2023-06-02 03:35:21
This Thursday the excitement of the NBA grand final began, where the Denver Nuggets seek to achieve the first championship in their history, after stinging ahead in this series by comfortably beating the Miami Heat, with a final result of 104-93, in the duel played at the Pepsi Center.
🔥 The first one is for the Nuggets 🔥
Denver defeats the Heat at the start of the Finals and takes advantage to seek the title of #NBAxESPN ð
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Undoubtedly the MVP of this match for the locals was their top figure, center Nikola Jokic, who once again had a brilliant night at the offensive level and guided the triumph of his quintet.
The Serbian achieved another triple-double in this postseason, this was 27 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists and just at the moment when his team needs him the most, showing that he can also make a difference in vital games.
Despite his slow start of just four points in the first quarter, due to the iron defense applied by the Miami team, the “Giant” was able to make adjustments as the minutes went by and when he turned on he was unstoppable, for the Heat defenders. Jokic added six baskets in the second period, five in the third and closed in a great way, with 12 points in the decisive quarter, marking almost the final difference of the game in that quarter, which was 11 and the center scored 12.
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— NBA Broad (@NBALatam) June 2, 2023
The Miami plan didn’t work:
The visitors tried to stop Nikola’s offense with a special defense, which consisted of getting him out of the paint, however this player showed all his versatility and was very effective with his shots, leaving manager Erik Spoelstra unanswered.
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After this commitment, the Serb expressed, “That is my greatest virtue, having several alternatives in my game. Things went well for us tonight and I was able to stand out in facets in which I generally didn’t stand out so much”, this referring to his way of responding to the defense of the Heat.
The second match of this final series will be next Sunday at 8:00 p.m. Venezuelan timewhere the Nuggets will try to extend the advantage in the key and Miami will try to even things out.
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