James finished with 40 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists after the highest-scoring postseason half of his career, but even the top scorer in NBA history couldn’t keep the deep, dynamic Nuggets from their sixth consecutive victory overall. Some plays today we weren’t playing good defense sometimes, (but) you can win it in every kind of possible way.” “You don’t care about minutes, fouls, shots, percentage. “I think that’s why playoffs are so nice and so interesting, because you don’t care about how tired you are,” Jokic said. He muscled past Anthony Davis for the game's final points on a layup with 51 seconds to play. Jokic didn't leave the floor for the final 33 minutes of Game 4 - and when Denver needed a big basket, Jokic delivered that as well. The bulky Serbian center with a point guard's grace also led the Nuggets’ gritty defensive effort despite picking up his fifth foul midway through the fourth quarter. Jokic earned his eighth triple-double of the playoffs by the third quarter, breaking Wilt Chamberlain’s 1967 NBA record for triple-doubles in a single postseason. We’re going to keep making history, that’s the thing. Jamal Murray scored 25 points for the top-seeded Nuggets, who overcame LeBron James’ 31-point first half and a 15-point halftime deficit with a tenacious finish in Game 4 to earn their first conference title in their 47 NBA seasons.

Jokic had 30 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists, and the Nuggets advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time in team history Monday night, sweeping the Western Conference finals with a 113-111 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nikola Jokic is a player unlike almost anything the NBA has ever seen, and now he's taking his Denver Nuggets somewhere they've never been.

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