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Nikola Jokic owns a pair of MVP awards and, despite what his coach will tell you, plenty of respect from the basketball world.
His level of play in this postseason is up in the clouds as “The Joker” is doing historic stuff for a center.
His run through the last month is strikingly similar to what Giannis Antetokounmpo unleashed two years ago.
Back then, Antetokounmpo also had bagged a pair of MVPs and wouldn’t be denied the Larry O’Brien in the 2021 NBA Finals.
Both players are foreign-born, multi-skilled and hungry.
It just seems destined for Jokic to grab the brass ring and for the Nuggets to sip champagne for the first time in franchise history.
With all due respect to “Playoff Jimmy Butler,” the final chapter of 2023 is written in Serbian.
Game 1 is Thursday night in Denver on ABC.
MLB
American League
Texas at Detroit — MLB Network/Bally Sports Southwest/Bally Sports Detroit, 1 p.m.
Anaheim at Chicago White Sox — MLB Network/Bally Sports West/NBC Sports Chicago, 2 p.m.
Cleveland at Baltimore — Bally Sports Great Lakes/MASN, 3 p.m.
Minnesota at Houston — Bally Sports North/AT&T SportsNet Southwest, 8 p.m.
New York Yankees at Seattle — YES/Root Sports, 10 p.m.
National League
Pittsburgh at San Francisco — AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh/NBC Sports Bay Area, 3:45 p.m.
Washington at Los Angeles Dodgers — MASN2/Spectrum SportsNet LA, 4 p.m.
San Diego at Miami — MLB.TV/Bally Sports Florida, 6:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at New York Mets — MLB Network/NBC Sports Philadelphia/SNY, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona — AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain/Bally Sports Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
Interleague
Tampa Bay at Chicago Cubs — Bally Sports Sun/Marquee Sports Network, 2:20 p.m.
Atlanta at Oakland — Bally Sports South/NBC Sports California, 3:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Boston — Bally Sports Ohio/NESN, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Toronto — MLB Network/Bally Sports Wisconsin/Sportsnet One, 7 p.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, noon
MLB Network Strike Zone — Check your local listings, 4 p.m.
Off Base — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight: On-Deck Circle — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Blue Jays Central — Sportsnet/Sportsnet One, 6:30 p.m.
Inside Baseball — Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight Post Game — MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 12:30 a.m. (Thursday)
