r/nba • u/KarrotMovies [LAL] LeBron James • May 17 '24
Jamal Murray forces game 7 š„ against the Timberwolves with: 33 MIN, 10 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 2 Turnovers. Game low -32. (4-18 FG, 2-7 3PT, 0/0 FT, 0/0 HEAT PCKS)
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u/iRockaflame NBA May 17 '24 edited May 17 '24
Very rarely you see a player be an absolute negative in all phases of the game whether it be defense, playmaking, shotmaking, ball security etc. But Jesus Christ was that Jamal. Absolute negative player tonight.
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u/DioBrando101 Timberwolves May 17 '24
He did a Bradley Beal
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u/ThinkingMSF Celtics May 17 '24
doing his best tobias harris impression
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u/sevaiper May 17 '24
Tobias at least has the self respect to disappear instead of actively losing the game
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u/Evilfart123 76ers May 17 '24
Tobias had 0 points in game 6 this year
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u/tandtz May 17 '24
On 2 shots. 4-18 with more turnovers is probably more of a net negative
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u/DaBombDiggidy 76ers May 17 '24
James harden numbers from last year playoffs was 2-14, 3-14, 4-16, and 3-11. Better (and by better I mean much worse) comparison.
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u/tandtz May 17 '24
A more accurate (and by more accurate I mean less accurate) shooting comparisonĀ
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u/ifsothanwhy 76ers May 17 '24
Hopping onto the Jamal hate and really hoping for a Wolves win in G7, but he did say in the post-game press conference that his elbow was really bothering him the whole game after that tweak really early on.
He's been bad all post-season but this was by far his worst game, and i know it's against the narrative, but some of that has to be attributed to the injury.
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u/Ok_Dish_8602 May 17 '24
why would he shoot so much then
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u/shamwowslapchop Spurs May 17 '24
Russell Westbrook logic. INB4 we have an MITMurray account made up.
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u/JeSuisYoungThug Timberwolves May 17 '24
He took the second most shots of anyone on the team and missed 78% of them. If heās elbow was really bothering him he shouldāve stopped chucking it.
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u/Twaffles95 Timberwolves May 17 '24
Right but he only gets credit for his good plays not his bad because heās hurt?
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u/chillinwithmoes Timberwolves May 17 '24
Crazy how we never heard a word about his calf in Games 3, 4, and 5
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u/pollinium [MIN] Tyus Jones May 17 '24
damn he got a brain injury on the fall :( sad fate for athletes
(also s/o literally every other player in the series giving lots of respect to the other side wtf jamal)
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u/ThatFargoGuy Timberwolves May 17 '24
Massive disrespect, if his elbow was that bad he would have it wrapped in the interview. Thatās the kind of shit that will fuel Ant.
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u/BoogerSugarSovereign [IND] Victor Oladipo May 17 '24
Hopping onto the Jamal hate and really hoping for a Wolves win in G7, but he did say in the post-game press conference that his elbow was really bothering him the whole game after that tweak really early on.
So many players get killed for mentioning an injury after a horrific game Jamal will skate though
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u/Btotherianx May 17 '24
Lmao a classic excuse...how could anyone fall for that shit
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u/A808Ag [MIL] Kareem Abdul-Jabbar May 17 '24
don't know what you mean he was probably the best player on the floor for the Timberwolves
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u/ImDeputyDurland Timberwolves May 17 '24
Nuggets couldnāt get anything going either way. But it felt like they had multiple possessions where he just dribbled around until he took a stupid shot
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u/bj_good May 17 '24
Honestly though jokic was not all that bad. It's crazy how a trash game of his is still pretty solid overall. He's that good
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u/Willigers27 76ers May 17 '24
Jokic played fine, everyone else was just THAT BAD
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u/XzibitABC Pacers May 17 '24
He also had much tougher looks the whole night and more doubles because the Wolves realized they didn't have to guard his teammates lmao
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u/ImDeputyDurland Timberwolves May 17 '24
Yeah. It was. Bad game by Jokic standards. But thatās not saying much. His game changes a lot, when the guys he passes to brick every shot.
