<!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', '/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-makes-100-championship-declaration-after-game-7-loss');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nuggets’ Jamal Murray makes ‘100%’ championship declaration after Game 7 loss');   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/2025/05/Nuggets-guard-Jamal-Murray-during-the-championship-parade.jpg"><figcaption>© Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nuggets’ Jamal Murray makes ‘100%’ championship declaration after Game 7 loss</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-18T19:21:14-07:00">May 18th, 7:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-18T19:21:14-07:00">May 18th, 7:21pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. 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>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-aaron-gordon-makes-confession-playing-through-injury-game-7">end of the 2024-25 season came ever so swiftly for the Denver Nuggets</a>; in Game 7 of their second-round matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder, they were undone by a deluge of turnovers en route to a 125-93 defeat that sends them spiraling deep into an offseason filled with questions regarding their current core’s championship viability. Nonetheless, Jamal Murray is not fazed.</p><p>Murray, despite undoubtedly dealing with the sting of seeing his and the Nuggets’ season come to an end, <a href="https://twitter.com/ohnohedidnt24/status/1924232073629339938" rel="noopener">was confident</a> that they will be back on the mountaintop of the NBA.</p><p>“100% [confidence]. We just came up short tonight. Get back in the gym and get back to it for next year,” Murray said in his postgame presser, via @ohnohedidnt24 on X (formerly Twitter).</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jamal Murray on if the Nuggets can win another championship:</p><p>"100%. We just came up short tonight. Get back in the gym and get back to it for next year" <a href="https://t.co/9diuA3Kz4p">pic.twitter.com/9diuA3Kz4p</a></p><p>— Oh No He Didn't (@ohnohedidnt24) <a href="https://twitter.com/ohnohedidnt24/status/1924232073629339938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Indeed, there’s nothing the Nuggets can do but to move forward, take a lengthy rest, and then go back to working hard in preparation for another long grind next season in pursuit of a championship.</p><p>Murray may not have had the best Game 7 performance against the Thunder, but his two-man game with Nikola Jokic continues to be the heartbeat of the team and nearly led them to an upset of the 68-win OKC squad. What will be key for the Nuggets, however, is keeping Murray healthy.</p><p>One of the best parts of the Nuggets’ 2024-25 season was the emergence of Christian Braun in a starting role; Braun was enormous for the Nuggets and made them not miss Kentavious Caldwell-Pope too much. Braun averaged 15.2 points last season on 58 percent shooting from the field and 39 percent from deep, making him a keeper for Denver.</p><p>Aaron Gordon was the hero of this year’s playoff run and should be back to being at his best provided he recovers fully from his hamstring strain. The Nuggets’ core four of Jokic, Murray, Braun, and Gordon should be a good enough foundation for a championship team, they simply have to re-assess the roster around them.</p><h2><b>Nuggets must prioritize depth this offseason</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/May-18-2025-Oklahoma-City-Oklahoma-USA-Oklahoma-City-Thunder-guard-Cason-Wallace-22-shoots-beside-Denver-Nuggets-guard-Jamal-Murray-27-in-the-second-half-of-game-seven-of-the-se.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Nuggets are going to face difficulties when it comes to adding depth this offseason. Zeke Nnaji and Dario Saric’s contracts will continue to clog their cap sheet, and both of them have negative trade value. Meanwhile, the huge contracts for Jokic, Murray, Gordon, and Michael Porter Jr. means that they’re very limited in what they can do without dangling one of those players.</p><p>Suffice to say, Jokic, Murray, and Gordon appear to be safe from trade conversations. A blockbuster deal for the Nuggets will have to start with the inclusion of Porter. But in any trade, the Nuggets will want to prioritize acquiring depth to compete for a championship, with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-nikola-jokic-calls-for-change-similar-to-pacers-timberwolves">Jokic even pointing to the rosters</a> the Thunder, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Indiana Pacers have built.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets’ Jamal Murray makes ‘100%’ championship declaration after Game 7 loss

<!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', '/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-message-to-shai-gilgeous-alexander-after-game-7');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nuggets guard Jamal Murray’s message to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander after Game 7');   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/2025/05/Nuggets-guard-Jamal-Murray-27-and-Oklahoma-City-Thunder-guard-Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander-2-hug.jpg"><figcaption>© Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nuggets guard Jamal Murray’s message to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander after Game 7</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-18T18:25:49-07:00">May 18th, 6:25pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-19T10:25:46-07:00">May 19th, 10:25am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. 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>Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets put up a valiant effort, pushing the 68-win and heavily favored Oklahoma City Thunder to seven games in their second-round matchup, but in the end, they did not have enough to get across the finish line.</p><p>In Game 7, the Nuggets struggled after a great start to the ballgame en route to suffering a season-ending 125-93 defeat with Murray, who finished with 13 points on 6-16 shooting from the field, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-chet-holmgren-makes-shai-gilgeous-alexander-mvp-declaration-after-game-7">being thoroughly outplayed by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander</a>.</p><p>Gilgeous-Alexander, the likely winner of the 2025 NBA MVP, put up 35 points on 12-of-19 shooting from the field and was brilliant for the final three games of the series.</p><p>His brilliance even frustrated the Nuggets at times, including his Team Canada teammate Murray, who <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-jamal-murray-mocks-shai-gilgeous-alexanders-flopping">mocked Gilgeous-Alexander’s tendency to exaggerate contact</a> in an attempt to get to the foul line and manufacture easy points for his team in Game 6.</p><p>Nonetheless, now that the series is over and all competitiveness can be put to the side, the Nuggets guard wishes his Canadian compatriot nothing but the best. In fact, Murray wants Gilgeous-Alexander to make their hometown proud.</p><p>“Bring it home. Bring it home for the 6ix,” Murray told Gilgeous-Alexander at the game’s conclusion, via Reddit.