Bennett Durando is the Denver Nuggets beat writer for The Denver Post. Before moving to Colorado, where he started as The Post's Avalanche beat writer, he covered SEC football, basketball and other sports for five years: first reporting on his alma mater, Missouri, for the St.
Jamal Murray of the Denver Nuggets knocks down the game-winning shot over Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers during the fourth quarter of the Nuggets’ 101-99 win at Ball Arena in Denver on Monday, April 22, 2024. In the Denver Nuggets’ practice gym, a backpack was on the line. A designer backpack with a speaker built into it. An NBA star player’s backpack.
Murray was the only NBA player in the group. But he was struggling to make shots. One of Murray’s friends — one who stands 6-foot-10 — got to 10 points while Murray had only seven.Keeler: Before Nuggets’ Jamal Murray ripped out Lakers’ hearts, Aaron Gordon smothered their soul, taking away Anthony DavisJamal Murray stuns Lakers with fadeaway buzzer-beater to hand Nuggets Game 2 win
As Riley remembers it, “he literally counted us off. He looked at the four of us, and he said, ‘Eight. Nine. Ten. Game.’ And all four of us stood there like, ‘What? That’s disrespectful. Check it up. Let’s go.'” It was during that third quarter when Murray reached his brief low-point, the nadir known as “Spazzing Out Jamal.” He started telling Jokic, “On pick and roll, I’m looking for you.” He repeated the same sentiment to other teammates: that he was going to stop pulling the trigger and start facilitating more for them. It was met with adamant objection. On the bench, even two-way guard Collin Gillespie, who’s ineligible to play in the playoffs, told Murray he was going to make a clutch shot.
Malone only waited two minutes and 18 seconds after the fourth quarter started to sub Jokic back into the action. It was a clear indication of Denver’s desperation to avoid a split at home. Murray hadn’t attempted a shot during the bench minutes. But with his longtime partner back, he received a dribble handoff and finished a nifty reverse layup on the drive. It clipped the deficit to 82-75.
Murray dribbled to his spot on the right baseline, left his feet for the mid-range jumper and fell backward into the bench that had been yelling at him to keep shooting.“At the bottom of the pile, man, he was just laughing,” Christian Braun told The Post. “Literally laughing the whole time. Because he doesn’t ever struggle like this. He’s one of the best players in the world.”
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