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Mitchell Northam

See the moment the Denver Nuggets won their first NBA title in franchise history

The Joker got the last laugh, and — for the first time ever — the Denver Nuggets are NBA champions.

Denver closed out the NBA Finals on Monday night, winning Game 5 at home 94-89 to seal the series at 4-1.

The Nuggets trailed by a point with 91 seconds to play, but then scored six straight points to put the game on ice at Ball Arena. Bruce Brown sank a jumper and swished a pair of free throws, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope hit two shots from the charity stripe and grabbed the game’s final rebound after an errant 3-pointer from Kyle Lowry.

Confetti rained down and lights flashed as Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and co. celebrated.

Here were the final moments of the game:

As usual, Jokic was stoic and largely unemotional after the victory. It seems like he calmed down a bit after a brief outburst of anger earlier in the game.

Now, after pouring in 28 points and 16 rebounds in Denver’s decisive Game 5 win — another performance contributing to the case for him to be Finals MVP — Jokic can go buy another horse.

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