</p><blockquote><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1kpwboa/jamal_murray_to_shai_gilgeousalexander_after_the/">Jamal Murray to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander after the game “Bring it home. Bring it home for the 6ix”</a><br>by<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/JakGrealish/">u/JakGrealish</a> in<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/">nba</a></blockquote><p>Murray and Gilgeous-Alexander battled together for Team Canada in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and they have built a friendship over the years, especially when their hometowns are that close to one another. (Murray was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario, while Gilgeous-Alexander, while he may have been born in Toronto, hails from Hamilton, Ontario.)</p><p>For professional athletes, if they’re going to lose, they might as well fall at the sword of the best. And for the Nuggets, it would be a great honor if they end up being the team that strengthens the Thunder enough for their championship push.</p><h2><b>Nuggets can now rest</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Nuggets-All-Star-Nikola-Jokic-1-1.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>This year’s playoffs has been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-aaron-gordon-makes-request-to-nba-about-playoff-schedule">very exhausting for the Nuggets’ core players</a>. The front office’s shortcomings in bringing in the prerequisite depth has made it so that Jamal Murray, Nikola Jokic, Aaron Gordon, and Christian Braun had to log a heavy workload — with Michael Porter Jr. and Russell Westbrook taking turns filling in that fifth spot.</p><p>Peyton Watson and Julian Strawther tried their best, but in the end, they couldn’t be relied upon in Game 7 to give the Nuggets the boost that they needed.</p><p>At the very least, they can now rest their weary legs and prepare for next season with the intention of running it back, competing for a championship but this time doing so with a greater assortment of talent around them.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets guard Jamal Murray’s message to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander after Game 7

<!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', '/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-aaron-gordon-russell-westbrook-game-7-injury-report');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nuggets’ Aaron Gordon available to play through injury in Game 7 vs. Thunder');   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/2025/05/Nuggets-forward-Aaron-Gordon-32-celebrates-with-Russell-Westbrook.jpg"><figcaption>© Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nuggets’ Aaron Gordon available to play through injury in Game 7 vs. Thunder</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-18T07:03:48-07:00">May 18th, 7:03am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-18T12:03:09-07:00">May 18th, 12:03pm</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 are set to play the Oklahoma City Thunder in an important Game 7 matchup, but the health status of a few key players is up in the air. For most of the series, everybody on each side has been available and healthy, but the Nuggets now have Russell Westbrook, Jamal Murray, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-aaron-gordon-gets-huge-game-7-update-amid-hamstring-injury">Aaron Gordon on the injury report</a>.</p><p>Murray has been the second leading scorer for the Nuggets alongside Nikola Jokic, and he has played a major part in why the Nuggets have been able to stay alive in the series. Gordon has also been a major part of the Nuggets’ success, playing well on both sides of the ball and winning Game 1 for them. Westbrook is playing the most minutes off the bench, and his play style has lifted the second unit while helping to give some of the starters a breather.</p><p>Murray <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2025-05-18_08AM.pdf" rel="noopener">is dealing with</a> an illness, Gordon has a left hamstring strain, and Westbrook has a right hand sprain. If the Nuggets want a good chance at winning this game and advancing to the next round, they’re going to need all three of these players on the floor, as they’ve helped them get this far in the series.</p><h2><b>Nuggets’ injury report vs. Thunder</b></h2><p>The Nuggets got good news just before tip in Game 7, as they announced that Murray, Westbrook and Gordon are <a href="https://x.com/nuggets/status/1924176302288097392?s=46&amp;t=vnLDgTn4yNZudl1UzUUjJA" rel="noopener">all available to play</a>.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nuggets-news-aaron-gordon-injury-game-7-status-doubt">Gordon suffered a hamstring strain</a> during the final minutes of Game 6, and it looked like the injury was going to be something that could possibly leave his status in doubt in a win-or-go-home game. However, he gingerly went through pre-game warm-ups and is going to give it a go despite what seems like a severe injury.</p><p>Murray played through his illness in Game 6 and played very well, so the Nuggets will be hoping that he feels even better for Game 7. Westbrook is also good to go despite that hand injury.</p><p>Outside of Westbrook, Murray, and Gordon, DaRon Holmes II is listed as out with a right Achilles tendon repair, and Hunter Tyson is available with a right ankle sprain.</p><h2><b>Thunder injury report</b></h2><p>The only person on the injury report is Nikola Topic, who is listed as out with a left knee injury.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets’ Aaron Gordon available to play through injury in Game 7 vs. Thunder

<!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', '/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-jamal-murray-mocks-shai-gilgeous-alexanders-flopping');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nuggets’ Jamal Murray mocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s flopping');   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/2025/05/Nuggets-Jamal-Murray-guarding-Thunder-Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander.jpg"><figcaption>Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nuggets’ Jamal Murray mocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s flopping</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-16T12:32:29-07:00">May 16th, 12:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-16T12:32:29-07:00">May 16th, 12:32pm</time><address><a>Nathan Yasis</a>Nathan Yasis is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints, specializing in the NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray has been one of several players on the roster frustrated by <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/thunder-news-analyst-shai-gilgeous-alexander-free-throw-merchant-label-fake-news">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s foul-baiting antics</a>. After a questionable whistle favored the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 6, Murray took a jab at the MVP candidate’s ability to sell contact, clearly unimpressed with the officiating.</p><p>The clip shows the Thunder star driving to the basket in an effort to draw a foul rather than make a clean scoring attempt. Gilgeous-Alexander splits a double team and then dramatically lunges forward after slight contact from Nuggets forward Christian Braun, who is promptly whistled for a personal foul—a call that many around the league and among fans have called into question.