WEEK OF JUNE 22, 2023
VOLUME 59 | ISSUE 46
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From left: Reece, Ariel, Callie, Lillie and Crystal Hatch pose for a photo after the Denver Nuggets championship parade. The family PHOTO BY JOHN RENFROW made the trip from Northglenn.
CELEBRATING THE CHAMPIONS
Fans who braved crowds for Nuggets victory parade not disappointed BY JOHN RENFROW JRENFROW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Hatch family from Northglenn never misses a Denver Nuggets game, if they can help it. They’ve been dedicated fans since moving to Colorado in 2011 and when the team won its first NBA championship this week, they knew
they’d be at the parade on Thursday. “We never really expected to actually win the championship, but we were hopeful for one,” Ariel Hatch said. “It’s amazing!” The family of five were among the estimated 700,000 to one million fans to descend on downtown on June 15 to bask in the glory of the a Nuggets NBA title that was more than 50 years in the making. There, they had the chance to see Finals MVP Nikola Jokic, who famously said he wanted to go home to Serbia following the title-clinching victory on June 12.
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Instead, he was in a white Denver fire truck with No. 15 in gold letters and his name, the missing Finals MVP trophy nearby. When he finally found his way through the crowd to a podium, the crowd erupted. “You know that I told you I didn’t want to stay for parade,” Jokic addressed the crowd. “But I [expletive] want to stay for parade. This is the best. We love you, Denver. This is for you.” He was one of many Nuggets players at the parade. Also there was Head Coach Mike Malone, SEE NUGGETS, P9
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