LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Jayson Tatum scored 34 points and Jaylen Brown added 25 as the Boston Celtics cruised to a fifth straight NBA victory on Friday, 131-112, over Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics dunks the ball during the game against the Denver Nuggets...
Two-time defending NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic will stay with the Denver Nuggets on a five-year, $264 million supermax contract extension that is the biggest in league history, US media reported Thursday. Nikola Jokic (AFP) The Denver Post was among several outlets reporting Serbian star...
Nikola Jokic (AFP) Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic was named NBA Most Valuable Player for the second straight season on Wednesday. The 27-year-old Serbian star averaged 27.1 points per game with 13.8 rebounds and 7.9 assists this season as the Nuggets finished sixth in the Western Conference. He...
Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic will be named as the NBA's Most Valuable Player for a second straight year ahead of Philadelphia's Joel Embiid, ESPN reported on Monday. The 27-year-old Serbian ace will be confirmed as MVP later this week after another dazzling season that outshone his 2020-2021...
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets drives against Andrew Wiggins of the Golden State Warriors in the first quarter during Game Four of the Western Conference First Round NBA Playoffs at Ball Arena on April 24, 2022 in Denver, Colorado. (AFP) Nikola Jokic scored 37 points and the Denver Nuggets...
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets drives to the basket against the Golden State Warriors during Game 1 of the 2022 NBA Playoffs on April 16, 2022 at Chase Center in San Francisco, California. (AFP) Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic of Denver, Philadelphia's Joel Embiid and Giannis...
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets walks off the court after the game against the Brooklyn Nets on February 6, 2022 at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. (AFP) Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic delivered his season-best 14th triple double with 27 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists on...
Nikola Jokic (center) of the Denver Nuggets drives to the basket against Eric Bledsoe (left) and Ivica Zubac of the Los Angeles Clippers during the fourth quarter at Crypto.com Arena on December 26, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (AFP) Denver and their NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic...
063_1357184369 Nikola Jokic scored 32 points and pulled down 11 rebounds as the Denver Nuggets schooled the New York Knicks in a 113-99 NBA victory on Saturday. The Nuggets won for just the third time in 10 games -- and it wasn't even close. Second-year big man Zeke Nnaji contributed a career-high...
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets shoots the ball during the game against the Miami Heat on November 29, 2021 at FTX Arena in Miami, Florida. (AFP) Nikola Jokic returned from an injury to score a team-high 24 points and 15 rebounds as the Denver Nuggets ended a six-game losing skid with a 120-111...
Nikola Jokic (AFP) Reigning league MVP Nikola Jokic, whose first triple double of the season was overshadowed by his ejection from Monday's game, was hit with a one-game suspension on Tuesday for an illegal check on Markieff Morris. Miami's Morris was fined $50,000 for committing a flagrant foul...
Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets handles the ball against the Houston Rockets on November 6, 2021 at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. (AFP) Nikola Jokic tallied 28 points and 14 rebounds and made a clutch game-saving block at the buzzer as the Denver Nuggets survived a late scare to edge the...