‘If we were in Serbia we would all be fired’: Jokić’s Nuggets crash out in first round of playoffs

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Three years after Nikola Jokić https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jun/13/denver-nuggets-nba-finals-championship-nikola-jokic-basketball">led the Denver Nuggets to the NBA championship, the peak looked awfully distant for the team from the Mile High City and the three-time MVP award winner.

Ousted in six games by the Minnesota Timberwolves in their first-round playoff series, the Nuggets trudged into the offseason with plenty of questions to answer about their ability to remain a true title contender in the stacked Western Conference.

For the first time in four years, Denver failed to make it to May.

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