<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-christmas-day-injury-update-suns-showdown');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nuggets’ Jamal Murray gets Christmas Day injury update for Suns showdown');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jamal-Murray-gets-Christmas-Day-injury-update-for-Suns-showdown.jpg"></figure><h1>Nuggets’ Jamal Murray gets Christmas Day injury update for Suns showdown</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-24T10:38:39-08:00">December 24th, 10:38am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-24T11:25:43-08:00">December 24th, 11:25am</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The final game of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-christmas-day-schedule-how-watch-history">2024 NBA Christmas Day slate</a> features an intriguing matchup between the Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns, two teams with a lot of animosity between them. Aside from meeting in the 2023 Western Conference Semifinals, these two teams met on Christmas during the 2022-23 season in Denver, a game the Nuggets won 128-125 in overtime. While the spotlight will be cast on superstars like Nikola Jokic and Kevin Durant for this battle, there are a lot of questions being asked about Jamal Murray’s health.</p><p>Murray, who missed the Nuggets’ 117-90 victory over the Suns in Denver on Monday due to a right ankle sprain, is once again on the injury report ahead of the showdown on Christmas. Although the team has yet to release his official injury designation for Wednesday’s game in Phoenix, Murray’s status is to be determined.</p><p>Denver head coach Michael Malone said while Murray was ruled out for the second night of a back-to-back in the first meeting against the Suns, <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/12/23/jamal-murray-sprained-ankle-christmas-game-nuggets-suns/?utm_campaign=socialflow&amp;utm_content=tw-denverpost&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com" rel="noopener">it is not out of the realm of possibilities</a> for the star guard to play on Christmas Day, according to Bennett Durando of The Denver Post.</p><p>“On the flight back, (we were) hoping that it would improve, and the swelling would go down,” Malone said of Murray’s absence on Monday. “(The ankle) received treatment all night, this morning, but obviously just didn’t respond how we had hoped. So we’ll go without Jamal tonight, and hopefully, this is not a long-term thing.”</p><p>Without Murray against the Suns on Monday, it was a collective effort around Jokic that propelled Denver to a 27-point win. Outside of Jokic scoring 32 points, Michael Porter Jr. contributed with 24 points, Russell Westbrook had 11 points, and Jalen Pickett stepped up off the bench with 11 points and eight assists. Should Murray be unable to go in Phoenix on Christmas, expect the Nuggets to roll out a similar rotation with Westbrook and Pickett handling the point guard duties.</p><p>In a total of 21 games this season, Murray has averaged 19.1 points, 6.1 assists, and 4.1 rebounds per game while shooting 43.0 percent from the floor and just 34.6 percent from three-point range. Murray’s shooting woes have been a key storyline for the Nuggets, as their inconsistencies on offense outside of Jokic have led to their slightly above-average 16-11 record to this point.</p><p>A win on Christmas against the Suns, with or without Murray, would go a long way in the Nuggets continuing to build confidence after a shaky start to the season. The team will provide further updates on Murray’s status on Wednesday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets’ Jamal Murray gets Christmas Day injury update for Suns showdown

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/check-out-jamal-murray-surprising-146k-car-collection-with-photos');   ga('set', 'title', 'Check out Jamal Murray’s surprising $146K car collection, with photos');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Check-out-Jamal-Murrays-incredible-146K-car-collection-with-photos.jpg"></figure><h1>Check out Jamal Murray’s surprising $146K car collection, with photos</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-19T14:30:05-08:00">December 19th, 2:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-19T14:30:05-08:00">December 19th, 2:30pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spencersee10" rel="facebook">Spencer See</a>Spencer See is a part-time writer at ClutchPoints focusing on the NBA, evergreen content and celebrity lifestyle. He is also a lifelong fan of LeBron James. In his free time, he either goes fishing or watches basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jamal Murray has a surprising car collection. Murray is a Canadian NBA star who currently plays for the Denver Nuggets He is a former All-Rookie Second Team player. But more importantly, Murray’s fine play helped the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-nikola-jokic-denver-wins-first-championship-game-5-demolition-heat">Nuggets win the franchise’s first-ever NBA championship</a> banner in 2023.</p><p>Although Murray doesn’t have plenty of season awards to show for, any NBA fan will agree that he ultimately comes alive in the NBA playoffs when the games matter the most.</p><p>Just recently, the first-round seventh-overall pick of the 2016 NBA Draft also represented Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Canadian national basketball team wounded up fifth in the Men’s Basketball Tournament.</p><p>Given Murray’s accomplishments in the NBA, have you ever wondered what kind of cars an NBA superstar like him drives? Well, wonder no more. Here is Jamal Murray’s surprising $146K car collection, with photos.</p><p>According to Celebrity Net Worth, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jamal-murray-net-worth">Murray has a net worth</a> of around $60 million. Earlier in September, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-209-million-contract-extension">Murray signed a four-year maximum contract extension</a> worth $209 million.</p><p>This is the largest deal Murray has ever signed in his NBA career, which he ultimately deserved for his impact for the Nuggets alongside the reigning three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic. Spearheaded by the duo, the Nuggets have been a legitimate playoff contender in recent years.</p><p>Thanks to an enormous NBA paycheck and a relatively successful NBA career, Murray should be able to live a lavish lifestyle. But surprisingly, unlike his NBA counterparts, Murray doesn’t have an extravagant car collection.</p><p>In fact, the NBA champion <a href="https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/jamal-murray-net-worth" rel="noopener">only owns the keys to a pair of SUVs</a>, which pales in comparison to other NBA stars of his caliber. Nonetheless, his car collection is still worth a sneak peek.</p><h2><b>2. Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/USD20JES251A021001.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/USD20JES251A021002.webp?w=1024"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/USD20JES251C01350.webp?w=1024"></figure><p><a href="https://www.autoblog.com/es-us/buy/2023-Jeep-Grand+Cherokee+4xe/photos/" rel="noopener">For more photos, click here</a></p><p>The least expensive car in Murray’s collection is a Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT, which is valued in the market for around $70,000. There’s no doubt that the Grand Cherokee SRT is also the most versatile car under the name of the NBA champion. While it’s the cheapest vehicle in his garage, any car collector will agree that the Grand Cherokee SRT isn’t a slouch by any means.</p><p>In terms of features, the Grand Cherokee SRT is a nice-sized SUV that provides a comfy interior which should easily house Murray’s 6’4 stature.</p><p>In addition to this, the Grand Cherokee SRT is built for the outdoors, capable of passing through some of the most unforgiving terrain thanks to its off-roading capabilities. As a result, the Grand Cherokee SRT should come in handy for Murray whenever he opts to engage in long road trips.</p><p>The Grand Cherokee SRT is built with a 6.2-liter supercharged Hemi V8 powertrain. This allows it to produce 707 horsepower and 645 lb-ft of torque. Moreover, in around 3.5 seconds, the Grand Cherokee SRT can accelerate from a standstill to 60 mph with ease.</p><p>On the other hand, this top-tier SUV can attain a top speed of 160 mph with the assistance of an eight-speed automatic transmission. This makes it the fastest car as well in Murray’s car collection.</p><h2><b>1. Cadillac Escalade</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2019_cadillac_escalade_escalade-3-97061_ba3aa2.webp"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2019_cadillac_escalade_escalade-12-97140_0d4715.webp"></figure><p> </p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2019_cadillac_escalade_escalade-78-96905_327aa0.webp"></figure><p><a href="https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2019-cadillac-escalade/" rel="noopener">For more photos, click here</a></p><p>The most expensive car in Murray’s collection is a Cadillac Escalade, which made the Nuggets star shell out around $76,295. The Escalade is a favorite among Hollywood celebrities thanks to its classy exterior and lavish interior.</p><p>As a result, it has become an icon of luxury that’s rampant in the garage of big-time Hollywood A-listers. Given that Murray owns one, the Nuggets star has joined the Escalade bandwagon.</p><p>In terms of features, the Escalade doesn’t fall short in terms of size for a full-sized SUV. In addition to this, this top-tier SUV offers a lavish and roomy interior for the utmost comfort while also providing some much needed cargo space to transport some of the most bulky items. This makes it the perfect vehicle for family outings or road trips with friends.</p><p>Built with a 6.2-liter V8 engine, the Escalade produces 420 horsepower and 380 lb-ft of torque. The Escalade only requires a little more than six seconds to move from a standstill position to 60 mph. Furthermore, this top-of-the-line SUV can attain a top speed of 154 mph with the help of a four-speed automatic transmission.</p><p>Nevertheless, this is all the information that we have on Jamal Murray’s surprising $146K car collection.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Check out Jamal Murray’s surprising $146K car collection, with photos

