Denver Nuggets down Miami Heat for first NBA title
Ben Golliver
Denver | The Denver Nuggets waited 47 years to win their first NBA championship, so it was only right that they needed all 48 minutes to clinch it.
In a nervy final chapter to a sensational title run, the Nuggets survived a night filled with turnovers and missed three-pointers and one final push from Jimmy Butler to claim a 94-89 game 5 victory over the Miami Heat at Ball Arena on Monday (Tuesday AEST).
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