Sports Illustrated US - DENVER NUGGETS - 2023 NBA Champions | Special Commemorative Issue

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Sports Illustrated commemorates the first NBA Championship of the Denver Nuggets.

THE SEASON IN PICTURES
Bedrock veterans and new contributors fueled Denver’s title run.

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED

THE NUGGETS PATIENTLY BUILT TO THEIR FIRST NBA TITLE, AND THEY NOW LOOK LIKE THEY COULD BE SET UP FOR MORE

3 mins

ROARING START

AFTER STUMBLING TOWARD THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON, DENVER CAME OUT HOT TO VANQUISH MINNESOTA

3 mins

OUTSHINING THE SUNS

DURANT AND BOOKER MADE PHOENIX A HOT POSTSEASON PICK, BUT JOKIĆ AND MURRAY STEPPED UP TO STEAL THE SHOW

3 mins

OVER THE HUMP

THE NUGGETS HAD NEVER BEEN TO THE NBA FINALS OR BEATEN THE LAKERS IN A PLAYOFF SERIES-UNTIL NOW

3 mins

A New High

DENVER LEFT NO DOUBT ABOUT WHICH WAS THE BETTER TEAM AS IT DISSECTED MIAMI IN FIVE GAMES AND CLAIMED THE FIRST NBA TITLE IN FRANCHISE HISTORY

10+ mins

NIKOLA JOKIĆ

THE TWO-TIME MVP IS AT ONCE A SINGULAR TALENT AND THE END PRODUCT OF THE BASKETBALL TRAINING METHODS AND VALUES OF HIS NATIVE SERBIA

9 mins

JAMAL MURRAY

THE NUGGETS SHOWED PATIENCE WITH THE TALENTED GUARD THROUGH GROWING PAINS AND A MAJOR INJURY, AND HE REWARDED THEM BY COMING UP BIG WHEN IT MATTERED MOST

5 mins

AARON GORDON

THE FORMER MAIN MAN IN ORLANDO BECAME THE BEST VERSION OF HIMSELF AS A COMPLEMENTARY ATTACKER ON OFFENSE AND A PERIMETER PEST ON DEFENSE

5 mins

DAN ISSEL

THE BELOVED LONGTIME NUGGET DIDN'T LOOK THE PART OF A TOP-FLIGHT CENTER, BUT THOSE WHO WENT AGAINST HIM KNEW JUST HOW TOUGH HE COULD BE

6 mins

ALEX ENGLISH

THE GREATEST SCORER IN FRANCHISE HISTORY ATTACKED THE HOOP WITH MOVES THAT HAD A DISTINCTIVE FLOW, MUCH LIKE THE VOLUMES OF POETRY HE PUBLISHED

4 mins

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