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-reaction-4th-quarter-kings');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nuggets star Jamal Murray’s instant reaction to 4th-quarter heroics vs. Kings');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jamal-Murrays-instant-reaction-to-4th-quarter-heroics-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>Nuggets star Jamal Murray’s instant reaction to 4th-quarter heroics vs. Kings</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-17T16:30:22-08:00">December 17th, 4:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-17T16:30:22-08:00">December 17th, 4:30pm</time><address><a>Rachel Strand</a>Rachel Strand is a credentialed beat reporter covering the Denver Nuggets and Denver Broncos for ClutchPoints. She is also the creator of DailyDenverBroncos.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Denver Nuggets star Jamal Murray has had a slow start to his season. After signing a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-208-million-contract-extension">massive four-year, $208M contract extension</a> in the offseason, Murray has yet to truly prove to the Nuggets he is worth the money.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-playing-clippers-latest-injury-update">Murray has also been battling various injuries</a> that have slowed him down. In fact, against the Sacramento Kings on Monday night, Murray left the game and limped back to the locker room with trainers. This wasn’t overly concerning, as at one point the Nuggets had a comfortable 23-point lead in the second quarter. Astonishingly enough, the Nuggets’ defense would disappear and allow the Kings to come back into the game. In the third and fourth periods, the Nuggets and Kings would exchange blows with the lead going back and forth.</p><p>Murray would return to the game and would lead the team on a 21-10 stretch in the last four minutes. 15 of his total 28 points would end up coming in the fourth quarter. But his most important shot was a mid-range jumper over De’Aaron Fox with just nine seconds left in the game. This would end up being the game-winner, as the Kings would be unable to score on their final possession.</p><p>The Nuggets ended up earning a 130-129 victory.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jamal Murray.</p><p>Game-Winner. <a href="https://t.co/VDbXLzdnTw">pic.twitter.com/VDbXLzdnTw</a></p><p>— Matt Brooks (@MattBrooksNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattBrooksNBA/status/1868891755426595309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“You just gotta stay with it,” Murray <a href="https://x.com/AltitudeTV/status/1868894626498879888?s=19" rel="noopener">told</a> Altitude Sports’ Scott Hastings postgame. “I think I missed four or five good ones in a row. I just kept shooting, and I think the next five or six went in. Just gotta stay with it and stay aggressive. … The shot at the end was great, but I am glad we got the dub.”</p><h2><b>Jamal Murray gets hot in second half, leads Nuggets to victory over Kings</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Nuggets-Jamal-Murray-speaks-with-Scott-Hastings-postgame.jpg"><figcaption>Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The 2024 season hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing for Murray and the Nuggets. For multiple games, the Nuggets have seriously struggled on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. They have had a bad habit of slow starts, but also have had a weird knack for heating up and closing out games with a win.</p><p>“I just think we’re starting to find our rhythm,” Murray said postgame. “Over the last couple games, we’ve been better defensively for most of the game, and just trying to have better starts to each quarter.”</p><p>Murray’s slow start to the season has been a hot topic amongst many Nuggets fans. In fact, Nuggets head coach Michael Malone <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4QPiReZdKk&amp;ab_channel=DenverNuggets" rel="noopener">is aware of his slow start</a> and knows Murray can play better, via the Nuggets on YouTube.</p><p>“Jamal is out there, he’s fighting. He did a lot of good things tonight, six assists, one turnover, but we need Jamal. We need Jamal Murray to get going. He knows that. We know that. So if he’s not shooting the ball well, if he’s taking the right shots, if he’s defending, if he’s making good decisions, then it’s just stay with it because we know what he’s capable of,” said Malone. “And one of the coaches made an interesting point after tonight’s game.</p><p>“Very similar time of year, the Portland game, coming back from his ACL, and from that point on, Jamal Murray was the Jamal Murray that we’ve all come to love, and maybe tonight’s a game that can get Jamal going to have a 15-point fourth quarter for a really important road win against a team that had us on the ropes, and Jamal helped get us off those ropes and leads us to a win. So hopefully this can be a boost to his confidence and his overall spirit.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets star Jamal Murray’s instant reaction to 4th-quarter heroics vs. Kings

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-playing-clippers-latest-injury-update');   ga('set', 'title', 'Is Nuggets’ Jamal Murray playing vs. Clippers? 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Latest injury update</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-13T07:47:51-08:00">December 13th, 7:47am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-13T07:47:51-08:00">December 13th, 7:47am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Denver Nuggets will be taking on the Los Angeles Clippers, but <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-pivotal-jamal-murray-aaron-gordon-injury-updates-wizards-game">Jamal Murray is still listed on the injury report</a>. The Nuggets have been weathering the storm without him for about a week as he’s been dealing with <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2024-12-13_09AM.pdf" rel="noopener">right hamstring inflammation</a>. Both teams have had some tough battles with each other this season, and the Nuggets having Murray will help them while taking most of the load off of Nikola Jokic.</p><p>Murray has shown that when he’s healthy, he can turn into a heater for the Nuggets and be unstoppable in the clutch, so the big question is, will he be available during their game tonight?</p><p><i><b>*Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">(Get Access | Save $30)</a>*</b></i></p><h2>Jamal Murray’s injury status vs. Clippers</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jamal-Murray_d68fb3.jpg"><figcaption>David Richard-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Jamal Murray is listed as questionable ahead of their matchup against the Clippers, which means his status is up in the air. He was limited on practice for the Nuggets earlier this week, and he’s already missed games this season after dealing with a concussion.</p><p>Even when Murray has been on the court this season, he’s struggled more than usual to get his shot going, which could be a big reason why the Nuggets are where they are now in the standings. Most of Murray’s struggles date back to the Paris Olympics, when he couldn’t find a rhythm on Team Canada, and was in and out of the lineup. Hopefully, at some point during the season, Murray can find a groove and get back to the scoring guard that the league has seen over the past few seasons and helped them win an NBA title.</p><p>What also might be the problem is that the Nuggets just aren’t as focused as they used to be. After their game against the New York Knicks, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-jamal-murray-troubling-admission-warning-sign-title-window">Murray called out the team’s focus</a>.</p><p>“Like I said, it’s not on coach; it’s not on the plays we’re running; it’s not on anybody else but the guys who are out there on the court,” Murray said. “It’s a tough one to go back and watch or even accept, but it was expected that that’s the kind of energy the whole team will bring to start the game and continuously not have a response. That’s what happens.”</p><p>The Nuggets still have the same core group of players, but their depth has taken a hit over the past few seasons since they haven’t been able to pay players such as Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. With Murray out, their depth takes even more of a hit, and the hope is that he can return soon for the Nuggets.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Is Nuggets’ Jamal Murray playing vs. Clippers? Latest injury update

