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 contests a no-shooting foul call by referee Gediminas Petraitis during the second quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers at Ball Arena in Denver on Monday, April 29, 2024. And in a playoff series that the Nuggets trailed more than they led on the scoreboard, they won four of five games.
Murray and Nikola Jokic became a beacon of efficiency again in clutch time, exchanging haymakers with the Lakers. On one smart possession, Michael Porter Jr. fed Jokic in the post from the right wing, and Rui Hachimura waited to send a double-team, fearing the hot hand of Porter. When he did, Murray anticipated the subsequent rotation to Porter and cut from the top of the key. He dunked on LeBron James for the lead. Murray finished with 32 points on 13-of-28 shooting.
Jokic finished with 25 points, 20 rebounds and nine assists. James scored 30 to lead the way for Los Angeles. Davis was never the same after his injury. The Lakers outscored Denver 26-16 in the paint in the half, led by Davis’s 16 points on 8-of-10 shooting. In a pick-and-roll with James, Los Angeles punished Jokic over and over. Jokic played at the level of the screen more than the drop coverage he had played earlier in the series, and James kept finding Davis on the roll.
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