OFFICIAL: Nikola Jokic clinches his 3rd NBA MVP title in 4 seasons! A true basketball maestro.

A worthy reward for the dominance of striker Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets) in the regular season.

The results of the race to the MVP title (Best Player) of the American professional basketball tournament (NBA) officially ended not long ago. Accordingly, striker Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets) surpassed two colleagues: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder) and Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks) to win this valuable title.

This is also Joker’s third MVP title in the last four seasons after victories in the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 seasons. In the previous 2022-2023 season, Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers) was named in this category.

Embiid is also a very bright candidate for the MVP title this season; However, a serious injury suffered in a match against the Golden State Warriors earlier this year forced him to take a long-term break from competition, making him ineligible to receive a nomination for this award (playing at least 65/82 matches in the tournament). regular season segment).

CHÍNH THỨC: Nikola Jokic giành danh hiệu MVP NBA lần thứ 3 trong 4 mùa gần nhất 458885 — Nikola Jokic won the third MVP title in his career (Photo: Basketball Forever)

The above achievement also helps Jokic become the first striker in 6 decades to win MVP 3 times in 4 consecutive seasons. Previously, NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did this from the 1973-1974 to 1976-1977 season.

In this year’s regular season, Nikola Jokic is in extremely impressive form, averaging 26.4 points, 12.4 rebounds and 9 assists after 79 games. All 3 of these parameters are in the top 10 NBA.

The Serbian striker also had a triple-double 25 times (3 parameters out of 10 in a match), only 1 triple-double less than Domantas Sabonis (Sacramento Kings). Joker’s scoring efficiency is also very convincing: 58.3%, of which 3-point shooting efficiency reaches 35.9%.

CHÍNH THỨC: Nikola Jokic giành danh hiệu MVP NBA lần thứ 3 trong 4 mùa gần nhất 458886 — Nikola Jokic (right) is in impressive form in the NBA this season (Photo: Getty)

Nikola Jokic is one of the people who contributed to innovating the center forward position, considered the model of a modern “bigman”. Instead of only operating under the basket like old-style centers, Jokic plays much more diversely: excellent dealing ability, plays well outside the trapezoid area to shoot mid-range, score 3-pointers, etc.

However, Jokic and his Denver Nuggets teammates are facing too many difficulties on their journey to defend the NBA throne. They lost both home matches in the NBA Playoffs Western region semi-final series with the Minnesota Timberwolves and are in danger of “eating the broom” (losing 4 matches) when they have to be guests on the field of the “Wolves”. ” in the next 2 matches.