Nikola Jokic Wins NBA MVP For 3rd Time in 4 Years

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic wins NBA MVP for third time in four years. Jokic continues to add to his legacy where he’ll go down as an All-Time great. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luka Doncic finished second and third in voting. Jokic’s third MVP victory wasn’t close. He garnered 79 first-place votes and a total of 926 points. Gilgeous-Alexander received 15 first-place votes and 640 points. Doncic got four first-place votes and 566 points. The Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo finished fourth, and New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson was fifth in voting. Jokic becomes the first center in six decades to win MVP three times in four seasons. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did it from 1973-74 to 1976-77. Jokic is the ninth three-time MVP in NBA history. In his ninth season, Jokic played 79 games, his most since playing 80 games during the 2018-19 season.

Jokic is also the second player to record 2,000 points, 900 rebounds and 600 assists in a season, joining Oscar Robertson. Jokic averaged 26.4 points, 12.4 rebounds and 9.0 assists — all in the top 10 in each statistical category. He had 25 triple-doubles, second only to the Sacramento Kings’ Domantas Sabonis (26), while averaging 58.3% shooting from the field and 35.9% from behind the arc. Denver is currently facing Minnesota in the second round of the playoffs. They head to Minnesota on Friday for Game 3 down two games to zero.

 

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