</p><p>Given how tightly contested the game was, the referee’s decision to blow the whistle on that play left the Nuggets visibly stunned. As Gilgeous-Alexander remained on the floor, Jamal Murray <a href="https://www.twitter.com/MileHighRachel/status/1923361214370865433" rel="noopener">mocked the exaggerated fall</a>, clearly frustrated by what he saw as a blatant flop.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Adelman losing his marbles at the end is really the cherry on top to this video 😂 everyone is in disbelief with this SGA flop <a href="https://t.co/NdOhwUIsCx">pic.twitter.com/NdOhwUIsCx</a></p><p>— Rachel Strand (@MileHighRachel) <a href="https://twitter.com/MileHighRachel/status/1923361214370865433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>To make things even more frustrating for Denver, the foul was called with just 0.1 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Gilgeous-Alexander sank both free throws, cutting the Nuggets’ lead to 90-82 heading into the final period.</p><p>However, the call had little effect on the outcome, as the Nuggets held firm with a gritty, hard-fought effort in Game 6. Behind a 119-107 victory, Denver protected home court and kept their postseason hopes alive.</p><h2><b>The Nuggets overpower the Thunder</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Thunder-Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander-guarding-Nuggets-Jamal-Murray.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Game 6 showcased strong individual showings from both teams. Gilgeous-Alexander turned in an efficient night, tallying 32 points and six assists on 11-of-16 shooting. Although Jalen Williams wasn’t much of a factor, Chet Holmgren made his presence felt with 19 points, 11 boards, and a solid effort on the defensive end to help keep the Thunder competitive.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Nuggets had three players finish with over 20 points on Thursday night. Nikola Jokic powered the team with 29 points, 14 rebounds, and eight assists. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nuggets-news-nuggets-jamal-murray-game-6-status">Jamal Murray, battling through illness</a>, still managed to deliver 25 points, eight boards, and seven dimes. But the surprise boost came from Christian Braun who racked up with 23 points and 11 rebounds, shooting 8 of 14 from the floor.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nuggets-news-julian-strawther-message-nuggets-win-thunder">Julian Strawther emerged as the Nuggets’ unexpected spark plug</a> on Thursday. Despite limited minutes throughout the series, the young guard exploded in Game 6, delivering a crucial 15 points and knocking down an impressive 3 of 4 shots from beyond the arc, igniting Denver’s momentum when it mattered most.</p><p>A string of pivotal performances has propelled the Nuggets into another Game 7 — their second of this playoff run. While they remain confident about their chances, Aaron Gordon’s hamstring issue poses a serious concern, forcing Denver to consider immediate lineup and rotation adjustments.</p><p>The last berth in the Western Conference Finals will be settled in a winner-take-all Game 7 at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, scheduled for Sunday at 3:30 pm ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets’ Jamal Murray mocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s flopping

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Downing-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nuggets’ Jamal Murray admits what ‘bothered’ him in Game 6 vs. Thunder</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-16T07:19:19-07:00">May 16th, 7:19am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-16T07:22:21-07:00">May 16th, 7:22am</time><address><a>Richard Pereira</a>Richard Pereira joined ClutchPoints in January 2025 as an Associate Editor. He earned his degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2023 and has been covering the school's athletic programs since 2020, having served as a Sports Editor at the FAU University Press. He was granted the unique opportunity to report on the men's basketball team's journey to the Final Four in Houston for FAU Owls Nest during March Madness, consistently striving to grow as a sports journalist.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jamal Murray fought through an illness as he helped the Denver <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-news-fans-ignite-nuggets-thunder-game-7-hype-lopsided-game-6">Nuggets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder</a> 119-107 in Game 6 of the West Semis of the 2025 NBA Playoffs on Thursday night.</p><p>In 42 minutes of action, Murray finished with a stat line of 25 points, eight rebounds, seven assists, and a block. He shot 9-of-19 from the field, including 2-of-6 from beyond the arc, and 10-of-12 from the free-throw line.</p><p>Murray <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45171218/jamal-murray-scores-25-nuggets-force-game-7-vs-thunder" rel="noopener">reflected on his condition</a> after the game, which bothered him. He underwent treatment throughout Thursday, including receiving intravenous fluids, and wasn’t officially cleared to play until about 45 minutes before tipoff, according to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon.</p><p>“Once the game starts, the team needs you and the adrenaline kicks in,” Murray said. “You see a couple of shots going in and you just suck it up and play through it.”</p><h2><b>What’s next for Jamal Murray, Nuggets</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Jamal-Murray-admits-what-bothered-him-in-Game-6-vs.-Thunder-2.jpg"><figcaption>Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Jamal Murray was integral to the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nuggets-news-nikola-jokic-true-feelings-staying-alive-game-7">Nuggets keeping their season alive</a> for at least one more game. This drew praise from his co-star Nikola Jokic.</p><p>“He opened the game really good for us, and he set the tone, but I don’t think this [illness] affected him at all,” Jokic said. “When you play the game, I think you don’t think about what you have or whatever is the problem.”</p><p>Five players scored in double-digits on Denver’s behalf, including Murray. Nikola Jokic led the way with 29 points, 14 rebounds, eight assists, two steals, and a block. He shot 9-of-14 overall, including 1-of-3 from downtown, and 10-of-12 from the charity stripe. Christian Braun came next with 23 points and 11 rebounds, Julian Strawther put up 15 points, while Michael Porter Jr. provided 10 points and four rebounds.</p><p>Denver has the opportunity to return to the Western Conference Finals, which they haven’t done since their title run in 2023. It would also be their third since 2020, continuing their playoff success with Murray and Jokic as their star duo.</p><p>The Nuggets will look to stun the Thunder on the road in Game 7 to win the series. The contest will take place on May 18 at 3:30 p.m. ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets’ Jamal Murray admits what ‘bothered’ him in Game 6 vs. Thunder

