Jamal Murray sank a 15-foot step-back jumper at the buzzer and the Denver Nuggets wiped out a 20-point second-half deficit to stun the Los Angeles Lakers 101-99 Monday night and take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference playoff series.
Jamal Murray hits a midrange jumper before the final buzzer to lift the Denver Nuggets to a stunning, 101-99 comeback victory over the Lakers in Game 2.
The Denver Nuggets, including Jamal Murray, face off against the Los Angeles Lakers at 10:00 PM ET on Thursday in the 2024 NBA Playoffs.Murray is putting up 21.2 points, 6.5 assists and 4.1
Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray was struggling with shooting on Monday night, but his teammates kept passing him the ball. It paid off big time as Murray hit a step-back jumper at the buzzer to cinch a 101-99 victory over the Lakers.
Murray sinks a 15-foot step-back jumper as time expires and Denver wipes out a 20-point second-half deficit for a 101-99 win and a 2-0 lead in the first-round series, their 10th consecutive victory over the Lakers.
This felt like the night the Lakers would snap their nine-game losing streak to Denver. Then, the Nuggets did what they always do. Jamal Murray got hot (he had 14 points in the fourth quarter), Nikola Jokic bullied his way to the rim for buckets,
T he Los Angeles Lakers had a very real chance to not only steal a game against the Denver Nuggets on Monday, but swing the entire series. They led by 20 in the third quarter. The
Jamal Murray hit a step-back jumper as time expired, and the host Denver Nuggets rallied from a 20-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 101-99 in Game 2 of a Western Conference quarterfinal series.
The Lakers have now lost nine straight games to the Nuggets. Porter spoke to reporters about the support he's received from teammates amid the public struggles of two of his brothers. The Nuggets prevailed in Game 1 behind a complete team effort,
Jamal Murray saved the Denver Nuggets on Monday night. Murray hit a ridiculous fadeaway buzzer-beater over Anthony Davis to lift the Nuggets past the Los Angeles Lakers 101-99 in Game 2 of their opening-round playoff series.
Nuggets 101, Lakers 99. Jamal Murray made the game-winning jumper as time expired in regulation to lift the Denver Nuggets over the Los Angeles Lakers, 101-99. Nikola