Nikola Jokic led a second-half fightback as the Denver Nuggets completed a 4-0 Western Conference championship sweep over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday to reach the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history.
And now the big question hangs over the future of LeBron James.
Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Jokic finished with 30 points after the Nuggets overturned a 15-point halftime deficit to send James and the Lakers crashing out of the postseason with a 113-111 victory at the Crypto.com Arena.
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James had looked to be single-handedly keeping the Lakers’ season alive after scoring 31 points in a magnificent first-half display that left the 17-time NBA champions leading 73-58 at halftime.
But Jokic led a resurgent Nuggets offense…