<!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', '/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-nuggets-jamal-murray-game-6-status');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nuggets’ Jamal Murray breaks silence on Game 6 status');   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/2025/05/Nuggets-Jamal-Murray-against-the-Thunder.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nuggets’ Jamal Murray breaks silence on Game 6 status</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-15T21:45:33-07:00">May 15th, 9:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-15T21:45:33-07:00">May 15th, 9:45pm</time><address><a>Nathan Yasis</a>Nathan Yasis is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints, specializing in the NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jamal Murray powered through illness to keep the Denver Nuggets’ title hopes alive. For the second straight series, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/nba-news-fans-ignite-nuggets-thunder-game-7-hype-lopsided-game-6">the 2023 champions are headed to a do-or-die Game 7</a>. Murray led the charge with a 25-point performance, guiding Denver to a 119-107 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night and forcing a decisive showdown in the Western Conference semifinals.</p><p>Initially listed as questionable, Jamal Murray shook off his illness and set the tone early with 11 points in the first quarter. He played 39 minutes, adding eight rebounds and seven assists to his 25-point night.</p><p>“When you woke up this morning was there any chance you didn’t play in this game?” Murray was <a href="https://www.twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1923217829916025328" rel="noopener">asked after their hard-earned win</a>. Without hesitation, the ever-competitive Murray responded, “Absolutely not.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"When you woke up this morning was there any chance you didn't play in this game?"</p><p>Jamal Murray: "Absolutely not." 🗣️<a href="https://t.co/MfEqK2ScNn">pic.twitter.com/MfEqK2ScNn</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1923217829916025328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Nuggets seized momentum late in the second quarter by <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-fans-react-shai-gilgeous-alexander-foul-trouble-game-6-vs-nuggets">taking advantage of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s foul trouble</a>. Moments after the Thunder stretched their lead to 58-46, Gilgeous-Alexander picked up his fourth foul and was forced to the bench for the final 89 seconds of the half.</p><p>Denver wasted no time, forcing three consecutive empty trips from Oklahoma City and unleashing a 12-0 run to pull even. Although Lu Dort hit a corner three at the buzzer to give the Thunder a 61-58 halftime lead, the Nuggets had already swung the momentum heading into another dramatic second half of this intense series.</p><p>Despite the Nuggets’ solid play, the Thunder kept Ball Arena on edge late in the game by narrowing a 16-point lead to nine. Denver struggled to overcome Oklahoma City’s full-court pressure, a hurdle that proved significant even though it was too late to affect the result of Game 6.</p><h2><b>Jamal Murray and the Nuggets force Game 7</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Nuggets-star-Jamal-Murray.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Murray finished the regular season as Denver’s second-leading scorer behind Nikola Jokic and has maintained that role in the playoffs, averaging 22.3 points, 5.3 assists, and 4.9 rebounds. The Nuggets needed him to deliver in this elimination game—and he answered the call.</p><p>Nikola Jokic tallied 29 points and 14 rebounds to help Denver punch their ticket back to Oklahoma City for Sunday’s Game 7. Christian Braun contributed 23 points and 11 boards, while <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-surprise-game-6-hero-goes-viral-amid-wild-win-vs-thunder">Julian Strawther provided a postseason career-high</a> 15 points off the bench.</p><p>Julian Strawther, who had just 17 total points in the playoffs before Thursday, delivered all 15 of his points in the second half, providing a crucial spark off the bench with Jamal Murray not at full strength.</p><p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander paced the Thunder with 32 points, while Chet Holmgren contributed 19 points and 11 rebounds. Luguentz Dort, Alex Caruso, and Cason Wallace each chipped in 10 points, and Jalen Williams handed out 10 assists to round out Oklahoma City’s effort.</p><p>Jamal Murray, long recognized as a player who elevates his game in the playoffs, delivered once again Thursday night, matching up with MVP candidate Gilgeous-Alexander. But the job isn’t done yet — Murray and the Nuggets will aim to finish the series in Game 7 and punch their ticket to a matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets’ Jamal Murray breaks silence on Game 6 status

<!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', '/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-a-late-addition-game-6-injury-report-thunder');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nuggets’ Jamal Murray available for Game 6 vs. Thunder');   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/2025/05/Jamal-Murray-with-the-Nuggets.jpg"><figcaption>Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nuggets’ Jamal Murray available for Game 6 vs. Thunder</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-15T16:50:04-07:00">May 15th, 4:50pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-15T16:58:19-07:00">May 15th, 4:58pm</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/nba/nuggets-news-nikola-jokic-game-6-warning-thunder">Nuggets are fighting to keep their championship hopes</a> alive as they’re down 3-2 against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round of the NBA Playoffs. They may get a boost since the game is at home, but things may have taken a turn for the worse as Jamal Murray was <a href="https://x.com/Rylan_Stiles/status/1923102016823255265" rel="noopener">listed on the injury report</a> with an illness.</p><p>Murray was listed as questionable, and it’s not certain how serious the illness is. He had enough time to try and get better between earlier today and gametime, but it’s definitely something that could affect his game. However, he has been <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1923163575243133019" rel="noopener">officially upgraded to available</a>, the team announced (update via ClutchPoints).</p><p>The Nuggets are going to need Murray on the floor to give them the best chance to extend their series to Game 7.</p><p>The Nuggets seemed to have the advantage over the Thunder late in the past two games, but they have not been able to sustain their leads. In Game 5, the Nuggets were up by double digits at one point but were not able to make shots down the stretch, while the Thunder did all they could do and won the game.</p><p>A similar thing happened in Game 4 with the Nuggets as they fought back after being down in the first half. The Nuggets went into the fourth quarter with the lead, but the Thunder quickly erased it, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led them to victory. After that loss, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-jamal-murray-provides-optimistic-outlook-despite-nuggets-dropping-game-4-to-thunder">Murray offered some optimism for the team</a>.</p><p>“It’s not a funeral, guys,” Murray said. “Best out of three. We lost the game. Onto the next.”</p><p>Nikola Jokic is doing all he can to help reel the team to victory, and Murray has been right by his side with his scoring ability. On the other hand, Michael Porter Jr. has not been able to get into a rhythm all series because of a shoulder injury he’s dealing with, and it’s been affecting his shooting.</p><p>If Murray isn’t his best in Game 6, they’re going to need somebody to step up in his place.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets’ Jamal Murray available for Game 6 vs. Thunder

