CNN —Newly crowned three-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Nikola Jokić put on a show and proved why he is the rightful recipient of the award in the Denver Nuggets’ 112-97 playoff victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday.
So good was Jokić’s performance that teammates and opponents alike were lavishing him with praise after the game.
He’s the best player in the NBA, he showed it the last three games, three games in a row.
Only five teams in NBA history have come back to win a best-of-seven series when losing the first two at home.
Brunson, who bounced back impressively after a poor showing in Game 4, also added seven assists and four rebounds.
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Nikola Jokić, Rudy Gobert, Aaron Gordon, “, ”, Anthony Edwards, Jokić “, ” “, ” Edwards, He’s, ” Gordon, Jamal Murray, Karl, Anthony Towns, Edwards, Garrett Ellwood, “ Nikola, Michael Malone, Brunson, Pacers Jalen Brunson, LeBron James, Pascal Siakam, Tyrese Haliburton
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Serbian, Minnesota, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana