Thanks in large part to the efforts of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, the Denver Nuggets walked away from Monday night's game against the Toronto Raptors with a 106-103 victory. Following the win, Murray gave a comical assessment of Nikola's style of play.
“He does everything,” Murray told Ryan Wolstat of the Toronto Sun. “He passes, rebounds, handles the ball. There's nothing that he can't do — except jump.”
Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray combined for 44 points in Monday's win. As part of his second triple-double performance of this season, Jokic racked up 23 points (8-of-13 from the field and 7-of-8 from the charity stripe), 15 assists, 11 rebounds, and two steals in 36 minutes of action. Murray logged a whopping 41 minutes, scoring 21 points, dishing out eight assists, and grabbing seven rebounds.
In the end, the Nuggets won their sixth straight and interrupted Toronto's eight-game winning streak.
“To beat the number one team in the East means a lot to us,” Jokic told ESPN.
Raptors head coach Nick Nurse noted that Jokic seemed unfazed by the extra pressure they heaped in his direction.
“I was kind of hoping we'd be able to disrupt him with a little bit more pressure,” Nurse said. “He just seemed to handle it. We worked hard on him, we tried to put him under some duress with the ball but it just didn't faze him.”
The Nuggets (16-7 and first in the Northwest Division) will be back in action on Wednesday night when they'll travel to Orlando for a match-up against the Magic. Tip-off inside the Amway Center is set for 7:00 p.m. EST.
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