets to a 112-97 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals.
Jokic seems destined to join a handful of elite players who absolutely owned a decade in their dominant careers.
The Denver Broncos may want to inquire about Nuggets star Nikola Jokic’s interest in playing football. Jokic looked every bit like a quarterback during one play in Game 5 of his team’s Western Conference semifinals clash against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Jokic and the Denver Nuggets evened up their second-round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves at two games apiece with a 115-107 victory in Sunday’s Game 4 in Minnesota.
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