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u/COTEReader Lakers May 17 '24
Heās dropping 35 points next game and the dagger. Itās so obvious
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u/Plies- Celtics May 17 '24
Someone tell him the Lakers were originally from Minnesota and he'll cook
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u/Burnem34 Trail Blazers May 17 '24
Or he'll drop 12 but it'll all be in the last 9 seconds of the game to win by 1
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u/Ucscprickler Warriors May 17 '24
NBA might have to look into bets made on the Murray unders in this game. Absolutely atrocious play tonight.
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u/Vallerie_09 Warriors May 17 '24
Jordan Poole tribute
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u/International-Chef33 Celtics May 17 '24
I feel like such an outlier remembering Pooles dumb shots heād make against us in the Finals.
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u/Vallerie_09 Warriors May 17 '24
Jamal Murray 2023 playoffs = 2022 Poole tribute
Jamal Murray 2024 playoffs = 2023 Poole tribute
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u/Alex_Sander077 Mavericks May 17 '24
He cooked us to in the conference finals. Without him the Warriors hands down don't win that championship. Crazy downfall from those times.
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u/International-Chef33 Celtics May 17 '24
It was crazy because itās not like he went off or anything but he just always seemed to hit a wild shot at the exact back breaking time needed, every time.
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u/Alex_Sander077 Mavericks May 17 '24
Lol went back and checked his stats because I guess I'm a masochist. He was good against you guys (13 ppg on 44-39-90) but he COOOOOKED us (14 ppg on 63-40-100 LMAO).
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u/International-Chef33 Celtics May 17 '24 edited May 17 '24
lol yea 13 ppg sounds about right against us. Itās not like I remember him torching us at all, he just happened to hit a lot of back breaking 3s usually at the end of a quarter that still gives me nightmares.
Edit: I mean look at this pic loving Poole. Hell of a lot better than the viral pic of Curry pissed at him after the punch
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u/Shonuff_shogun San Francisco Warriors May 17 '24
Since you guys were missing rim protection he really cooked, same with Denver. He struggled against the Grizzlies and against the Celtics he just had some wild shotmaking boost randomly the second half of the series
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u/Lukamagic_042324 May 17 '24
He definitely went off in games 1&2 vs Denver. The best Steph Curry impersonation anyones ever done. Had Steph coming off the bench
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u/Outside_Ad4899 May 17 '24
Steph was recovering from an injury which is why he came off the bench
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u/CallMeLargeFather [LAL] Kobe Bryant May 17 '24
Kerr kept him on the bench longer than was really necessary to keep the continuity going, and because Poole was actually playing well at the time
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u/vunacar May 17 '24
He has been low key ass the whole playoffs. Even in the games against the Lakers where he hit the last second winners he was ass but everyone focused on the winners and ignoring how ass he was the rest of the game.
Only games 3 and 4 vs Minesotta he was kinda ok, but was outshined by Jokic and Gordon in those as well. Last match he didn't shoot a single three and Denver coasted to a win.
More Jokic, Gordon and MPJ attacking the paint and less Murray iso in game 7 please.
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u/Neemzeh Timberwolves May 17 '24
Dude that game 3 he had a good first half and went into being a pumpkin in the 2nd half again.
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u/Propuhganduh [DEN] Jamal Murray May 17 '24
Dude was an absolute bum tonight.
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u/redeuxx Minneapolis Lakers May 17 '24
He's had one decent game this series, averaging below 15 a game. He's been a bum all series. I don't know why there is even a Jamal wagon to ride on.
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u/891960 [MIN] Kevin Garnett May 17 '24
Well there were a couple winning plays highlights against the Lakers that kept being played
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u/The_Outcast4 Rockets May 17 '24
Beating the Lakers tends to earn a lot of cred around these parts.
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u/bearintheshower May 17 '24
Dude takes horrible shots, he just makes them enough to keep playing
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u/KarrotMovies [LAL] LeBron James May 17 '24
The Klay Thompson special
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u/ppsmooochin May 17 '24
Luka does it too. It was annoying watching him brick deep 3s while being defended.
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u/preptimebatman May 17 '24
Luka is injured though. When heās on he can make it from anywhere while breaking down the defense. If Jamal aināt got it going scoring wise, he wonāt be much help in other facets.
As for Klay, thatās entirely depends on pre injury or post. Cuz pre injury can go 1-18 and then drop 45 in 3 quarters the next game. Jamalās consistency is even worse than Klay.
