NBA MVP 2021: Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic has won the 2020-2021 NBA MVP ahead of Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry and Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid.
After helping the Nuggets knock the Portland Trail Blazers out in Round 1 of the NBA Playoffs 2021, the Serbian has been named as the Most Valuable Player in the league.
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Jokic entered the season in great shape and was dominant from the first month of the season until the very end.
He averaged 37.2 points per 100 possessions (previous career high: 31.5) on 64.5 percent true shooting, combined with his 41 percent three-point shooting, which is nearly 10 percentage points better than it was last year.
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He also significantly improved his long two-point shooting ability by making 51 percent of shots between 16-feet and the three-point line.
Nuggets Nikola Jokic has won 2020-21 NBA MVP, per @ShamsCharania. pic.twitter.com/lh7OmNOKdX
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) June 8, 2021
Even Damian Lillard said that Jokic deserves to win the MVP award.
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“But I think when you really look at it, and you see that Jokic has played in every game and he’s dominated the way he has, they’ve had injuries with so many guys out and missed games and he’s kept them rolling. He’s kept them where they are. And Embiid has missed a lot of games. And even when he got hurt, they just kept going, you know? So I would say Jokic. But yeah, I’m not going into the series worried about injuries or anything. They’re still a great team. We’re going to have our hands full either way.”
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