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He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Denver <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-vs-wizards-prediction-odds-pick-12-7-2024">Nuggets visit the Washington Wizards on Saturday</a> night. Aaron Gordon is on the <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2024-12-07_10AM.pdf" rel="noopener">injury report</a> alongside Jamal Murray, with Gordon listed as probable and Murray as questionable. </p><p>Gordon is dealing with a right calf strain, while Murray has inflammation in his right hamstring after going for 19 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers. <i>Here’s everything we know about Aaron Gordon and Jamal Murray’s injury and their playing status vs. the Wizards.</i></p><p><i><b>*Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">(Get Access | Save $30)</a>*</b></i></p><h2><b>Aaron Gordon’s injury status vs. Wizards</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Nuggets-forward-Aaron-Gordon.jpg"><figcaption>David Richard-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Given Gordon’s probable status on the injury report, the assumption is that he will suit up against the Wizards. He is coming off his 18 points, seven rebounds, and two assists in a 126-114 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday. Perhaps his name on the Nuggets’ injury report is just a formality.</p><p>The Wizards are 2-18 on a 16-game losing streak and have the worst record in the NBA. The Nuggets, 11-9, who have lost two of their last three games, are two games above .500 for eighth place in the Western Conference. Denver will look to gain momentum in the standings. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-nikola-jokic-denver-struggles-continue">Nuggets have struggled while hovering around a .500 record</a> for most of 2024-25.</p><p>Gordon’s production has been solid this season. He’s averaging 15.1 points on 55.2% shooting, including 53.3% from deep, which is by far the most efficient shooting percentage of his 11-year career. Gordon has never finished an NBA season shooting 40+ percent from deep but could be on pace to do so in 2024-25. He’s averaging 1.6 makes on 3.0 attempts from behind the arc.</p><h2><b>Jamal Murray’s injury status vs. Wizards</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Nuggets-guard-Jamal-Murray.jpg"><figcaption>David Richard-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Given Murray’s questionable status on the injury report, the Nuggets could give him the night off if the inflammation in his right hamstring doesn’t subside. In a rare back-to-back set on the road, ending against the Hawks on Sunday, the Nuggets could take the precautionary route with their starting point guard.</p><p>Murray’s production dipped over the past few outings. While averaging 17.8 points and 4.0 rebounds this season, Murray averaged 16.3 points and 2.3 rebounds for the Nuggets over the past three games. Overall, Murray’s shooting percentages — 42.0% from the floor, including 33.3% from deep — are the lowest since his rookie season.</p><p>Murray and Gordon finished with 19 and 18 points in the Nuggets’ 12-point loss to the Cavs. Their last victory was a four-point win (119-115) against the Warriors.</p><p>So regarding whether Aaron Gordon and Jamal Murray are playing tonight vs. the Wizards, suffice it to say Gordon could be activated while Murray sits, which wouldn’t be the worst thing for the Nuggets.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets get pivotal Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon injury updates for Wizards game

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He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Denver Nuggets picked up a 119-115 win over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, but there is an increasing concern about opposing teams hunting Jamal Murray on the defensive end of the floor, and head coach Michael Malone spoke on what he believes Murray should do to <a href="https://twitter.com/MileHighRachel/status/1864197484681007245" rel="noopener">break the reputation</a> he currently has.</p><p>“I mean take it personal,” Michael Malone said, via Rachel Strand of ClutchPoints. “I mean that’s what I would say. Take it personal. They’re calling you out for a reason, and prove to them that you’re not that guy, because in this league the streets talk. And if you’re that guy you’re going to be called up every night. So sit down, guard, and I thought Jamal had some really good possessions late in the game when they were doing that. You know Steph Curry is obviously a really tough cover. I thought the whole team tonight, because you don’t guard him individually. With all the movement and the cutting, and his relocating, the guy never stops moving. I thought we did an outstanding job of guarding a guy like Steph Curry. Some of their other guys got off, but Jamal’s just gotta stay with it. He didn’t shoot the ball well tonight. Eight assists only one turnover, and like I said he had a huge block on Kuminga late in the game.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Michael Malone on Jamal Murray getting attacked on defense:</p><p>Malone: "In this league, the streets talk." <a href="https://t.co/C9yJcWk3gA">pic.twitter.com/C9yJcWk3gA</a></p><p>— Rachel Strand (@MileHighRachel) <a href="https://twitter.com/MileHighRachel/status/1864197484681007245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Murray ended up with 12 points, seven assists and three rebounds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-nikola-jokic-denver-takeaway-win-warriors">for the Nuggets</a>. But the concern was on the defensive side, of course. Nikola Jokic scored 38 points with 10 rebounds and six assists, while Michael Porter scored 22. Malone said he believes the Nuggets guarded Stephen Curry well, and he scored 24 points with 11 assists and seven rebounds in the game. He was the leading scorer for the Warriors.</p><h2><b>Nuggets fall short in NBA Cup</b></h2><p>Despite coming away with a win over the Warriors, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-real-guarding-stephen-curry-difficult">the Nuggets fell short</a> of making the NBA Cup Playoffs. They finished with a 2-2 record, behind the 3-1 Warriors and Dallas Mavericks in West Group C. They ended up in third ahead of the 1-3 Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Pelicans.</p><p>Overall, the Nuggets are 11-8 on the season, which is not bad, but has them all the way down to eighth in the stacked Western Conference. Only four games separate them from the top spot in the conference. Up next is a tough road test against the Cleveland Cavaliers to start a three-game road trip.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets’ Michael Malone advises Jamal Murray to take view of defense ‘personal’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-real-guarding-stephen-curry-difficult');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nuggets’ Jamal Murray gets real on what makes guarding Stephen Curry so difficult');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jamal-Murray-gets-real-on-what-makes-guarding-Stephen-Curry-so-difficult.jpg"></figure><h1>Nuggets’ Jamal Murray gets real on what makes guarding Stephen Curry so difficult</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-04T06:54:48-08:00">December 4th, 6:54am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-04T06:54:48-08:00">December 4th, 6:54am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Denver <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-nba-refs-bizarre-explanation-to-controversial-golden-state-nuggets-ending">Nuggets made a late fourth-quarter comeback</a> against the Golden State Warriors and were able to take the victory. One of the reasons for their comeback was containing Stephen Curry, who finished the game with 24 points, shooting 8-of-23 from the field and 4-0f-15 from three.</p><p>Jamal Murray knows from experience that Curry can get hot at any moment in a game, and he shared the <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1864200110382698785" rel="noopener">difficulties of guarding</a> the Warriors’ point guard.</p><p>“Steph is obviously hard to guard, he moves a lot,” Murray said. “I think they miss Draymond out there just because their timing was off. If he was open for like a split second, that’s normally when he gets it. But Steph, you can play defense on him, he passes it, and then you gotta chase him wherever he’s going. And then you gotta talk if you’re going to switch. That’s the tough part, when he gives it up, everybody has to know where he’s going or where he’s going to be.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“That’s the tough part. When he gives it up, everybody’s gotta know where he’s going to be.”</p><p>Jamal Murray on the difficulties of guarding Steph Curry 🗣️</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/MileHighRachel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MileHighRachel</a>) <a href="https://t.co/zPwJCSTETT">pic.twitter.com/zPwJCSTETT</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1864200110382698785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Curry has made a living and scored a lot of points off of moving without the ball, and that’s when it seems like he’s at his most dangerous. Pencil in Draymond Green directing the traffic, and it’s going to be hard stopping Curry as well. Luckily for the Nuggets, they didn’t have to deal with that and walked away with the win.</p><h2>Nuggets win in crunch time vs. Warriors</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jamal-Murray.jpg"><figcaption>Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>With 6:13 minutes remaining in the game, the Warriors had an 11-point lead after trailing coming into the fourth quarter. That’s when the Nuggets started chipping away, and though it took a team effort, Nikola Jokic was the player that stood out. Jokic controlled the offense and knocked down big shots while also getting his teammates involved.</p><p>Jokic finished the game with 28 points, 10 rebounds, and six assists, and after the game, he was asked <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-nikola-jokic-denver-takeaway-win-warriors">what he learned about the Nuggets</a> so far this season.</p><p>“That we can surprise in a good way and bad way, everybody,” Jokic said. “Literally everybody.”</p><p>The Nuggets have been in the middle of the pack in the Western Conference this season, and they’ve been dealing with injuries as well as a lack of production off the bench outside of Russell Westbrook. Through the years, the Nuggets have lost depth after not being able to keep some of their key players due to money.</p><p>Despite those issues, the one constant on the team has been Jokic, who has been reeling them to wins while he’s on the floor. If Jokic continues to play at a high level, the Nuggets will have a chance in every game they play, and that’s what happened when they faced the Warriors.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets’ Jamal Murray gets real on what makes guarding Stephen Curry so difficult