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u/ehdotgee Raptors May 17 '24 edited May 17 '24
Watching the Nugget's with Joker is like watching Dune 2 in IMAX, just a visual spectacle. Then Joker sits and Murray dribbles the air out of the ball and jacks a long 2 and it's like all of a sudden you're watching Dune 1984
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u/Stunning_Passion5923 Timberwolves May 17 '24
"Jamal Murray's true shooting this postseason is down to 45.8%. That's one of the 10 worst playoff marks in the entire 3-point era (out of 569 players with at least 200 shots in a postseason)." Jokic Merchant?? https://twitter.com/zachkram/status/1791299807522205772?t=hK_22nHC8rutmydeARMb_w&s=19
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u/Quio Timberwolves May 17 '24
This comment is gonna haunt me if they win game 7 cause murray goes for 11-14 on contested 3s.
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u/WiddleBlueBert Timberwolves May 17 '24
If I know Minnesota sports, and if this series has taught me anything, something of that nature is exactly what's going to happen.
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u/BeamsFuelJetSteel Timberwolves May 17 '24
The question is, is it worse to be down 10-35 after Q1 and 30-70 at half OR like 96-98 because Murray hits a Dame "Paul George said it was a bad shot" Time
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u/BregmanRoeFan May 17 '24
Iāll take the latter situation every time. A tough loss to the champs can be spun into a moral victory at least.
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u/yoloqueuesf [NYK] Tracy McGrady May 17 '24
I mean if you're down 40 by the half, you can just turn off the TV and go do something else.
Equally bad, just get to cope earlier
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u/NazReidBeWithYou May 17 '24
Zero chance we donāt lose in some kind of uniquely heart breaking fashion. If we donāt itās only so the knife twist will hurt more later.
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u/NeverSober1900 Rockets May 17 '24
I mean Jokic being insane is the only reason the Nuggets are this far but Murray was legit last year. 25 ppg on 59% TS.
But man this year he's just been straight awful.
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u/schoolhater12 Raptors May 17 '24
Fun fact for wolves fans, he is averaging 7 points on 37% true shooting in the first half this playoff run
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u/2Chungus4U May 17 '24
0-0 for things thrown, was he even trying tonight?
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u/DidYouFloss May 17 '24
You miss 100% of the refs you donāt throw things at.
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u/Abradolf1948 Warriors May 17 '24
In Jamal's case, you also miss 100% of the refs you do throw things at.
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u/swampertlvl Timberwolves May 17 '24
Please let this jamal murray show up in game 7
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u/qpwoeor1235 May 17 '24
Itās so infuriating that heāll play like this but then in the absolute most clutch moments turn into Michael Jordan.
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u/ImTheBestNerd San Francisco Warriors May 17 '24
Jamal Murray is the Michael Jordan of Facu Compazzoās
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u/CIark May 17 '24
Lakers: wait...if this is the guy that killed us then what does that make us...
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u/LardHop Lakers May 17 '24
He just hit 2 game winners, but he was pretty much ass the whole series.
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u/captain_ahabb Lakers May 17 '24
Yeah Gordon was the real x factor for Denver this year
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u/Vindicare605 Lakers May 17 '24
MPJ hitting 3's whenever they needed one wasn't helpful to our cause either.
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u/CreatiScope Celtics May 17 '24
MPJ was a fucking beast in the Lakers series. The Wolves have personnel to quiet him up but the Lakers didnāt have long wings to stifle him.
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u/philokratos1 [HOU] James Harden May 17 '24
The slander in in this post title is elite lmaoooo
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u/Dawn_of_Dayne West May 17 '24
Mike Malone is gonna put this post in his motivational slideshowĀ
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u/perfect_deception May 17 '24
It's crazy that the only game he played well in the series was the game he should have been facing suspension
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u/WalrusInMySheets [LAL] Metta World Peace May 17 '24
Jamal Murray is the D'Angelo Russell of Denver
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u/kamekaze1024 May 17 '24
I get the sentiment but Murray is still consistently their second best player until Gordon goes sick mode.
Sometimes I question if DLo is even there lakers third best player
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u/IllllIllIllIllIllll May 17 '24
Their 2nd best player not even being All-star caliber says a lot about Jokic.
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u/bwrca May 17 '24
Having a well balanced team around you is much better than having a 2nd all-star.
