WASHINGTON — Nikola Jokic celebrated the Nuggets clinching a playoff spot for the first time in his career Monday night by calmly chewing on a postgame meal of broccoli and grilled chicken in the visiting locker room at TD Garden in Boston.



There was a plan to hang out with teammate Juancho Hernangomez after that, maybe play some video games, then go to sleep, a fitting bit of revelry for perhaps the NBA’s most understated superstar.



“We said what we wanted to do at the beginning of the season and that’s what we were going to do,” Jokic said after Denver clinched its first postseason berth since 2013. “And that’s what we did. It’s 16 teams making the playoffs, so it’s not that special. We’re just one of those. We want to do something more.”



If Jokic is not going to bang the drum for all his young team has already accomplished during a memorable regular season, he’s certainly not going to...