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Denver Nuggets star guard Jamal Murray never seems to get enough credit. However, that problem seems to elude him, as the 26-year-old spoke to Showtimes Rachel Nichols about how his upbringing has contributed to his current success. “I think it’s a lot of mental toughness,” Murray says. “I acknowledge it. I’m able to have a […]

For the first time in franchise history, the Denver Nuggets find themselves in the NBA Finals. On Thursday night, the Nuggets got their first-ever Finals victory over the Miami Heat. Denver defeated Miami 104-93 in a game that was a lot more lopsided than the score may suggest. The Heat made a late push in […]

All eyes were on the Nikola Jokic-led Denver Nuggets during their NBA Finals debut. With a new face in the fight for the Larry O’Brien Trophy comes a young gun with things to prove. Despite never being an All-Star, Jamal Murray showed why he is an elite playoff performer against Jimmy Butler’s Miami Heat. He […]

The Denver Nuggets have come as far as they have done thanks to the unselfish brand of basketball that they play. The Nuggets take after their best player Nikola Jokic to such a great degree, and it showed in how they won Game 1 of the 2023 NBA Finals against the Miami Heat. From the […]

For players on the verge of superstardom, there is no better time or place to officially announce their arrival than the playoffs. Jamal Murray is doing just that this year and carried it over to the grand stage the NBA Finals provides. He was instrumental in leading the Denver Nuggets to a decisive 104-93 victory […]

Jamal Murray was a menace to the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the 2023 NBA Finals Thursday night. The Denver Nuggets star point guard was instrumental in not only helping his team score a 104-93 victory but also in ending the Heat’s streak of Game 1 upset victories in the playoffs. Reporter: "How much […]

The Denver Nuggets put up a total team effort in their NBA Finals Game 1 victory over the Miami Heat on Thursday night. It was the perfect start to the series as the Nuggets defended their home court against a relentless Heat side. As expected, Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray both balled out for the […]

The Denver Nuggets are in the driver’s seat in the NBA Finals following a 104-93 win against the Miami Heat in Game 1. Contrary to how the rest of the playoffs had gone, the Heat shooters were unable to find the bottom of the net. Given how good of a coach Erik Spoelstra is, it’s […]

Just how good were Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray for the Denver Nuggets in their 104-93 win in Game 1 of the 2023 NBA Finals against the Miami Heat? So good, the two managed to come up with a performance the NBA had not seen in the Finals since 1987. Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray […]

The NBA Playoffs continue on Thursday night with the Miami Heat visiting the Denver Nuggets for Game 1 of the NBA Finals. With some of the league’s brightest stars front and center, FanDuel has us covered with a featured NBA same-game parlay for Heat-Nuggets Game 1. Below we continue our NBA Finals odds series with […]

The NBA Finals start on Thursday night, and FanDuel offers plenty of popular parlays for the series.  It is time to continue our NBA odds series with a special NBA Finals popular parlays with the most value prediction and pick. The popular parlays section of the FanDuel picks is littered with stars and their expected […]

The NBA Finals are here, and the Denver Nuggets will look to Jamal Murray to help them win their first championship ever. We are here to share our NBA odds series, and make a Jamal Murray series points average prediction and pick. A year ago, the Denver Nuggets floundered as Nikola Jokic shouldered most of […]

By and large it was a fruitful rookie season for Indiana Pacers youngster Bennedict Mathurin. Even though he spent most of his first professional season coming off the bench, he still stood out for his ability to put the ball through the hoop. In fact, no one should have been surprised by Mathurin’s burst into […]

The NBA Finals are set to tip-off on Thursday and the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat are ready to compete for a championship. The Heat just finished off a grueling seven game series against the Boston Celtics while the Nuggets have had a long layoff due to sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western […]

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic isn’t surprised that Jamal Murray has emerged as a superstar. With the Nuggets awaiting their opponent in the 2023 NBA Finals, Jokic told reporters that Murray has shown a desire to be a great player since his rookie season. “He always had that fight inside him…always hungry for more,” Nikola […]

Nikola Jokic deservedly bagged the Magic Johnson Western Conference Finals MVP trophy after leading the Denver Nuggets to a historic sweep over LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. In spite of the great things Jokic did throughout the series, some will still argue that Jamal Murray equally deserves the series MVP title, if not […]

Los Angeles Lakers fans won’t be forgetting about Jamal Murray anytime soon. This is after the Denver Nuggets star torched LeBron James and the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals en route to a stunning 4-0 sweep. Jamal Murray was red-hot throughout the series, and it seems like he will be giving LA supporters some […]

Denver Nuggets star guard Jamal Murray used an interesting example for Denver’s strong defense. Murray compared the Nuggets’ defensive approach to that of a hockey team, per NBA on Twitter. “On the defensive end… I think… I was watching a hockey game yesterday,” Murray said. “They said one team is playing, it was the green […]

The Denver Nuggets were the 1-seed in the Western Conference this season and they were the favorites going up against the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. Many thought Denver was capable of winning this series, but nobody saw them sweeping the Lakers in four games! Now in the NBA Finals, the Nuggets […]