<!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', '/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-jamal-murray-provides-optimistic-outlook-despite-nuggets-dropping-game-4-to-thunder');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nuggets’ Jamal Murray provides optimistic outlook despite dropping Game 4 to Thunder');   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/2025/05/Nuggets-Jamal-Murray-reacts-after-a-play-in-the-third-quarter-against-the-Thunder.jpg"><figcaption>Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nuggets’ Jamal Murray provides optimistic outlook despite dropping Game 4 to Thunder</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-12T20:11:25-07:00">May 12th, 8:11pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-13T11:58:48-07:00">May 13th, 11:58am</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>The Denver Nuggets now find themselves in a best-of-three series after falling to the Oklahoma City Thunder 92-87 in Game 4. With the series tied 2-2, the Nuggets will need to find a way to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-charles-barkley-calls-out-nba-unfair-factor-thunder-series">regain some momentum</a> as the series shifts back to Oklahoma City.</p><p>Despite the loss, Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray <a href="https://x.com/AltitudeTV/status/1921706890439864750?s=19" rel="noopener">offered an optimistic outlook</a> when reporters suggested they face an uphill battle ahead.</p><p>“It’s not a funeral, guys,” said Murray. “Best out of three. We lost the game. Onto the next.”</p><h2><b>Fatigue hinders both Nuggets and Thunder in Game 4</b></h2><p>Game 4 came just 38 hours after a thrilling overtime Game 3 victory for the Nuggets. The lack of rest was glaringly evident for both teams, as in the first quarter, Denver scored just eight points. Both teams also combined for the worst field goal percentage in a playoff game in 21 years. The exhaustion continued for much of the first half, as both teams were a combined 2-for-24 from the field.</p><p>The Nuggets found their rhythm after halftime, opening the third quarter 6 for 9 from the field and 3 for 4 from beyond the arc to build a seven-point lead. They would end up squandering that lead, as they simply ran out of gas down the stretch. They were suddenly allowing the Thunder to have more open shots, especially threes.</p><p>“We made some shots, so it was good to see the ball go in. That gave us some leg, but we weren’t able to keep it up,” said Murray. “Just a rough day at the office. We had our chances, had some opportunities; our defense held up for most of the game. It was just a tough outing.”</p><p>Nikola Jokic finished with 27 points and 13 rebounds while adding four steals, but shot just 7 of 22 from the field. Aaron Gordon contributed a double-double with 15 points and 16 rebounds, while Christian Braun and Jamal Murray each added 17 points. In the end, the Nuggets’ lack of bench depth really hurt them, as their starters were forced to practically run on fumes in a futile effort to take back the lead.</p><p>As the series shifts back to Oklahoma City for Tuesday’s pivotal Game 5, the Nuggets will look to take the lead in the series once again. Plus, they might benefit from the small amount of extra rest thanks to a later tip-off time at 7:30 p.m. MT.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets’ Jamal Murray provides optimistic outlook despite dropping Game 4 to Thunder

<!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', '/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-nuggets-david-adelman-applauds-jamal-murray');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nuggets’ David Adelman applauds ‘mentally tough’ 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/2025/05/Jamal-Murray-with-the-Nuggets.jpg"><figcaption>Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nuggets’ David Adelman applauds ‘mentally tough’ Jamal Murray</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-10T05:24:35-07:00">May 10th, 5:24am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-10T05:24:35-07:00">May 10th, 5:24am</time><address><a>Nathan Yasis</a>Nathan Yasis is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints, specializing in the NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jamal Murray was the difference. The Denver Nuggets’ floor general took over when it mattered most, guiding Denver to a 113-104 overtime win over the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3 at Ball Arena. With the series hanging in the balance, Murray’s composure and shot-making helped the the David Adelman-led Nuggets protect home court and gain new life.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-david-adelman-how-denver-shut-down-shai-gilgeous-alexander-game-3">Nuggets interim head coach David Adelman</a> had high praise for Jamal Murray <a href="https://www.twitter.com/Shapalicious/status/1921075609754575109" rel="noopener">following his impressive</a> Game 3, “He’s so mentally tough. He’s another one of those cogs in that room that have been around and seen it, and they know when it’s winning time what they got to give to find a way to win it so, so proud of Jamal.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">David Adelman highly complimentary of Jamal Murray after Game 3, “He's so mentally tough. He's another one of those cogs in that room that have been around and seen it, and they know when it's winning time what they got to give to find a way to win it so, so proud of Jamal.” <a href="https://t.co/LerE58vHOj">pic.twitter.com/LerE58vHOj</a></p><p>— Jake Shapiro (@Shapalicious) <a href="https://twitter.com/Shapalicious/status/1921075609754575109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Murray paced the Nuggets with 27 points on just 19 shots, scoring efficiently at the rim and knocking down his signature mid-range jumpers. He held his own defensively too, even as the Thunder repeatedly targeted him in switches against <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-shai-gilgeous-alexander-blames-himself-thunder-offense-game-3">league-leading scorer Shai Gilgeous-Alexander</a>.</p><p>The 28-year-old dropped 21 points in Denver’s Game 1 win, then was limited to 14 in the blowout loss in Game 2. But in Game 3, with the spotlight back on him, Murray reclaimed his role as the Nuggets’ clear second option.</p><h2><b>Jamal Murray leading the Nuggets in place of Nikola Jokic</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Denver-Nuggets-Jamal-Murray.jpg"><figcaption>Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-role-players-save-denver-game-3-overtime-slugfest-thunder">Nikola Jokic managed a measly</a> 20 points on 25 attempts and posted an uncharacteristic eight turnovers to go with six assists. Christian Braun drew the assignment on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who was held to 18 points on 22 shots. Meanwhile, Jalen Williams carried the Thunder offense with a game-high 32 points on 11-of-21 from the field.</p><p>Denver had a chance to close it out in regulation after stopping Gilgeous-Alexander and using a timeout with 2.7 seconds left. Jokic slipped the screen and got a clean look from the corner, but his three-pointer came up just long, sending the game into overtime. He ended the night without a make from deep, going 0-for-10 from three.