Oklahoma City Thunder

DENVER - Serbian basketball player Nikola Jokic has claimed a third career NBA MVP title in four years, the NBA announced on Wednesday evening.

The Denver Nuggets centre fended off competition from the Dallas Mavericks' Luka Doncic and the Oklahoma City Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Jokic has become only the ninth NBA player in history with three or more MVP titles.

Luka Dončić, the Slovenian basketball superstar, has been named to the All-NBA First Team for the fourth year running even as his Dallas Mavericks failed to appear in this year's NBA play-offs.

Durant was booed by Greek fans during the game

NBA teams are again allowed to trade and sign new players, and that always attracts a lot of attention.

When a player of James Harden's almost unrivaled talent becomes available, it pays to leave no stone unturned in the pursuit of a possible trade.

Paul George scored 27 points and Russell Westbrook bagged a triple-double as the Oklahoma City Thunder overcame an 18-point deficit to clinch a playoff berth with a 115-93 victory over the Miami Heat on April 9.

Kevin Durant scored 26 points as the Golden State Warriors shrugged off their injury crisis to overpower the resurgent Los Angeles Lakers on March 14.

Russell Westbrook snared the 100th triple-double of his career on Tuesday as the Oklahoma City Thunder closed in on a playoff berth with a 119-107 defeat of the Atlanta Hawks.

Russell Westbrook notched his 19th triple-double of the NBA season and the Oklahoma City reserves contributed 50 points on March 10 as the Thunder beat the reeling San Antonio Spurs 104-94.

Chris Paul scored 25 points as the Houston Rockets overpowered Russell Westbrook’s Oklahoma City Thunder to tighten their grip on the Western Conference with a 16th straight victory on March 6.