June 14, 2023
Dorchester native Bruce Brown helped the Denver Nuggets win the NBA Finals championship on Monday night, scoring 10 points in 28 minutes as the Miami Heat fell, 94-89. The 26-year-old forward hit two big free throws to tie the game in the fourth quarter, then snagged a big offensive rebound and laid the ball in to give the Nuggets the lead and a few moments later, their first-ever league championship. Brown, who played high school hoops for Wakefield High and Vermont Academy before a college stint at University of Miami, is now, in his sixth season, an NBA champion. As the celebration got underway, Boston Globe sportswriter Gary Washburn tweeted: “Bruce Brown just told me he’s going to try to bring the Larry O’Brien Trophy back to Dorchester for a visit, so young kids see what can happen when you dream.”