{"id":40103,"date":"2023-06-14T01:35:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T01:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/14\/nikola-jokic-and-jack-grealish-celebrate-title-wins-in-vastly-different-ways\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T01:35:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T01:35:44","slug":"nikola-jokic-and-jack-grealish-celebrate-title-wins-in-vastly-different-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/14\/nikola-jokic-and-jack-grealish-celebrate-title-wins-in-vastly-different-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic and Jack Grealish celebrate title wins in vastly different ways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\"><span class=\"capital-letter\">T<\/span>he <strong>Denver Nuggets<\/strong> and <strong>Manchester City Football Club<\/strong> have a little bit in common right now. In the past few days, both teams have become first-time champions &#8212; the <strong>Nuggets <\/strong> after an <strong>NBA Finals<\/strong> victory over the <strong>Miami Heat<\/strong>, and <strong>Man City<\/strong> after winning the <strong>UEFA Champions League<\/strong> for the first time in club history.<\/p>\n<p>But the titles couldn&#8217;t have been celebrated more differently (pending <strong>Denver<\/strong>&#8216;s championship parade) by top players from each team &#8212; <strong>Nuggets<\/strong> center <strong>Nikola Jokic<\/strong>, and <strong> City<\/strong> midfielder <strong>Jack Grealish<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Jokic: &#8220;I need to go home&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Perhaps the moment was slow to sink in for <strong>Jokic<\/strong>, but the <strong>Nuggets<\/strong> superstar kept his shirt on (literally) and really just wanted to leave <strong>Ball Arena<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joker<\/strong> told <strong>NBA TV<\/strong> that he was more focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/basketball\/nba\/denver-nuggets\/2023\/06\/13\/6487ed6722601da35d8b4576.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">returning home<\/a> to his native <strong>Serbia<\/strong> than participating in the Nuggets&#8217; championship parade on Thursday &#8212; though he said that he would be there, of course.<\/p>\n<p>And once his media duties were finished, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/basketball\/nba\/denver-nuggets\/2023\/06\/13\/6488418fca4741cd688b45e8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jokic<\/a> did find time to tackle <strong>Jamal Murray<\/strong> &#8212; his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/basketball\/nba\/denver-nuggets\/2023\/06\/12\/64867870e2704eb9698b4572.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incomparable<\/a> teammate &#8212; into the pool in the <strong>Denver<\/strong> locker room.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Grealish: A trophy soaked in alcohol!<\/h2>\n<p>Over in <strong>Manchester<\/strong>, club-record signing <strong>Grealish<\/strong> chose a markedly-different method of celebrating <strong>Man City<\/strong>&#8216;s historic treble.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/manchester-city\/2023\/06\/12\/64875fe8268e3e444a8b4594.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grealish<\/a>, often seen shirtless, paraded around Manchester with his teammates less than 48 hours after <strong>City<\/strong> beat <strong>Inter Milan<\/strong> to win the <strong>Champions League<\/strong>. In this state, Grealish at one point said <strong>Bernardo Silva<\/strong> &#8212; whom he &#8220;adores&#8221; &#8212; looked &#8220;homeless.&#8221; He further admitted he &#8220;hadn&#8217;t slept&#8221; since the victory in <strong>Istanbul<\/strong>, confirmed with a 68th-minute <strong>Rodri<\/strong> goal.<\/p>\n<p>Grealish later took to social media to tweet an image that has become instantly iconic for Cityzens everywhere &#8212; the player himself standing on top of a parade bus, topless and arms held aloft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/es_ES\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.8&appId=160427764002568&status=true&cookie=true\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/basketball\/nba\/denver-nuggets\/2023\/06\/14\/64891803ca474121538b45b2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Denver Nuggets and Manchester City Football Club have a little bit in common right now. In the past few days, both teams have become first-time champions &#8212; the Nuggets after an NBA Finals victory over the Miami Heat, and Man City after winning the UEFA Champions League for the first time in club history. 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