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DENVER — In the biggest fourth quarter in Denver Nuggets history, veteran center DeAndre Jordan had a message for star point guard Jamal Murray during a timeout.
“Go win this game,” Jordan said to Murray. “Twelve minutes, bro, and you in history.
“Immortal.”
Murray, Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets heeded the call for history Monday night, coming up with championship-winning plays in the final minutes of Game 5 to bring home the Larry O’Brien trophy for the first time in the franchise’s 47 years in the league with a 94-89 win over the Miami Heat before an overjoyed Ball Arena.
Now that he and Jokic have a taste of their first title, Murray said that not only can they do this again, but he believes there are still more championships to come.
“I knew once we were healthy, we could do it,” Murray told ESPN in a champagne-soaked Nuggets locker room. “So this was long overdue.
“I think this is the first of many.”
Finally healthy and whole, Jokic and Murray proved to be a tandem that opponents could not contain this postseason. They are the first pair of teammates in NBA history to average 25 points, five rebounds and five assists in a single postseason.
Jokic completed an unstoppable and historic postseason run by scoring 10 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter en route to being named NBA Finals MVP. He made 12 of 16 shots in a game where scoring was at a premium. Jokic also had 16 rebounds and four assists as the Heat — like all the other Nuggets opponents this postseason — could not come up with any solutions for slowing down the two-time regular-season MVP.
Jokic…
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