It was barely dawn when Nikola Jokic’s hardcore fans in his Serbian hometown of Sombor chanted “MVP! MVP!” and celebrated the Denver Nuggets’ first NBA title. Know more:
People react watching a live broadcasting of Game 5 of basketball’s NBA Finals between Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat in a sports hall in the northern Serbian town of Sombor, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. It was barely dawn when Nikola Jokic’s hardcore fans in his Serbian hometown of Sombor chanted MVP, MVP and celebrated the Denver Nuggets’ first NBA title. Denver trailed Miami Heat halftime of Game 5 but rallied to win 94-89.
A man watches a live broadcast of Game 5 of basketball’s NBA Finals between Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat in a sports hall in the northern Serbian town of Sombor, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. It was barely dawn when Nikola Jokic’s hardcore fans in his Serbian hometown of Sombor chanted MVP, and celebrated the Denver Nuggets’ first NBA title. Denver trailed Miami Heat halftime of Game 5 but rallied to win 94-89.
Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic’s father Branislav Jokic, wears a Denver Nuggets blue jersey checks his phone during an interview with the Associated Press in the northern Serbian town of Sombor, Monday, June 12, 2023. It was barely dawn when Nikola Jokic’s hardcore fans in his Serbian hometown of Sombor chanted MVP, MVP and celebrated the Denver Nuggets’ first NBA title. Denver trailed Miami Heat halftime of Game 5 but rallied to win 94-89.
Children play basketball on the court where Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic started playing basketball in the northern Serbian town of Sombor, Monday, June 12, 2023. It was barely dawn when Nikola Jokic’s hardcore fans in his Serbian hometown of Sombor chanted MVP, and celebrated the Denver Nuggets’ first NBA title. Denver trailed Miami Heat halftime of Game 5 but rallied to win 94-89.
Denver trailed the Miami Heat at halftime of Game 5 but rallied to win 94-89, with two-time league MVP Jokic posting 28 points and 16 rebounds and collecting the trophy for the most valuable player of the NBA Finals. For the small Balkan state of just over 6 million people, June has been a month few will ever forget. A Serbian sweep gave Jokic his first NBA ring and tennis star Novak Djokovic a record-setting 23rd Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open on Sunday.
Branislav Jokic, wearing a blue Denver Nuggets jersey, said that nobody could have predicted Nikola’s success as a basketball player as he progressed from a small-town talent, “who was a bit overweight at one point,” to moving to the regional league and then signing his first contract with the Nuggets.
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