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nuggets-jamal-murray-troubling-admission-warning-sign-title-window');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jamal Murray’s troubling admission a warning sign for Nuggets’ title window');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Jamal-Murrays-troubling-admission-a-warning-sign-for-Nuggets-title-window.jpg"></figure><h1>Jamal Murray’s troubling admission a warning sign for Nuggets’ title window</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-26T15:05:10-08:00">November 26th, 3:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-26T15:25:35-08:00">November 26th, 3:25pm</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Time is not a valuable commodity in the NBA. Players never know how much time they have left in their respective careers, and teams operate with a very limited capacity of time being on their side. The Denver Nuggets likely understand this better than any other organization in the league.</p><p>It took years for them to be able to put together a team headlined by Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray that was good enough to not only win the Western Conference but <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-nikola-jokic-denver-wins-first-championship-game-5-demolition-heat">claim their first championship in franchise history</a>.</p><p>A 53-win championship season was followed up by a 57-win year during the 2023-24 season that saw Jokic win his third MVP award. This organization’s core group of Jokic, Murray, Aaron Gordon, and Michael Porter Jr. have remained constant through the years, yet time has resulted in massive changes for Denver.</p><p>Bruce Brown, Jeff Green, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope were three essential locker room leaders for the Nuggets. All three players have left since the 2023 championship run, resulting in holes on this roster needing to be filled. More importantly, these departures have left the Nuggets vulnerable from a leadership standpoint.</p><p>While the Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder are off to a fast start in the West, the Nuggets have been very average to kick things off during the 2024-25 season. Denver finds themselves at 9-7 overall and is struggling to mold their identity.</p><p>Much of this has to do with Jokic’s recent absence due to the birth of his second child as well as Gordon’s calf injury that has him sidelined indefinitely.</p><p>However, after a massive 145-118 home loss to the New York Knicks on Monday night, new problems regarding the team’s mindset and approach have provided a reason to be concerned about the Nuggets’ championship window.</p><h2><b>Jamal Murray, Nuggets commitment to winning</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Murray-complains.jpg"><figcaption>Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It is impossible to win every single game over the course of an 82-game season. At the same time, the best teams in the league always have the mindset that they can not only beat any other teams but that they will win every game they play. This approach should always remain constant, as Denver has always seemed to push forward with the mindset of “no days off.”</p><p>Well, the Nuggets sure looked like a team that took a day off when the Knicks came to town on Monday and dropped 145 points on their heads. This 27-point loss was the worst Malone’s squad has faced all season, and while their shots weren’t falling, this loss simply came down to a lack of effort.</p><p>As Murray put it after the loss, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-jamal-murrays-eye-opening-take-why-denver-isnt-focused">the Nuggets wasn’t focused for this game</a> after recently spending time in Los Angeles.</p><p>“It’s a long season. Guys have lives outside of basketball. We just beat LA in LA. We’ve got some guys who live in LA, so we stayed in LA. And like I said, I just don’t think the focus was there from everybody, and that’s what happens when you don’t have the focus,” Murray told reporters after Monday’s loss.</p><p>“Like I said, it’s not on coach; it’s not on the plays we’re running; it’s not on anybody else but the guys who are out there on the court. It’s a tough one to go back and watch or even accept, but it was expected that that’s the kind of energy the whole team will bring to start the game and continuously not have a response.</p><p>“That’s what happens.”</p><p>With this viral quote circulating on social media following the Nuggets’ defeat, <a href="https://x.com/BeMore27/status/1861310899413537275" rel="noopener">Murray looked to clear the air</a> and defend his statement, claiming that the entire team stayed in Los Angeles after their 25-point victory over the Lakers. The Nuggets star also went on to clarify that he was not excluding himself from those who didn’t play well against New York on Monday.</p><p>To keep things simple, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-russell-westbrook-sets-surprise-career-high-vs-knicks">nobody other than Russell Westbrook really played well</a> against the Knicks. Westbrook saw 26 minutes off the bench and registered 27 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including four made threes.</p><p>Even Jokic had arguably his worst performance of the season with 20 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists, which would’ve been a spectacular night for any player other than the three-time MVP.</p><p>If anyone wasn’t happy after this loss, it was Malone. After the game, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-michael-malone-nsfw-response-following-denver-blowout-loss-knicks">Nuggets head coach was not afraid to voice his opinion</a> with a NSFW rant about if the team would “flush” away this loss.</p><p>“Nah, f**k that,” Malone stated in his postgame remarks. “We’re not flushing. You don’t flush when you get embarrassed; you don’t flush when you give up 145 points; you don’t flush when you didn’t play hard, you didn’t play with effort, you didn’t play with physicality. I’m not flushing anything.”</p><p>The Nuggets were 2-3 to kick things off this season before moving to 7-3 overall. They are now hovering around a .500 record again at 9-7, which is why there are questions out there challenging the legitimacy of this team’s title aspirations.</p><h2><b>Is the Nuggets’ championship window closing?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nikola-Jokic-and-Jamal-Murray-on-May-19-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It is certainly too premature to say that the Nuggets are sinking in their championship boat. After all, when Jokic plays, this team has won eight of 13 games this season. He is the best player in the world right now and most certainly the frontrunner for his fourth MVP award over the last five seasons.</p><p>The main problem Denver faces right now, aside from the inconsistencies that lie outside of their core group, is that it is hard to pinpoint who is holding everyone accountable. Malone can only do so much, which is why it was so important to have veterans like Brown, Green, and Caldwell-Pope through the years be the voice of reason in the locker room.</p><p>With a ton of youthful talents like Christian Braun, Peyton Watson, and Julian Strawther stepping into larger roles, Murray and Jokic must take responsibility for the team’s demeanor each and every night. They are not the veterans in this locker room, and in order to once again have a shot at reclaiming their championship glory, the two Nuggets stars will need to pave the way.</p><p>Jokic is going to be 30 years old in February. Murray, who has seemed to lose some of his burst as a result of injuries through the years, will be 28 in February. This team is currently <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/nba/denver-nuggets/overview/_/year/2024" rel="noopener">hard-capped at the second apron</a> with virtually no path to changing their roster around this season.</p><p>The only moves Denver could possibly look to make involve gauging the trade market for Zeke Nnaji, who signed a four-year, $32 million contract extension in 2023, or Michael Porter Jr.</p><p>While it is possible that the team could pursue a trade involving Nnaji’s contract, the Nuggets have held zero interest in bringing up Porter’s name in trade discussions dating back to the offseason.</p><p>Looking ahead past the 2024-25 season, it is possible to believe that Porter could wind up being the odd man out next to Jokic, Murray, and Gordon, especially after Murray and Gordon just got new extensions.</p><p>As the calendar prepares to be flipped to the final month of 2024, the Nuggets find themselves in a position where they are still very much in the mix near the top of the Western Conference standings.</p><p>Perhaps this eye-opening loss to the Knicks will be the wake-up call this group needed in order to finally step up and give Jokic the support he’s been looking for this entire season. If they don’t, then Denver’s championship window will begin to creep shut.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jamal Murray’s troubling admission a warning sign for Nuggets’ title window

