The Denver Nuggets won the NBA Championship Monday night for the first time since the team’s inception 47 years ago.
The Nuggets won after defeating the Miami Heat 94-89 in the fifth game of their seven-game series. Porter scored 16 points and pulled down 13 rebounds in the game.
Before the start of the season, Porter spoke about his faith in God, saying, “I’m learning how to try to get my love from a stable source, which for me is God. So, learning to put that over things that are super changing and fleeting, like the admiration of fans or what the public says about you, that’s been a big thing that’s brought me peace.”
Despite growing up in a Christian household, Porter noted that he felt unsure about his beliefs. – quoting now….“But when I stepped on a college campus, I could do what I wanted. And that’s when my faith really became my own. Did I want to be the person that parties all of the time, get drunk, sleeps with a bunch of women, or did I want to be a person that my parents raised me to be?”
He told the Truth Over Tribe podcast: “In college, I finally realized I wanted to choose Jesus and God. I want to be known as a (Christian). I’m not going to be perfect, but that’s what I’m going to choose.”
In a 2022 Instagram post, Porter encouraged his followers to place their faith in Christ: “There is a good, loving God named Jesus who died for all of us. All we have to do is believe and put our faith in Him! Through all the heartache, adversity, and tough times in life, continue to trust in HIM and His divine plan!” he wrote in the caption.