Denver Nuggets Make it to the NBA Final for the First Time in History

Posted by Alrick Swaby | 23 May, 2023

The Denver Nuggets created basketball history last night when they qualified for the finals of the NBA for the first time ever.

The Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 113-111 at the Crypto Arena to sweep their best of Seven Western Conference series 4-nil.

Nicola Jokic (YOKISH) led the Denver scoring with 30 points and 12 rebounds while LeBron James bagged 40 points for the Lakers.

Denver will now await the winners of the Eastern Conference series to know who they’ll meet in the final.

Miami Heat lead the Boston Celtics 3-nil and can close out the series with victory tonight in Florida.⁦

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Alrick Swaby

Alrick Swaby is a sports reporter, producer and presenter on NNN interested in telling the stories of sports and the people that play them.He's also the host of the Saturday show Sports Nation Live.

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