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nuggets-news-kendrick-perkins-jamal-murray-not-supporting-nikola-jokic');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kendrick Perkins calls out Nuggets’ Jamal Murray for not supporting Nikola Jokic');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Kendrick-Perkins-calls-out-Jamal-Murray-for-not-supporting-Nikola-Jokic.jpg"></figure><h1>Kendrick Perkins calls out Nuggets’ Jamal Murray for not supporting Nikola Jokic</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-26T13:07:07-08:00">November 26th, 1:07pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-26T13:07:07-08:00">November 26th, 1:07pm</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Denver Nuggets dropped a frustrating game on Monday evening <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-michael-malone-nsfw-response-following-denver-blowout-loss-knicks">at home vs the New York Knicks</a>, giving up 145 points in what turned out to be a 27-point loss. The defeat occurred on the heels of what had been a resounding road win against the Los Angeles Lakers two nights prior, and took the wind out of the sails of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-jamal-murrays-eye-opening-take-why-denver-isnt-focused">a Nuggets team that was hoping</a> it had finally turned a corner.</p><p>Despite his team’s inconsistency, Nikola Jokic has further solidified his status as the best player in the world so far this season, currently averaging 29.7 points, 13.4 rebounds, and 10.9 assists on the campaign. However, he hasn’t received a ton of help from his supporting cast, particularly Jamal Murray, who has underwhelmed since signing a contract extension this past offseason.</p><p>One person who is fed up with what he’s seen so far this year from Murray is Kendrick Perkins, who recently took to ESPN’s First Take to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JulHGThFYbc&amp;t=100s" rel="noopener">express his frustration.</a></p><p>“When is Jamal Murray going to help a brother out? When is he going to raise his level of play to All-Star level, not even talking about All-NBA, just All-Star level and help Jokic out?” wondered Perkins. “He’s averaging about 17 points right now. He hasn’t averaged those type of numbers since his second year in the NBA. When I think about what Jokic is doing. Jokic is having his best season of his career right now, numbers wise.”</p><p>Perkins also alluded to comments that Murray made after the Knicks game about the Nuggets’ perceived lack of intensity.”We are looking for Jamal Murray to elevate his game fresh off a contract extension and he hasn’t done it,” said Perkins. “So at the end of the day when you talk about a level of focus, no, you’re talking to yourself.”</p><h2><b>An alarming trend</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Murray-complains.jpg"><figcaption>Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Jamal Murray’s struggles have dated back to the postseason last year. Even in the first round against the Los Angeles Lakers, a series in which he hit two game winners, Murray largely struggled from the field, and was more or less shut down by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the following series.</p><p>Those struggles continued over into the Olympics as a member of the Canadian National Team, who were sent home earlier than expected thanks in large part to Murray’s struggles.</p><p>Now, the shooting slump has emerged in the new NBA season, and Nuggets fans have to be wondering if their team made a mistake by committing such massive money to a player who hasn’t looked like himself for the better part of a year.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kendrick Perkins calls out Nuggets’ Jamal Murray for not supporting Nikola Jokic

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nuggets-news-jamal-murrays-eye-opening-take-why-denver-isnt-focused');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jamal Murray’s eye-opening take on why Nuggets aren’t focused');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nuggets-news-Jamal-Murrays-eye-opening-take-on-why-Denver-isnt-focused.jpg"></figure><h1>Jamal Murray’s eye-opening take on why Nuggets aren’t focused</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-25T22:18:07-08:00">November 25th, 10:18pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-25T22:18:07-08:00">November 25th, 10:18pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a multifaceted writer who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>When the Denver Nuggets left their home court after being beaten by the New York Knicks by nearly 30 points, Jamal Murray wasn’t in a very good mood. Yes, his team technically has a winning record,<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-russell-westbrook-nsfw-message-lakers-fans-dagger" rel="noopener"> beat the Los Angeles Lakers on the road</a>, and remain tightly in the West’s playoff picture, but the team has simply looked… off so far, with their Championship win feeling further and further away with each passing L.</p><p>Sitting down with reporters to discuss what went wrong against a Knicks team that took the lead in the first quarter and never gave it back before the clock hit quadruple zeros, Murray <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1861276406556082466" rel="noopener">blamed his entire team for not being committed to winning</a>, as it feels like a collection of individuals worried about their self-interests instead of a cohesive unit.</p><p>“It’s a long season. Guys have lives outside of basketball. We just beat LA in LA. We’ve got some guys who live in LA, so stayed in LA. And like I said, I just don’t think the focus was there from everybody and that’s what happens when you don’t have the focus,” Murray told reporters.<br></p><p>“Like I said, it’s not on coach, it’s not on the plays we’re running, it’s not on anybody else but the guys who are out there on the court. Like I said, it’s a tough one to go back and watch or even accept, but it was expected that that’s the kind of energy the whole team will bring to start the game and continuously not have a response. That’s what happens. We’ve been on the other side of it, I’ve been on the other side of it, and tonight, we were on the wrong end.”</p><p>Is Murray’s assertion correct? Is the Nuggets’ biggest issue their commitment to winning? Or has the team simply been dealt a bad hand, with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-biggest-mistake-in-2024-nba-free-agency" rel="noopener">poor free agency decisions</a> and injuries chipping away at what used to be widely considered the early makings of an NBA dynasty?</p><p>While each opinion on that subject may vary, if Murray is outright calling out his teammates for not trying hard enough, with everyone in the locker room knowing who does or doesn’t live in LA, it sure feels like things might boil over in the worst possible way in the not-too-distant future, with something needing to happen to salvage a season that could drastically take a turn for the fire before fans can say “trade deadline.”</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Denver-Nuggets-guard-Jamal-Murray-27-.jpg"><figcaption>© Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jamal Murray’s eye-opening take on why Nuggets aren’t focused

