Basketball

MIAMI (AP) — There will be a new banner over Miami’s home floor next season. It’ll have a Heat logo and will be added to the rafters quietly, without any ceremony or sounds of fans cheering.

SOMBOR, Serbia (AP) — It was barely dawn when Nikola Jokic’s hardcore fans in his Serbian hometown of Sombor chanted “MVP! MVP!” and celebrated the Denver Nuggets’ first NBA title.

DENVER (AP) — Confetti flying in Denver. The Nuggets sharing hugs while passing around the NBA championship trophy.

DENVER (AP) — Stan Kroenke's sports empire has produced an NFL, NHL and now NBA champion in three consecutive seasons. His latest title came Monday night when the Denver Nuggets won their first championship 47 years after joining the NBA.

DENVER (AP) — Jimmy Butler finally showed up when the Miami Heat needed him most. It still wasn't quite in time. Practically invisible for three quarters, Butler almost single-handedly saved the Heat by finally finding his touch in the fourth.

DENVER (AP) — There are no more holes in Nikola Jokic’s impressive resume.

This may be just the start for the Denver Nuggets. The newly crowned NBA champions — they got there Monday night, beating the Miami Heat 94-89 to end the NBA Finals in five games – have five starters that are all 30 and under.

In terms of opponent seeding, Denver’s run to this NBA championship was unlike any other since the league went to the 16-team playoff format 40 seasons ago. The Nuggets’ road to this title saw them beat No.

Miami guard Tyler Herro's broken right hand was season-ending after all. Herro was active for the first time in nearly two months for Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night, but did not play in Miami's 94-89 loss to the Denver Nuggets .

DENVER — Nikola Jokic guided Denver to its first NBA title in franchise history Monday night, as the Nuggets overcame dreadful shooting and a late flurry from Miami's Jimmy Butler to squeeze past the Heat for a frantic 94-89 victory in Game 5.