Nikola Jokic

NBA: Nikola Jokic leads Denver Nuggets to beat Minnesota Timberwolves

Jokic had his seventh career triple-double in the playoffs with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists and the Nuggets beat the Timberwolves 120-111 on Friday night to take a 3-0 lead in the first-round series

NBA: Nikola Jokic’s Nuggets stifle Eastern Conference leaders Bucks

NBA MVP Jokic scored 31 points, handed out 11 assists and pulled down six rebounds, and the Nuggets held East leaders Milwaukee to 40 second-half points with the kind of dominant defensive display they've been accused of lacking this season

NBA: Nikola Jokic's triple-double helps Nuggets beat Celtics in battle of conference leaders

Jokic collected 30 points, 12 rebounds and as many assists as Western Conference leaders Denver Nuggets snapped Boston Celtics’ four-game winning run.

NBA: Ja Morant stars in Grizzlies’ win over Rockets; Jokic’s triple-double helps Nuggets win

Morant had another great game after scoring 34 points in the opener to lead Memphis to a 115-112 overtime victory over the Knicks.

NBA MVP Nikola Jokic re-signs with Nuggets in record $264 million deal: Reports

Jokic, drafted in the second round by the Nuggets in 2014, indicated after Denver fell to the Warriors in the playoffs that he wasn't interested in moving.

Nikola Jokic named NBA MVP for second straight season

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic averaged 27.1 points per game with 13.8 rebounds and 7.9 assists this season.

NBA: Stephen Curry scores 50 as Warriors stay hot with win over Hawks; Nuggets beat Heat

It was the 10th career 50-point game for the 33-year-old Curry, who passed Wilt Chamberlain to become the oldest player in NBA history with a 50-point, 10-assist game

NBA: Joel Embiid agrees on four-year, $196 million contract extension with Philadelphia 76ers, say reports

The 27-year-old Embiid was NBA MVP runner-up this season to Denver's Nikola Jokic and led the Sixers to the best regular-season record in the Eastern Conference. The Sixers lost in the second round to the Atlanta Hawks.

NBA: Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokic becomes lowest draft pick ever to win MVP award

Jokic has been a rare everyday player this season, a big man who logged big minutes. He's the only player to start all of his team's regular-season games in the last two seasons, being on the floor for tip-off all 145 times.

NBA: Phoenix Suns defeat leaves LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers on brink of playoffs exit

Phoenix took full advantage of the injury absence of the Lakers' Anthony Davis to dominate the defending NBA champions from early in the first quarter before romping to a comfortable win.