</p><p>No play from Murray loomed larger than his clutch steal on Jalen Williams and the fast-break layup that put Denver up by seven with three minutes left in overtime. He’s been trailed closely by Luguentz Dort all series, but found more openings on Friday than he had in Games 1 and 2.</p><p>Dort fouled out in the extra session, and Oklahoma City was minus-seven in his 34 minutes. The Nuggets were more effective at clearing space with screens to neutralize the physical 6-foot-4, 220-pound defender.</p><p>Murray and Michael Porter Jr.’s shot-making proved crucial in keeping Denver competitive. The Thunder dominated the paint, outscoring the Nuggets 34-12 in the first half and finishing with a 56-32 advantage inside. However, Denver made up the difference with a 21-point edge from beyond the arc, shooting 16-for-40 compared to Oklahoma City’s 9-for-35.</p><p>Aaron Gordon nailed a timely three to tie the game late in regulation and followed it up with a fadeaway that sealed the win. Gordon finished with 22 points, while Porter, who hit his first four threes, ended with 21.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets’ David Adelman applauds ‘mentally tough’ Jamal Murray

<!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', '/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-nikola-jokic-jamal-murray-stunned-game-1-reaction-thunder');   ga('set', 'title', 'How Nikola Jokic left Jamal Murray with a stunned 1-word reaction to Game 1');   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/2025/05/Nuggets-Nikola-Jokic-Jamal-Murray-vs.-Thunders-Chet-Holmgren.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>How Nikola Jokic left Jamal Murray with a stunned 1-word reaction to Game 1</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-06T08:24:19-07:00">May 6th, 8:24am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-06T08:24:41-07:00">May 6th, 8:24am</time><address><a>Jason Patt</a>Jason Patt started as an editor at ClutchPoints in 2018 and became the Editorial Director in 2022. He also co-hosts Cash Considerations: A Chicago Bulls Podcast for the Blue Wire Network.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Denver Nuggets looked dead in the water when they trailed by double digits coming down the stretch of Game 1 against the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder. But Nikola Jokic never wavered, surging the Nuggets back in the game before <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nuggets-news-aaron-gordon-steals-game-1-vs-thunder-with-bonkers-game-winner">Aaron Gordon finished the job</a> with a shocking game-winning 3-pointer in the final seconds. Jokic led the way in Denver’s 121-119 Game 1 heist with 42 points and 22 rebounds, with 18 of those points coming in the fourth quarter. The ridiculous performance left Nuggets teammate Jamal Murray in awe, even though he should be accustomed to this sort of thing.</p><p>Murray was <a href="https://x.com/NBAonTNT/status/1919616644529156322" rel="noopener">interviewed by TNT’s Inside the NBA crew</a> after Game 1 and relayed his surprise at Jokic’s monster game: “I’m looking up at the game and all of a sudden I see 42, I’m like, ‘Damn!'”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I'm looking up at the game and all of a sudden I see 42, I'm like 'damn'!" 🤣</p><p>Jamal Murray talks Jokić's incredible impact in Game 1 with the Fellas 🗣️ <a href="https://t.co/Ko4v5XQjRG">pic.twitter.com/Ko4v5XQjRG</a></p><p>— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/1919616644529156322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-nikola-jokic-40-20-5-game-1-vs-thunder">Jokic became just the fourth player</a> to record a playoff game with at least 40 points, 20 rebounds and five assists, joining Wilt Chamberlain (twice), Shaquille O’Neal and Giannis Antetokounmpo.</p><h2><b>Nikola Jokic, Nuggets steal Game 1 from Thunder</b></h2><p>Nobody would have been that surprised if the Nuggets got blown out by the well-rested Thunder after just winning a Game 7 days ago. There were a few times where it looked like that was going to be the case. After shaking off early rust, OKC led by 14 points in the first half and seemed on the verge of blowing the game open.</p><p>However, Denver stayed attached and never let the game get out of hand. And even when things looked lost down 11 points with 4:31 to go in the game, Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets didn’t break. Jamal Murray kickstarted the comeback with a jumper, and then Jokic used multiple trips to the charity stripe to draw closer. Jokic later hit another bucket and a clutch 3-pointer to set up the frantic final minute of action. He scored 11 points in the final 19-6 surge to win the game.</p><p>The Thunder have now been put on notice in this series. It’s not going to be a picnic, and they’re going to have to figure out a way to slow down Jokic in some capacity. If that doesn’t happen, Denver could very well pull off the upset.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How Nikola Jokic left Jamal Murray with a stunned 1-word reaction to Game 1

<!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', '/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-alex-caruso-goes-full-lebron-james-with-jamal-murray-chasedown-block');   ga('set', 'title', 'Thunder’s Alex Caruso goes full LeBron James with Jamal Murray chasedown block');   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/2025/05/Thunder-guard-Alex-Caruso-9-blocks-a-shot-by-Denver-Nuggets-guard-Jamal-Murray-27.jpg"><figcaption>© Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Thunder’s Alex Caruso goes full LeBron James with Jamal Murray chasedown block</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-05T20:25:53-07:00">May 5th, 8:25pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-05T20:25:53-07:00">May 5th, 8:25pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>When the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-why-alex-caruso-believes-part-nba-elite">Oklahoma City Thunder acquired Alex Caruso in a trade</a> that required them to give up Josh Giddey, they envisioned how much of a wrecking ball Caruso could be for their defense, especially come playoff time. Caruso, as no one would soon forget, played such a huge role in the Los Angeles Lakers’ championship run in 2020 thanks to his penchant for being at the right place at the right time on the defensive end — which is exactly where he was in the first half of Game 1 of the Thunder’s second-round matchup against the Denver Nuggets.</p><p>It’s no secret that the Nuggets love to go out in transition and get easy two points to make up for their lack of three-point shooting. Jamal Murray got the ball on a fastbreak opportunity and may have thought that he was going one-on-one against another excellent defender in his own right in Cason Wallace. Little did Murray know that Caruso was trailing the play the whole way and the Thunder guard, much like his former teammate on the Lakers, LeBron James, <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1919580471043768667" rel="noopener">timed his chasedown block beautifully</a> and smacked Murray’s layup attempt against the glass.