Now healthy, Murray is flashing his 2020 form inside the NBA bubble that helped Denver advance to the Western Conference finals. Back then, Denver was without Murray after he tore his ACL.
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This is a different sort of playoff series than two years ago, when the Suns swept the Nuggets in the second round. “We’ve got to regroup and do a much better job of playing with pace on offense.” "I thought that they were just more physical, played with more force,” Williams said. Booker averaged 37.2 points in a first-round series win over the Los Angeles Clippers. Kevin Durant scored 29 points and grabbed 14 boards for the Suns, with Devin Booker adding 27 points and Chris Paul 11. “Let’s be honest, some of the shots he hit tonight I don’t think anybody could have stopped him,” Suns coach Monty Williams said. But this was the Murray Show, where he went 6 of 10 from 3-point land and frequently exhorted for more noise from the already raucous crowd. Reigning back-to-back NBA MVP Nikola Jokic had 24 points and 19 rebounds, while Aaron Gordon finished with 23 points. “We’re going to keep doing what we’re doing, keep proving everybody wrong," Murray said. They don't mind if the Suns, as the fourth seed, are the trendy pick to beat them, either. I’m doing whatever it takes to win."Īnd maybe show a nation that doesn't always get to watch the Nuggets - you know, because they're usually on so late - what the players have known all season: They're talented and worthy of their top seed in the Western Conference. "He’s a bad man,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. Murray scored 34 points, hitting six of Denver's 16 3-pointers, and the Nuggets sprinted past the Phoenix Suns 125-107 on Saturday night in Game 1 of their second-round series. Jamal Murray #27 of the Denver Nuggets (Getty Images via AFP)Īs if the Nuggets point guard even needed to. Jamal Murray kept imploring the crowd to get louder and louder with each trip down the floor.
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