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nuggets-news-michael-malone-russell-westbrook-enjoying-new-learning-experiences-grizzlies-nikola-jokic-jamal-murray');   ga('set', 'title', 'Russell Westbrook’s ‘fire, emotion, edge’ key to Nuggets unlocking Jamal Murray');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Mike-Malone-Russell-Westbrook-enjoying-new-learning-experiences.jpg"></figure><h1>Russell Westbrook’s ‘fire, emotion, edge’ key to Nuggets unlocking Jamal Murray</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-18T11:08:34-08:00">November 18th, 11:08am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-18T11:08:34-08:00">November 18th, 11:08am</time><address><a>Chris Dodson</a>Chris Dodson is a Memphis Grizzlies beat reporter for ClutchPoints who has also covered the New Orleans Pelicans. He has covered Louisiana high school and college basketball in spurts for over a decade. A basketball lifer from the bayou, his gumbo-stirring form matches his elbow jumper celebrations. Fast enough for varsity hoops, tall enough for a soccer scholarship. He has words and will travel, just not on the court.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-nikola-jokic-gets-positive-update-absence-from-nuggets">Denver Nuggets were missing Nikola Jokic (personal reasons)</a> for the second consecutive game and again came up short in a 105-90 loss versus the Memphis Grizzlies. Nuggets head coach Michael Malone might have to mix things up a bit in the rematch on November 19, which also has NBA Cup implications. Thankfully, there is an easy fix sitting on the bench. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-russell-westbrook-history-bench">Russell Westbrook has been sensational</a> since settling in next to Jokic but it might be time to side the future Hall of Famer into the starting lineup.</p><p>There are many reasons to believe Malone will consider the move. While the coach had “no news” on the Jokic family before the game, Malone did tell ClutchPoints <a href="https://twitter.com/DoingItDodson/status/1858264445048258695" rel="noopener">enjoying new learning experiences</a> with Westbrook on the roster.</p><p>“Being around Russell Westbrook every day is something that I have really enjoyed,” Malone said. “Because of the fire, the emotion, and the edge he brings each and every night.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mike Malone with a Nikola Jokic update, learning about the Nuggets news dynamic, working with Russell Westbrook….</p><p>and a funny quip about me being long winded.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MileHighBasketball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MileHighBasketball</a> <a href="https://t.co/pFZCBZie0q">pic.twitter.com/pFZCBZie0q</a></p><p>— Dodson (@DoingItDodson) <a href="https://twitter.com/DoingItDodson/status/1858264445048258695?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It might be time for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-russell-westbrook-rockstar-treatment-michael-malone">Nuggets to harness Westbrook’s energy differently</a>. Malone needs to give the Grizzlies a different look and allow Jamal Murray a bit more freedom. Memphis targeted Murray immediately in the November 17 matchup, making the former All-Star a one-dimensional non-threat.  Murray finished with 13 points on six made shots (6-of-15 FGA) and six turnovers.</p><p>The Grizzlies won in a route while Ja Morant (hip) hung out on the sidelines. The Nuggets already bet that Westbrook’s three-hour warmup routine professionalism will rub off on the young guys trying to carve out a career. Getting developmental minutes with Westbrook playing start minutes while Jokic and Aaron Gordon (calf strain) should pay off in a big way when the postseason starts.</p><h2><b>Nuggets riding with Russell Westbrook, Jamal Murray</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Russell-Westbrook.jpg"><figcaption>Petre Thomas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>So about that bet. Westbrook has been <a href="https://www.nba.com/stats/players/traditional?PerMode=PerGame&amp;sort=PTS&amp;dir=-1&amp;TeamID=1610612743&amp;LastNGames=6" rel="noopener">money in the bank</a> over the past six games in a limited role (25.9 minutes per game). He is averaging 13.2 points, 6.2 assists, 4.7 rebounds, and 1.2 steals/blocks per game. The Nuggets need another off-the-dribble ball-handling threat to alleviate pressure on Murray and Westbrook’s outside shooting has been more than serviceable (45%) from outside the arc lately.</p><p>The Nuggets need a spark. Christian Braun, Julian Strawther, and Peyton Watson will be held accountable but the first part of rising to All-Star status is energy. Unfortunately, Strawther told The Athletic’s Todd Jones <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5924064/2024/11/18/nuggets-nikola-jokic-losses-jamal-murray/" rel="noopener">that was not the case</a> in the first of a two-games-in-three-days set against the Grizzlies.</p><p>“We’ve kind of had a helpless energy out there,” admitted Strawther.</p><p>That has never been the case for any team that allows Westbrook to set the tone, and Malone knows it. What better time to deploy something funky? The NBA Cup courts just help add to the visual dynamic, right? It’s a low-risk move in a high-reward situation and the Nuggets need Murray back on track in a hurry.</p><p>“Obviously, we need Jamal. Especially when Nikola and Aaron are out, we need Jamal to be a guy that can lead us. And that’s not just on Jamal Murray. I can help him. I’m drawing up plays,” Malone explained. “No matter what we’re running and who we’re running it for, our screens and our ability to create space and separation have to be much-improved to get those guys better looks, and more clean looks.”</p><p>Murray is experiencing some growing pains while adjusting to the new team dynamic. The 27-year-old is posting just 17.3 points per game on 39.9% shooting from the field while hitting only 30.2% from three-point range. Inserting Westbrook into the starting lineup will at least give opponents like the Grizzlies something else to worry about on the scouting report.</p><p>If nothing else, it would allow Malone to see a new look, learn, and add it to the data points to consider before the NBA Playoffs begin.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Russell Westbrook’s ‘fire, emotion, edge’ key to Nuggets unlocking Jamal Murray

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He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>When the Denver Nuggets collapsed versus the Minnesota Timberwolves and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-michael-malone-worrying-jamal-murray-injury-update">lost Jamal Murray to a concussion</a> on Nov. 1, there was a sense of concern surrounding the 2-3 squad. Since then, however, the 2023 NBA champions are 3-0 and look more like their old selves. Still, fans want to see what the team can do at full strength. They may soon get their wish, following the latest Murray injury update.</p><p>The star guard <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2024-11-07_06PM.pdf" rel="noopener">is listed questionable</a> for Friday’s home matchup against the Miami Heat, per the latest NBA injury report. Considering the ample production that Russell Westbrook has put forth over the last two games (50 points on 60-plus percent shooting), it will be interesting to see how the complete product will shape up as the season progresses.</p><h2><b>Nuggets are counting on a healthy Jamal Murray for much of this season</b></h2><p>Nikola Jokic is the unquestioned engine of this team, but he needs his partner in crime to be playing at peak form if Denver is realistically going to vie for a title this year. Murray is struggling in the early portion of the 2024-25 campaign, scoring 16.2 points on 37.0 percent shooting from the field through his first five games.</p><p>There is obviously no reason to panic at this point, but it has been a bit since the Mile High City has seen No. 27 perform at a consistently high level. Concussions can have lingering effects on an athlete, so it is imperative that he comes back when ready. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-russell-westbrook-takes-shot-thunder-denver-big-win">Nuggets’ three-game winning streak</a> incentivizes head coach Michael Malone to be even more cautious in regards to Murray.</p><p>Although Jokic has the ability to carry the squad on offense, Michael Porter Jr., Aaron Gordon and Westbrook are all reliable supplemental scoring options. They can keep shouldering more responsibilities in Friday’s meeting with the Heat, but the crowd at Ball Arena would obviously love to see Jamal Murray back on the court. 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Nuggets’ Jamal Murray gets important update for Heat clash

