Jokic brothers lift up Nuggets head coach Michael Malone after four-game sweep of LeBron James, Lakers

The Denver Nuggets had reason to celebrate Monday night in Los Angeles. 

For the first time in franchise history, the Nuggets will play for an NBA Championship, completing a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers to advance to the NBA Finals. 

It’s the first NBA Finals appearance for the franchise in 47 NBA seasons. 

They were led by two-time MVP Nikola Jokic, who broke Wilt Chamberlain’s 1967 NBA record for triple-doubles in a postseason by posting a stat line of 30...