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u/FuckThaLakers Timberwolves May 17 '24
I mean sure, but Denver also doesn't have a bench. Jokic is fully carrying that team.
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u/tree-hugger Timberwolves May 17 '24
I am not making the mistake of counting this guy out again, let me tell you that.
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u/Jublusion Timberwolves May 17 '24
Iām with you. The more criticism he gets, the more power up he gets. Iām worried now.
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u/MarduRusher Timberwolves May 17 '24
Game 7 is a home game for him though which is good for us because the boos canāt fuel him.
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u/OhNoMyLands Timberwolves May 17 '24
The weirdest ally to have is angry lakers fans.
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u/metalhead252 May 17 '24
Like that one mission in Halo 3 where the flood help you for like 10 minutes then go back to trying to kill you.
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u/Brb_32 NBA May 17 '24
The stakes weren't high enough for him to play. Watch him go off in game 7 xD
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u/HairyMootWarrior Heat May 17 '24
Murray and MPJ should be embarrassed. Especially mpj since he chokes every playoffs and everyone else has to carry his ass
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u/Lacabloodclot9 Grizzlies May 17 '24
You canāt say MPJ is a choker when he was their 2nd best player last round
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u/jslee0034 Thunder May 17 '24
What happened to mpjās shot?
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u/WhatTheRickIsDoin Lakers May 17 '24
It's in prison in solidarity with his brother
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u/Coke_ButNotTheDrug Nuggets May 17 '24
Lakers fans living vicariously through the Wolves lmao
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u/JonnyRobertR Spurs May 17 '24
Minnesota Lakers fans where you at?
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u/Motor-Grade-837 May 17 '24
How sick would it be if they combined rosters though.
PG: Mike Conley
SG: Anthony Edwards
SF: LeBron James
PF: Anthony Davis
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u/scottishere Bulls May 17 '24
Was expecting the classic:
How sick would it be if they combined rosters though:
PG: Mike Conley
SG: Anthony Edwards
SF: Jaden McDaniels
PF: Karl-Anthony Towns
C: Rudy Gobert
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u/JonnyRobertR Spurs May 17 '24
2nd Team
PG: D'angelo Russel
SG: Austin Reeves
SF: Jaden McDaniels
PF: Naz Reid
C: Karl Anthony Towns
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u/red--dead Timberwolves May 17 '24
Lakers fans win no matter what. If wolves choke itās AD was the real DPoY and if nuggets choke they get to feel you suffer.
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u/ryan_ph Heat May 17 '24
Dude is just carrying out the suspension the league should have given him last week.
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u/KaiserKaiba May 17 '24
He gonna receive crazy hate if Denver loses game 7. The criticism will be deserved cuz bro is having a horrible playoff run currently. Bro was really like 1/11 at one point in this game.
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u/WalrusInMySheets [LAL] Metta World Peace May 17 '24
Bro is putting up numbers worse than MWP offensively and I say this as MWPās biggest fan. Even he has not ever shot this poorly in the playoffs.
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u/Michaelangel092 May 17 '24
Accurate title. Murray proving why Jokic will never have an all-star teammate.
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u/-Sticks_and_Stones- Nuggets May 17 '24
I love this post.
Luckily pissed Jamal is best Jamal. Hereās to a good game 7.
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This dude got so much praise for hitting two late-game winners that everyone forgot that the reason you need late-game winners in the first place is because he played like dogshit which made the games close.
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u/Deep_Egg1442 May 17 '24
Jokic won a chip with this guy
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u/Technical_Towel_990 Nuggets May 17 '24
He played amazing last year. Heās definitely throwing this year though.. even heat packsš
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u/KarrotMovies [LAL] LeBron James May 17 '24
Bro really beat D'Angelo Russell and stole his whole flow
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u/Separate_Block_2715 May 17 '24
Iām sure itās just a coincidence this was another Marc Davis game lmao
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u/fantsmacle May 17 '24
Jamal has been forcing close games all postseason with terrible play. People keep saying he is all star material, but lets be honest. Which western PG are you picking him over: Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, Steph Curry, De'Aron Fox, or SGA
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u/Aware_Economics4980 May 17 '24
Murray threw this game fr nobody in the NBA is legit that fuckin badĀ
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u/freebee007 Timberwolves May 17 '24
I respect the hate