‘Joker’ Jokic Triple-Doubles as Denver Sweeps Game 1 of Finals

The ‘Joker’ smiled in Game 1 of the best-of-seven finals against the ‘Jordan’. Behind a triple-double from Nikola Jokic, the Denver Nuggets moved one step closer to a National Basketball Association (NBA) championship.

The Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat 104-93 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals at the Mile High City’s PepsiCo Center on Sunday (Feb. 2). It was Denver’s seventh straight win, dating back to Game 5 of the semifinals against the Phoenix Suns.

One of the biggest standouts on the court was Nikola Jokic. He was unchanged in his Finals debut, soaring to a 27-point, 14-assist, 10-rebound triple-double. It was his ninth triple-double of the playoffs. Jamal Murray paced the Heat with 26 points and 10 rebounds.메이저사이트

Miami has been sorely missing ace Jimmy Butler. He’s been dubbed “Playoff Jimmy” and “Jimmy Jordan” for his big-game performances, but he was held to just 13 points. Bam Adebayo chipped in with 26 points and 13 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough.

Miami, the surprise eighth-seeded upset winner of the Eastern Conference, was looking for a final upset. With most experts predicting Denver’s dominance, they were once again hoping for a miracle.

But Denver’s walls, led by Jokic and Murray, were too high to wait for luck. After taking a 7-6 lead early in the first quarter, the Nuggets never took the lead. The deficit grew to 17 points in the first half alone, and the comeback never happened.

“It was just a matter of landing the first punch,” he said. “They’ve won the first game in the last three rounds, and we didn’t want that to happen. We didn’t want that to happen,” he emphasized. Respect for Miami wasn’t lost either. “They always fight back,” Jokic said. They never give up,” Jokic said.