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/jamal-murray-net-worth');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jamal Murray’s net worth in 2024');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jamal-Murrays-net-worth-in-2024.jpg"></figure><h1>Jamal Murray’s net worth in 2024</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-02T07:25:10-07:00">November 2nd, 7:25am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-02T07:29:52-07:00">November 2nd, 7:29am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spencersee10" rel="facebook">Spencer See</a>Spencer See is a part-time writer at ClutchPoints focusing on the NBA, evergreen content and celebrity lifestyle. He is also a lifelong fan of LeBron James. In his free time, he either goes fishing or watches basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jamal Murray’s net worth in 2024 is $60 million. Jamal Murray is a point guard for the Denver Nuggets of the NBA and just signed a big contract extension. He also won a title with the Nuggets and was a member of the 2016-17 All-Rookie Second Team. Let’s take a closer look at Jamal Murray’s net worth in 2024.</p><h2><b>What is Jamal Murray’s net worth in 2024?: $60 million (estimate)</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>Jamal Murray’s net worth in 2024 <a href="https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/nba/jamal-murray-net-worth/" rel="noopener">is $60 million</a>. This is according to outlets such as Celebrity Net Worth.</p><h2><b>Jamal Murray’s early years</b></h2><p>Jamal Murray was born on Feb. 23, 1997, in Kitchener, Ontario, in Canada. He attended high school at Grand River Collegiate Institute before moving to Orangeville Prep.</p><p>With a stellar high school basketball career, Murray was selected to play in the 2013 Jordan Brand Classic, the 2015 Nike Hoop Summit, and the 2015 BioSteel All-Canadian Basketball Game. All three of the showcases saw Murray come away with MVP honors. He also helped Canada finish with the silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.</p><p>After completing his high school education, Murray was considered a five-star recruit by <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/183250/jamal-murray" rel="noopener">ESPN</a>. He received offers from various college basketball programs, including Wake Forest, Oregon, Missouri, Michigan State, Maryland, Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky.</p><p>Murray opted to join the Kentucky Wildcats. In his lone season with Kentucky, Murray averaged 20.0 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game. For his efforts, Murray made the SEC All-Freshman Team, First Team All-SEC, and Third Team All-American.</p><h2><b>When was Jamal Murray drafted? </b></h2><p>After one season with Kentucky, Murray opted to become a one-and-done player by declaring for the 2016 NBA Draft. On draft night, the Denver Nuggets selected Murray in the first round with the seventh overall pick. Shortly after, Murray signed a two-year, $14.5 million rookie <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/nba/denver-nuggets/jamal-murray-20212/transactions/" rel="noopener">deal</a> with the Nuggets that included an additional two team option years.</p><p>The Nuggets were in no hurry to break in their 2016 first-round pick, as they opted to make Murray come off the bench. In limited minutes, Murray still managed to show his potential by averaging 9.9 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game en route to a spot in the All-Rookie Second Team.</p><h2>Jamal Murray’s first big contract extension</h2><p>As time went by, Murray continued to solidify himself in the Nuggets’ rotation to become the team’s main point guard. He slowly increased his scoring production from 9.9 points in his rookie season to 16.7 in his sophomore year.</p><p>In the 2018-19 season, Murray’s numbers improved to 18.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 4.8 dimes per game. After that season, the Nuggets invested their future in Murray by handing him a lucrative five-year, $170 million contract <a href="https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2843667-report-jamal-murray-nuggets-agree-to-5-year-170m-max-contract-extension.amp.html" rel="noopener">extension</a>.</p><p>Fresh from signing a contract extension with the Nuggets, Murray registered one of his best seasons yet. Despite the NBA postponing the season due to the coronavirus pandemic, Murray continued his fine play in the NBA Bubble.</p><p>He finished the 2019-20 season with averages of 18.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game. But more importantly, he led the Nuggets to a Western Conference Finals appearance before losing to the eventual NBA champions, the Los Angeles Lakers.</p><h2><b>Jamal Murray’s torn ACL</b></h2><p>Unfortunately, after piecing together one of his best seasons, Murray suffered a serious knee injury that sidelined him for the rest of the 2020-21 season and the entire 2021-2022 season. The Nuggets, however, kept their faith in their budding star by <a href="https://theathletic.com/4538239/2023/05/21/nuggets-michael-malone-jamal-murray-exclusive-interviews/" rel="noopener">patiently</a> waiting for Murray to recover from injury.</p><p>After another stellar performance by Murray amid the 2023 postseason, Malone <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/news/nuggets-michael-malone-jamal-murray-denver-trade-acl-tear/oeva5cigxhglo5e5yrxrh53j" rel="noopener">recalled</a> his then-injured guard’s sentiments with ESPN by saying “In that moment, it’s really hard to believe that.</p><p>“His first thought was, ‘Man are you guys going to trade me? And that was his … ‘I’m damaged goods now, are you gonna trade me now?’ And I hugged him and said, ‘Hell no. You’re ours. We love you, and we’re going to help you get back.”</p><h2><b>Jamal Murray’s return leads to NBA championship</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jamal Murray is the 1st Arab player to win an NBA title. Jamal, whose mother is Syrian, made HISTORY. <a href="https://t.co/wrG2fg8hTb">pic.twitter.com/wrG2fg8hTb</a></p><p>— Khaled Beydoun (@KhaledBeydoun) <a href="https://twitter.com/KhaledBeydoun/status/1668649151498792960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>In the 2022-23 season, Murray proved to the franchise that the wait was worth it. He averaged 20.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game.</p><p>Playing like he didn’t miss a beat, Murray and the Nuggets maintained their fine play in the playoffs by eliminating the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Phoenix Suns before exacting revenge by sweeping their Bubble tormentors in the Lakers. It was the first time the Nuggets completed a sweep in franchise history.</p><p>Murray and the Nuggets finished the job in the finals, beating the Miami Heat in five games.</p><p>In 2024, the Nuggets knocked out the Lakers once again, however they were not able to repeat as champions. In the second round, the second-seeded Nuggets were knocked off by the third-seeded Timberwolves in seven games.</p><p>Murray led all scorers with 35 points in Game 7, but the Nuggets blew a 20-point early third-quarter lead to finish their season.</p><p>In September 2024, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-208-million-contract-extension">Murray agreed</a> to a four-year, $208 million contract extension with the Nuggets. It will keep him under contract with Denver through the 2028-29 season.</p><h2><b>Jamal Murray’s endorsements</b></h2><p>With Murray’s rise in popularity, it isn’t a surprise that brands have linked up with the Nuggets star. As a result, Murray also earns from various <a href="https://www.essentiallysports.com/tag/jamal-murray/" rel="noopener">endorsement</a> deals. These include partnerships with Adidas, Western Union, Lyft, and Express.</p><p>Nevertheless, was Jamal Murray’s net worth in 2024 a surprise?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jamal Murray’s net worth in 2024

