Nuggets’ Nikola Jokić wins third NBA MVP in four seasons

He can pass like Magic, board like Moses and shoot and scowl like Bird. On Wednesday, Nikola Jokić joined those NBA legends as three-time winners of the league’s most coveted individual honor.
Jokić, 29, the Denver Nuggets superstar born in Sombor, Serbia, was named NBA MVP for the third time in four seasons, defeating finalists Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Dallas’ Luka Dončić. Jokić earned 79 first-place votes, while Gilgeous-Alexander earned 15. Dončić had four, while the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo had one.

The complete voting results for the…