Denver Nuggets star guard Jamal Murray is putting is putting the world on notice once again, wreaking havoc in the 2023 NBA Playoffs. With his craftiness and touch, Murray is averaging 27.7 points, 6.1 assists, and 1.7 steals per game in the postseason. He also is shooting 48.0 percent from the field and 39.8 percent […]

The Denver Nuggets are in the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history. They avenged their five-game loss in the 2020 Western Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers by sweeping them in 2023. Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray balled out and uplifted their supporting cast to win the franchise’s biggest series to […]

Carmelo Anthony represented the peak of a decade for the Denver Nuggets and made a lasting impact on the franchise. In fact, it is still being felt in a very big way in the 2023 NBA Playoffs. With Anthony officially wrapping a bow on a 19-year career that will likely be enshrined in Springfield, it […]

The Denver Nuggets have a commanding 3-0 lead over the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. They are in prime position to advance to the NBA Finals. They need to win one more game though in this series, but they’re not going to be satisfied simply by advancing to the next round. Following […]

Jamal Murray is the leading scorer of the 2023 Western Conference Finals. He’s made big shot after big shot, putting the Denver Nuggets up 3-0 in the series. It’s hard to imagine that once upon a time he was being dangled as trade bait for a “bigger name”. Speaking to reporters following their Game 3 […]

Denver Nuggets star guard Jamal Murray is reminded NBA fans who he is again amid a special postseason that’s seeing him pouring in points at an elite rate. However, while most may see him averaging 27.9 points per game in the 2023 NBA Playoffs — 7.9 points higher than his scoring average in the 2022-23 […]

There are fewer players with a higher approval rating in Denver right now than Jamal Murray. The Nuggets guard has been on a tear thus far in the Western Conference Finals and is a pivotal piece that helped bring them a win away from the NBA Finals. Murray’s hit so many big shots during their […]

The Denver Nuggets are one step closer to making history after beating the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3. The road win has Denver on the verge of making the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history. They are making this run off the back of Nikola Jokic’s brilliance and his teammates capitalizing […]

The Denver Nuggets may be up 3-0 against the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, but Jamal Murray knows very well that no lead is safe in the NBA. With that said, the Nuggets star made sure to remind his team that they cannot be complacent despite the fact that they have a […]

The Denver Nuggets just buried LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers into a deep, deep hole with a stunning 119-108 victory in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals on Saturday night. The Lakers had to win this one to avoid going down 0-3 in the series, but clearly, Jamal Murray had other plans. […]

Jamal Murray is leaving the entire basketball universe in awe with his exploits in the 2023 NBA Western Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. The dynamic Denver Nuggets point guard led his team to a 119-108 crushing of LeBron James and the Lakers in Game 3 in Los Angeles Saturday night. Count Atlanta Hawks […]

Jamal Murray has only four words to say after the Denver Nuggets took down the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals. However, his simple yet powerful statement was more than enough to hype up the fans. “Five more to go.” That’s what Murray told ESPN reporter Lisa Salters in his […]

Jamal Murray is punishing the Los Angeles Lakers with historic numbers, and it doesn’t look like the Denver Nuggets star is slowing down any time soon. In Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals, Murray made life difficult for the Lakers once again. The Purple and Gold just had no answer for him, with the […]

Jamal Murray just seems to have the number of the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2023 NBA Western Conference Finals. The Denver Nuggets point guard clearly has his hands still smoking hot after his sensational performance in Game 2, particularly in the fourth quarter of that game in which he scored 23 of his 37 […]

There were more than a handful of contentious calls during the Denver Nuggets‘ Game 2 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night. One of them happened to be a flagrant foul call on D’Angelo Russell for hitting Jamal Murray on the head during a fastbreak play. Initially, it looked like a good solid […]

There’s no denying that the Denver Nuggets would not have a commanding 2-0 series lead over LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers had it not been for Jamal Murray. The Nuggets star was a man on a mission in their Game 1 victory, and he once again came out as the hero in Denver’s […]

After a forgettable first-half performance, Jamal Murray came up big in the clutch for the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night as they took down LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, 108-103, in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals. LA simply had no answer for Murray in the fourth quarter as he almost single-handedly […]

With Thursday night’s triumph, the Denver Nuggets have now rattled off two consecutive wins against the Los Angeles Lakers in this year’s Western Conference Finals matchup and, as a result, hold a commanding 2-0 series edge. Though LeBron James and company held numerous double-digit advantages throughout the contest, the Nuggets were able to pull away […]

The Denver Nuggets took care of business with their homecourt advantage as they pulled out two straight wins in Games 1 and 2 of the Western Conference Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers. Their latest triumph came in an exhilarating fashion Thursday evening, as star guard Jamal Murray willed his team to victory with a […]

Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray put on a show in a 108-103 Game 2 win over the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. Murray scored a game-high 37 points, 23 of which came in the fourth quarter. He scored Denver’s last 12 points of the game, selling the victory for the Nuggets and […]