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nuggets-news-michael-malone-worrying-jamal-murray-injury-update');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nuggets coach Michael Malone drops worrying Jamal Murray injury update');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Michael-Malone-drops-worrying-Jamal-Murray-injury-update.jpg"></figure><h1>Nuggets coach Michael Malone drops worrying Jamal Murray injury update</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-02T05:57:05-07:00">November 2nd, 5:57am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-02T16:43:20-07:00">November 2nd, 4:43pm</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/bingeable">Sonny Giuliano</a>Sonny Giuliano is an experienced sports writer for ClutchPoints who has been covering the NFL, NCAA Football, NBA, and NCAA Basketball for well over a decade. Originally from the small town of Elba, New York, Sonny received his degree from Florida Gulf Coast University and currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The first matchup of the season between the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-vs-timberwolves-prediction-odds-pick-11-1-2024">Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves</a> did not disappoint, as two of the Western Conference’s best teams delivered a physical, intense, down-to-the-wire thriller at the Target Center on Friday night. In the end, the game unfolded the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/timberwolves-news-minnesota-nba-playoffs-feat-crazy-game-7-win-nuggets">same way the Western Conference semifinals did this past May</a>… down the stretch, the Timberwolves just had too much for the Nuggets, but this time, Denver was without their ‘closer.’</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Here’s the play where Jamal Murray was hurt, as <a href="https://twitter.com/JonKrawczynski?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonKrawczynski</a> noted he is in concussion protocol <a href="https://t.co/STXOviqorK">pic.twitter.com/STXOviqorK</a></p><p>— CJ Fogler 🫡 (@cjzero) <a href="https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1852550561163366746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 2, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>After the game, Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone expressed frustration that the officials missed a clear foul on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-exits-timberwolves-game-after-julius-randle-hit">the play in which Jamal Murray was injured</a>, before <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/01/jamal-murray-concussion-protocol-injury-nuggets-timberwolves/" rel="noopener">providing an update on the status</a> of his point guard.</p><p>“I don’t know how they missed that. He was going to set a rip screen. And his defender, not malicious, it wasn’t a dirty play, but pushed him,” Malone said, per Bennett Durando of the Denver Post. “It definitely was a significant hit, so obviously we’ll always prioritize his health and safety. And make sure he’s in a good place. If he’s not able to play, obviously we’re hoping to get him back as soon as possible, but I just don’t want to speculate because I really don’t know any more details with it.”</p><p>Michael Malone added that he was unsure of whether Jamal Murray would be able to play in Denver’s back-to-back on Saturday night against the Utah Jazz. But given the potential seriousness of a head injury like this one, it would be pretty surprising if Murray played against the winless Jazz.</p><h2><b>Nuggets struggle down the stretch without ‘closer’ Jamal Murray </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nikola-Jokic-attempts-to-draw-a-foul.jpg?w=1024"><figcaption>© Matt Blewett-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Jamal Murray has gotten off to a rough start in the 2024-25 season. Through the first five games of the year, he’s averaging just 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists from the field. Even worse than the dip in numbers is the staggering drop in field goal percentage. After shooting a career-high 48 percent last year, Murray is shooting just 37 percent in the early stages of this season.</p><p>Even still, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-sends-lakers-home-insane-game-winner">Murray has time and time again proven to be Denver’s go-to-guy</a> late in games, and that’s exactly what they were missing last night. After trailing by 12 points early in the 4th quarter, the Nuggets used a 27-5 run over the course of seven minutes to take a 114-104 lead with just three and a half minutes to go. But that ten-point cushion wasn’t enough for the Nuggets to hold onto the victory.</p><p>“Jamal is our closer,” Aaron Gordon said after the game. “So when he’s not on the floor, it’s just a little bit more sporadic.”</p><p>Over the final three and a half minutes of the game, the Nuggets turned the ball over three times and missed all six of their field goal attempts. As a result, the Timberwolves mounted a furious comeback, outscoring Denver 15-2 in that time to secure a 119-116 win.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets coach Michael Malone drops worrying Jamal Murray injury update

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He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the Denver Nuggets <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-did-michael-porter-jr-hint-at-denver-implosion-with-break-it-up-message">going through some early-season woes</a>, the last thing they need is anything that would hamper the performance of Jamal Murray even further. Concerningly, Murray <a href="https://x.com/christopherhine/status/1852545731774529581?s=46" rel="noopener">had to exit</a> to the locker room in the third quarter of the Nuggets’ Friday night contest against the Timberwolves after getting hit on the head by Julius Randle.</p><p>Now, Murray is reportedly <a href="https://x.com/katywinge/status/1852548880426045810" rel="noopener">under concussion protocol</a> and he won’t be returning to action against the Timberwolves, per Katy Winge of Altitude Sports.</p><p>The hit from Randle, of course, was far from intentional. Randle was merely navigating an off-ball action involving Murray and Aaron Gordon, and it looked like the Nuggets guard received a bit of a nudge from Anthony Edwards, causing his head to bump towards Randle’s.</p><p>At first glance, that hit Murray sustained was very concerning, and his reaction as he stayed on the court for a few more plays following that collision shows that he may have sustained a concussion. He was holding on to his head, and he was clearly rocked by the head to head hit he endured from Randle.</p><p>Four more plays passed before the Nuggets took a timeout and removed Murray from the game, and by then, the 27-year-old guard was struggling immensely, clutching on to the bridge of his nose as he did his best to continue doing his job on the defensive end of the floor.</p><p>Murray’s health will be of utmost importance to the Nuggets, so there is no way that the team will be rushing him back to action. But considering the struggles of Denver’s bench all throughout the season thus far, an extended absence from Murray could spell early-season disaster.</p><h2>Unfortunate head collision compounds Jamal Murray and Nuggets’ struggles to begin the season</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_0685.jpeg"></figure><p>As if the Nuggets had the margin to endure another bout of misfortune, Jamal Murray’s absence will make life even more difficult for Denver, at least for the next few games or so. At the time of writing, the Nuggets’ starters have scored over 95 percent of their points on Friday night against the Timberwolves, and it’s difficult to win if a team receives barely any production from its reserves.</p><p>Russell Westbrook figures to play a larger role while Murray is dealing with a possible concussion, although Westbrook, apart from his 22-point outing against the Brooklyn Nets, has struggled to make much of an impact. His shooting continues to desert him, and teams simply wall him off the paint, negating his biggest strength.</p><p>It was telling that Michael Malone opted to bring Julian Strawther in immediately following Murray’s exit from the game. Strawther at least provides the Nuggets with some floor-spacing, which would come in handy in a lineup with Aaron Gordon and Christian Braun in it.</p><p>For what it’s worth, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-hit-harsh-all-star-reality-check-channing-frye">Murray has not been shooting the ball well</a> to begin the new campaign. Before exiting against the Timberwolves, he only had six points on 2-7 shooting from the field in what has been a difficult way for him to begin the 2024-25 season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
19.1	4.1	6.1	0.6	1.6

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
19.1	4.1	6.1	0.6	1.6

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