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Alex Caruso with the chasedown BLOCK on Jamal Murray ❌<a href="https://t.co/usMeknsYJy">pic.twitter.com/usMeknsYJy</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1919580471043768667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>These are the intangibles that make Caruso such a special player. He never gives up on the play and is willing to risk life and limb just to get defensive stops for his team. There’s a reason why the Thunder were so willing to give up someone who was once a part of their promising young core in Giddey to bring Caruso in via trade. He simply typifies winning basketball.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunders-news-alex-caruso-full-maniac-mode-comeback-grizzlies">bulk of Caruso’s impact</a> doesn’t show up on the box score, but that doesn’t mean that he couldn’t record some very impressive stat lines. At the time of writing, Caruso has five steals and two blocks to his name, showing what a defensive force he is when he’s at his best.</p><h2><b>Thunder have league’s most disruptive defense for a reason</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Thunder-guard-Alex-Caruso-next-to-Thunders-Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>This Thunder squad won 68 games for a reason; they arguably have the deepest team in the league and they have so many excellent defenders up and down the roster, making it difficult to pick against them in any seven-game series.</p><p>And when the shots are falling for their excellent defenders, such as Alex Caruso, Luguentz Dort, and Cason Wallace (just to name a few), then any team, even the Nikola Jokic-led Nuggets, stands little to no chance of beating them over seven games.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Thunder’s Alex Caruso goes full LeBron James with Jamal Murray chasedown block

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He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Denver Nuggets showed out in front of their home crowd in Game 7 against the Los Angeles Clippers. Nikola Jokic and Co. won the game 120-101 to advance to the second round of the postseason. Nuggets guard Jamal Murray was a key piece to Denver’s win and broke down what was behind the third quarter flurry that helped decide the game before <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-russell-westbrook-adds-insult-to-injury-monster-slam">Russell Westbrook sealed the deal.</a></p><p>Murray and the Nuggets held an 11 point lead at halftime, but that wasn’t enough. They started the third quarter determined to widen the gap between them and Los Angeles. They went on a big run and never looked back. The Clippers weren’t able to recover and were fighting an uphill battle the rest of the way.</p><p>Murray said that the team preached aggression at halftime and their plan <a href="https://x.com/NBAonTNT/status/1918849383493239270" rel="noopener">worked to perfection</a> when talking to Stephanie Ready and TNT.</p><p>“We just wanted to come out of the half aggressive, and just play fast,” said Murray. “We did that, and we forced them[Los Angeles] to call a couple timeouts and we never looked back.”</p><p>They amassed a huge lead in the second half before turning things over to Westbrook. Murray and Jokic rested on the bench while the former MVP put the finishing touches on the game. Denver sixth man rubbed the win in, picking up a technical foul while hanging on the rim after a dunk.</p><p>After putting the Clippers into their rearview mirror, the Nuggets shift their focus to the second round. They earned a date with the Oklahoma City Thunder, setting up a clash between the MVP favorites. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jokic will go at it to determine who is really the most valuable in 2025.</p><p>Murray and the Nuggets have championship experience after winning the title in 2023. Despite <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-michael-malone-fired">Denver firing Michael Malone</a>, they seem right at home in the postseason and are a threat to take home another Larry O’Brien trophy.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets’ Jamal Murray reveals how ‘aggressive’ 3rd quarter sealed win over Clippers

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He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Denver Nuggets</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-nikola-jokic-predicts-clippers-lineup-change-game-7">Denver Nuggets preparing for Game 7</a> against the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night, the team is coming off a disappointing finish in Game 6. While the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-russell-westbrook-catches-heat-blown-layup-clutch-vs-clippers">Nuggets failed in clutch moments</a>, Game 7 will be the deciding game, as star guard Jamal Murray pointed out the flaws from the 111-105 loss.</p><p>Murray played 41 minutes in Game 6, where he scored 21 points on 9-of-19 shooting from the field and 2-of-6 from beyond the arc, finishing with 21 points to go along with eight rebounds and eight assists.</p><p>“I thought we were unorganized,” Murray <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/44960552/james-harden-powers-gritty-clippers-nuggets-force-game-7" rel="noopener">said after the loss</a> about the Nuggets’ effort, according to ESPN. “I think that’s the best way to put it.”</p><p>Interim head coach David Adelman spoke on how the Clippers forced them into mistakes and capitalized on points off turnovers and especially in transition.</p><p>“We got sped up,” Adelman <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6328383/2025/05/02/nuggets-nikola-jokic-clippers-game-6/" rel="noopener">said via</a> The Athletic. “From that standpoint, it for sure reminded me of Game 3. They got into us defensively and made us turn the ball over. If you don’t take care of the ball in this series, you lose. I thought we played relatively well defensively, but we never came up with a 50-50 ball, and that really hurt us.</p><p>“That third quarter absolutely killed us. I thought outside of the third quarter, it was a tight game. But going back to Game 7, we have to be better throughout the game. We have to play a full 48 minutes of effective basketball on Saturday.”</p><h2><b>Nuggets’ Jamal Murray on ‘frustrating’ Game 6</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Jamal-Murray-on-April-29-2025.jpg"><figcaption>Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>As the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-why-nikola-jokic-unleashed-michael-malone-firing">Nuggets look for an unleashed Nikola Jovic</a>, Murray, and others to advance to the second round of the NBA Playoffs, playing efficiently in Game 7 is going to be key. Denver doesn’t want to make many mistakes against a dangerous Los Angeles team that can find a groove at any point.</p><p>In other words, the Nuggets cannot have a poor outing like how Game 6 was, which is how Murray described it.</p><p>“It was frustrating,” Murray said. “Some of the turnovers were bad, and they hurt us tonight. But I thought they played with a lot more desperation than we did. They came out and played with their backs against the wall. I thought the game came down to a lot of those 50-50 possessions. On Saturday, those are the possessions that we are going to have to take away.”</p><p>At any rate, there’s no doubt from a fan’s perspective that Game 7 will be a highly anticipated contest as it’s the only series to go that many outings, making each team desperate for a victory. The same sentiments would be echoed by Jokic after the Game 6 defeat.</p><p>“If you like basketball,” Jokic said after finishing with 25 points, eight assists, and seven rebounds in Game 6. “Like a real fan, not a fake fan of basketball, these are the games you should watch.”</p><p>Game 7 between the Nuggets and the Clippers will be on Saturday night, with the winner advancing to take on the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder in the next round of the playoffs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets’ Jamal Murray makes troubling admission after Game 6 loss to Clippers

