Led by Nikola Jokic’s 30 points, 14 rebounds, and 13 assists, the Denver Nuggets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4, 113-111. Jamal Murray added 25 points for the Nuggets in the victory, while LeBron James led all scorers with 40 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists for the Lakers. After closing out this best-of-seven series, 4-0, the Nuggets will now advance to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, where they will face the winner of the Boston Celtics-Miami Heat series (Miami leads, 3-0).
Nikola Jokic (27.8 PPG, 14.5 RPG, 11.8 APG) is now the 4th player in NBA history to average a triple-double in a Conference Finals series, joining:
Jason Kidd (2001-02 vs. Celtics): 17.5 PPG, 11.2 RPG, 10.2 APG
Magic Johnson (1982-83 vs. Spurs): 17.5 PPG, 10.5 RPG, 14.0 APG
Wilt Chamberlain (1966-67 vs. Celtics): 21.6 PPG, 32.0 RPG, 10.0 APG*
*Divisional Finals
Nikola Jokic joins Wilt Chamberlain (1967) as the only players in NBA history to average a triple-double in back-to-back Playoff series.
The Nuggets 93 Playoff wins entering tonight were the most Playoff wins by a team to never make a Finals appearance in NBA history.
Nikola Jokic has now recorded his 8th triple-double of the 2023 Playoffs, passing Wilt Chamberlain (1967) for most Triple-Doubles in a single postseason.
Anthony Davis (50) is the 3rd Lakers player (5th instance) in franchise history with 50+ blocks in a single postseason, joining:
Shaquille O’Neal (2003-2004): 61 blocks
Shaquille O’Neal (1999-2000): 55 blocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1982-1983): 55 blocks
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1979-1980): 58 blocks
LeBron James (38 years, 143 days) is now the oldest player in NBA history to record 40+ points in a Playoff game, previously:
Karl Malone (36 years, 273 days): 50 points on 04/22/2000
Troy
May 23, 2023 at 5:38 pm
This guy is UNBELIEVABLE!!! Also, very happy for Jamal Murray!!!!
Vladimirus Vlad
May 23, 2023 at 5:41 pm
3:46 Just look at that!
Geert Van den Broeck
May 23, 2023 at 5:54 pm
4:35why is that not a 3pointer?
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May 23, 2023 at 5:56 pm
“If you’re going through hell keep going.” —Winston Churchill
J Harmon
May 23, 2023 at 6:01 pm
I hate him. Hate. The look on his face. The effortless flicking of the ball. The Rudolph red nose. The awkward “celebrations”. The vanilla of his game. All of it. He’s like a white david Robinson which leads me to believe it’s a san Antonio thing.
Some Guy
May 23, 2023 at 6:01 pm
robbed
Barry Watts
May 23, 2023 at 6:04 pm
In my 60 years of life I’ve never seen a better basketball player than Nikola Jokic. Passing, ball handling, rebounding, defense, shooting 2-pointers and 3-pointers, and driving to the basket.
martin villegas
May 23, 2023 at 6:04 pm
White excellence destroyed lebron and his race hustling black supremacist
Helmet2Helmet
May 23, 2023 at 6:07 pm
A passing and deep shooting shaq.
Bull Ramis
May 23, 2023 at 6:23 pm
If I could break any of Wilt Chamberlin’s records it’d be having sex with more than 20,000 women!
Andrew Bennett
May 23, 2023 at 6:25 pm
He shoot the ball like Larry Legend
D.M Official Valhalla
May 23, 2023 at 6:27 pm
04:21 You know they gona be champions when Joker hit these shots 😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
GSP
May 23, 2023 at 6:45 pm
Amazing how the slowest person on the floor and least athletic person by a landslide can dominate the series. Really is a testament to how good he is.
srdjankovic
May 23, 2023 at 6:50 pm
1:06 The fact that you can’t find a snippet of this shot over LeBroom proves how hard the media hs been riding the Lakers.
Old Cremona
May 23, 2023 at 6:58 pm
How is Miami going to stop him?
E F
May 23, 2023 at 7:26 pm
His celebration after KCP got the and1 really tells you how much he cares about making his teammates look good. He doesn’t celebrate like that earlier when he made an and1 himself.
Kulantro inc!
May 23, 2023 at 7:38 pm
Happy for de andre Jordan, the only member of lob city who might get a ring!
G
May 23, 2023 at 7:54 pm
That oop to Gordon was fantastic and ESPN’s terrible commentary did it absolutely no justice
Marko Mare
May 23, 2023 at 7:59 pm
If Nikola was American, he would be considered basketball God by media and fans 100%.
There is still a lot of separation, corruption and racism everywhere i look, and it makes me truly sad. 😢
L Z
May 23, 2023 at 8:26 pm
This is what a real MVP looks like!!!
DudeisAwesome
May 23, 2023 at 9:05 pm
He should have gotten the damn MVP…..
Bum Booz
May 23, 2023 at 9:18 pm
James Lebron is a bum. The entire team is. They didn’t even try. And he’s the goat, huh?! Pathetic!
raséC
May 23, 2023 at 9:39 pm
Jokic is like a Vlade Divac²
✌🏿😁
Daniel Le
May 23, 2023 at 10:09 pm
JAMAL MURRAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN WCF MVP
Jek Tono Porkins
May 23, 2023 at 10:28 pm
I love this guy. No drama, no antics, no flashy BS. Just a stone-cold master of the fundamentals of the game of basketball that can’t be stopped by anybody.