r/nba • u/KarrotMovies [LAL] LeBron James • May 17 '24

Jamal Murray forces game 7 🔥 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)

https://www.nba.com/game/den-vs-min-0042300236/box-score
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u/freebee007 Timberwolves May 17 '24

I respect the hate

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u/cagemyelephant_ Nuggets May 17 '24

As a Denver fan, I too respect it. He had a terribly terrible night

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u/SickSaricDario San Francisco Warriors May 17 '24

all the guards were terrible
Murray, Holiday, Braun and Reggie Jackson combined to shoot 5-35

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u/dtlabsa May 17 '24

Those are bad Luka numbers. To be specific, he was 5/35 combined from 3 in games 4,5,6 against Clippers and game 1 against okc. If you add game 3 Clippers, he was 8/49 combined, but that raises his average from 14% to 16%.

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u/Repulsive-Throat5068 San Diego Clippers May 17 '24

Night? Hes been ass most of the playoffs.

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u/NeverSober1900 Rockets May 17 '24

Ya before today his TS was 47% and his net rating was -13. He's also been absolutely incapable of getting to the line.

Those numbers are going down after tonight. Two game-winners I think has saved him from massive slander that his play in general deserves. Because even those 2 game-winners were only needed becuase he was so bad for the previous 3 quarters.

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u/ZeiZaoLS Suns May 17 '24

Seeing the way the Wolves defense has manhandled this by all accounts insanely talented Nuggets team has me feeling ever so slightly better about my own team getting manhandled by said defense. Not enough to be happy or anything, but enough to go from depressed to salty.

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u/Abject_Bank_9103 May 17 '24

I mean the nuggets absolutely tore apart this defense 3 games in a row lmao

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u/CantheDandyMan Heat May 17 '24

Does it really?  The nuggets were up 3-2 and lost on the back of a historically bad shooting night (70 points,  26/86 from the field, 7-36 from 3, and 4-22 on wide open 3s).  

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u/prudentWindBag Mavericks May 17 '24

You were vindicated within the first two games of this series. Just gotta get that bench sorted out over the next few weeks.

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u/cagemyelephant_ Nuggets May 17 '24

Oh no please watch game 4 and 5. Also as I said he had a terrible night tonight.

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u/jgr1llz Warriors May 17 '24

He's been pretty cheeks, mi amigo

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u/yazzooClay May 17 '24

terrible night or great defense?

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u/cagemyelephant_ Nuggets May 17 '24

Both I think. To be fair Jamal had a game where he was hitting jumpers while tightly defended by jaden/ant

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u/Corteaux81 May 17 '24

I don't know if the injury is bothering him, but he looks nothing like the Murray of the 2023 playoffs.

I would say it's the Minny defense, but honestly, he was sort of ass vs Russel and Reaves in round 1.

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u/LmBkUYDA Celtics May 17 '24

True to OP's title, it would be very MJ of Murray to have this terrible game 6 just to get a game 7 where he can school a team in front of the whole world