Nikola Jokic got a triple-double in his finals debut, Jamal Murray scored 26 points and the Nuggets had little trouble with the cold-shooting Miami Heat on the way to a 104-93 win in Game 1 on Thursday night.
DENVER -- Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets were facing some questions going into their first NBA Finals, and their answers came in resounding fashion. And no, the NBA's biggest stage isn't too big, either.
"The most important thing is to win a game," Jokic said after his ninth triple-double of this year's playoffs -- his sixth in his last seven games."I'm trying to win a game in any possible way." by signing up you agree to our terms of service Game 2 is in Denver on Sunday night.
They had all the answers then. Had them all at game time, too. They were the team with minimal NBA Finals experience, only two players having been to the title round before, and yet they looked right at home before the home crowd in Game 1.
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