(UPDATE) DENVER: The Denver Nuggets sealed their first title in franchise history on Monday (Tuesday in Manila), defeating the Miami Heat 94-89 to end a 47-season wait for a maiden NBA championship. READ HERE:
Nikola Jokic scored 28 points with 16 rebounds as the Nuggets won the best-of-seven NBA Finals 4-1 to bring the Mile High City an NBA crown as a sellout crowd roared in delight and pondered what more the young squad could achieve.'I've got news for everybody out there. We're not satisfied with one,' Nuggets coach Michael Malone said afterward. 'We want more.
Jimmy Butler led Miami with 21 points while Bam Adebayo added 20 and 12 rebounds.Denver was the playoff top seed in the Western Conference while the eighth-seeded Heat, who had to win a play-in game just to reach the playoffs, lost in the finals for the third time in 10 seasons.'One hell of a basketball team that we couldn't really find enough solutions to be able to get us over the top,' Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.
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