Jamal Murray’s Game 5 Explosion: Sign of a Star’s Rise or Just a Fleeting Flare?
That Jamal Murray hasnât been there in the last two regular seasons or postseasons, and itâs felt like the Nuggetsâ title hopes have disappeared with him. The Nuggets have other good players, but Murray is the one capable of being the co-pilot to the offense for Jokic, and heâs been more very good than elite lately.
DRIP rates him as the 41st-best player in the league, and that isnât good enough to put the Nuggets on the level of teams like the Oklahoma City Thunder or Boston Celtics.
There were a couple of high-scoring playoff games for Murray last season, but they felt like mediocre sequels to iconic movies. He had a 32-point game against the Los Angeles Lakers, but it took him 28 shots. He had 35 points in the Game 7 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves that sent the Nuggets home but had three assists to four turnovers and shot just 4 of 12 on 3s.
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