Denver Nuggets
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets Wins Second NBA MVP Award
Nikola Jokic, the Denver Nuggets center with the passing touch and shooting stroke of a guard, won the N.B.A.’s Most Valuable Player Award for the second consecutive season. Jokic, 27, received 65 of 100 first-place votes. Last season, he was the top choice of 91 of 101 voters from members of the news media and […]
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Nikola Jokic Dishes With the Best of Them
DENVER — About midway through the third quarter of a game in early April, Nikola Jokic was pushing the ball up the court after grabbing a defensive rebound for the Denver Nuggets. Right before he reached the midcourt line, he lobbed a perfectly placed pass over the heads of four San Antonio Spurs defenders and […]
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Stephen Curry Returns, and Golden State Beats the Nuggets
Klay Thompson was splashing 3-pointers. Draymond Green was making stops and deftly finding open cutters. Stephen Curry drew several defenders any time he touched the ball. The threesome who redefined basketball en route to winning multiple championships with the Golden State Warriors reunited in the playoffs on Saturday for the first time since 2019. And […]
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N.B.A. Playoffs Preview: Good Luck Predicting Anything
The N.B.A. playoffs at long last are here. Even though teams dealt with waves of the coronavirus, this was the most normal season the N.B.A. has had in three years. It was the first full 82-game season since the 2018-19 campaign. The season has also given rise to the most wide open championship race the […]
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