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Vasquez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nuggets’ Jamal Murray gets real about using 2016 disrespect as motivation vs. Clippers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-05-01T01:27:22-07:00">May 1st, 1:27am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-05-01T01:27:22-07:00">May 1st, 1:27am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. 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>The Denver Nuggets are heading into Game 6 of their first-round matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night up 3-2 in the series thanks in large part to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-earns-absurd-admission-from-david-adelman-after-epic-game-5">Jamal Murray’s incredible play in Game 5</a>. Murray caught fire and didn’t cool off, finishing with 43 points on eight made threes for his sixth 40-point playoff game — the most in Nuggets franchise history.</p><p>Murray always seems to have it out for the Clippers; he also went bananas against them back in the 2020 NBA playoffs as the Nuggets came back from a second consecutive 3-1 series deficit. But this time around, a series against the Clippers means more to Murray, especially when he’s coming up against 2016 NBA Draft classmates Ben Simmons and Kris Dunn.</p><p>NBA players tend to derive motivation from all sorts of things, and Murray, despite nearly being a decade removed from being selected by the Nuggets with the seventh overall pick of the 2016 NBA Draft, still feels a big chip on his shoulder whenever he faces Simmons and Dunn — two players that were drafted ahead of him (Simmons was picked first, Dunn was fifth). But <a href="https://www.dailycamera.com/2025/04/30/jamal-murray-kris-dunn-nuggets-clippers-nba-draft-2016-order/" rel="noopener">this is only secondary</a> to his desire to play winning basketball for the Nuggets, the team that believed in him in the first place.</p><p>“[I thought about the draft storyline] more before (the series). We’re just competing. We’re just trying to get the win right now. It’s best out of three. It’s not about making it personal. It’s just, you know, it goes for anybody. Not just (Dunn). But it’s just a competitive spirit. It’s like I said, I like the challenge, and I like to give a challenge, too,” Murray said, per Bennett Durando of the Daily Camera.</p><h2><b>Jamal Murray, Nuggets look to finish the Clippers off</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Denver-Nuggets-guard-Jamal-Murray-27-on-the-bench-in-the-fourth-quarter-against-the-LA-Clippers-during-game-five-of-the-first-round-for-the-2025-NBA-Playoffs-at-Ball-Arena.jpg"><figcaption>© Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Nuggets’ matchup against the Clippers has been the most exciting of the first round; it has already given fans plenty of memorable moments, with none being more iconic than <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-aaron-gordons-controversial-game-winner-vs-clippers-gets-referees-blunt-explanation">Aaron Gordon’s buzzer-beating dunk</a> to swing Game 4 in the Nuggets’ favor.</p><p>Game 6 of the series, however, will be at Intuit Dome, and it won’t be easy at all for the Nuggets to close out a Clippers team that will be giving it their all in what could potentially be their final game of the season. Kawhi Leonard, the last time he was healthy for a Game 6 elimination game, put up the performance of a lifetime, dropping 45 points on 18-25 shooting from the field back in 2021 against the Dallas Mavericks.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nuggets’ Jamal Murray gets real about using 2016 disrespect as motivation vs. Clippers

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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 went up 3-2 against the Los Angeles Clippers, defeating them 131-115 in Game 5. It was Nuggets playing some of their best basketball, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-jamal-murray-insane-feat-not-seen-before-nba-history-game-5-clippers">Jamal Murray led the way with a game-high</a> 43 points. Murray has shown throughout his career that he can go off for games like this, and he did it at the best time possible when the Nuggets were looking to get ahead in the series.</p><p>Russell Westbrook, who had 21 points off the bench, spoke about Murray after the game and <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1917643600046756078" rel="noopener">sent a message</a> that could scare the Clippers and the rest of the field.</p><p>“When he’s aggressive, we’re a different team. When he’s found that swagger, and going out and competing at the level he did tonight, we’re a tough team to beat,” Westbrook said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“When Jamal is aggressive, we’re a different team… We’re a tough team to beat.”</p><p>Russell Westbrook on Jamal Murray’s performance in Game 5 🙌</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/MileHighRachel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MileHighRachel</a>) <a href="https://t.co/0tgZwmycGE">pic.twitter.com/0tgZwmycGE</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1917643600046756078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The duo of Murray and Nikola Jokic has always been dangerous when they’re both playing at a high level, and that’s what happened in Game 5. Though Jokic didn’t have a big game, he still finished with a triple-double of 13 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists.</p><p>With the Nuggets now having an advantage in the series, it will be up to them to close it out in Los Angeles, but it won’t be easy with James Harden and Kawhi Leonard leading the way for the Clippers.</p><h2><b>Nuggets looking to close out Clippers in Game 6</b></h2><p>The Nuggets and Clippers have been battling all series, and some thought that it would take six or seven games to find out a winner. Through five games, the Nuggets have the advantage, and it was by the help of Murray that they were able to get their latest win. After the game, head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/denver-nuggets/nuggets-news-jamal-murray-game-6-admission-43-point-outburst-clippers">David Adelman spoke about Murray’s big game</a> and how he was built for these moments.</p><p>“These big moments, these situations. He was born for this,” Adelman said per ESPN. “You can kind of tell the way the ball comes off his hand on certain nights. I thought he had a great lift on his jump shot. …When it’s flowing like that, it’s the guy that’s won us so many playoff games in the past.”</p><p>The Clippers will have to bring their best in Game 6, and Leonard will have to have a strong game. Harden will also have to show up, as he only finished with 11 points and shot 3-for-9 from the field. The Nuggets have been in these close-out situations numerous times, and they know what it takes to advance to the next round.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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