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Trae Young, Rudy Gobert, Juancho Hernangomez, Magic Johnson, and other NBA stars reacted to the Denver Nuggets winning their first NBA title.

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The wait for the Denver Nuggets is finally over. Nuggets won the first franchise NBA title in 47-year history.

Player of the Game EFF 36 Nikola Jokic Points 28 Accuracy 12-16 Rebounds 16 Assists 4

It was the longest wait for an NBA trophy in the league's history. The Nuggets overtook the Cleveland Cavaliers that won their first NBA title after 45 years since the club was founded.

Straight after the game finished, many NBA players reacted to the Nuggets' victory by congratulating Denver and its star Nikola Jokic.

"Happy for the Nuggets, beautiful Team basketball all year around," Rudy Gobert tweeted. "Failed over and over in the previous years, didn’t quit on their guys. And Nikola Jokic will finally get the respect he deserves!"

"Denver deserved it this year. Congrats to them.!" wrote Trae Young.

"Congrats to the Denver Nuggets on an amazing and dominate championship run," said Dwight Howard.

NBA stars react to Denver Nuggets winning their first title

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