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Jamal Murray: Champion. Cold-blooded. Video game 2 hero.
After dealing with his shot throughout Monday’s Game 2 of the Denver Nuggets’ first-round playoff series versus the Los Angeles Lakers, the guard put his group on his back and scored 6 points in the last minute. The last 2 began a fadeaway jumper as the buzzer sounded, providing Denver the 101-99 triumph.
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JAMAL MURRAY GAME-WINNER.
> Nugs total 20-pt return > pic.twitter.com/UnY7ezrTD8
The ruling champs are now up 2-0 on the series and preserved their supremacy over the Lakers by getting rid of a 20-point deficit for the win.
It was an extraordinary ending with LeBron James taking the ball and raising for a dunk to put the Lakers ahead by 3 in the last 2 minutes. From there, Michael Porter Jr. connected it with a triple, D’Angelo Russell offered Los Angeles the lead with a layup, Murray struck 2 complimentary tosses to connect it, and after that he and James exchanged baskets.
James had a wide-open three-pointer on the Lakers’ last belongings however missed it. That set the phase for Murray’s game-winner, which drew lots of response from social networks:
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Coldest image of the NBA playoffs (-5000) ✅
>(through > @nuggets> pic.twitter.com/LAzDxQ8bqX
Shea Serrano @SheaSerrano
THE LAKERS THREW EVERYTHING THEY HAD AT THE NUGGETS AND JAMAL MURRAY SAID HAVE FUN ON THE PLANE RIDE HOME BOYS
Ricky O’Donnell @SBN_Ricky
Jamal Murray is just an all-time playoff entertainer. Never ever an All-Star, yet very few guys you take control of him with the ball in his hands in that circumstance
Avoid Bayless @RealSkipBayless
DON’T TELL ME JAMAL MURRAY WENT FROM AS COLD AS I’VE SEEN HIM TO … SLAMMING THE DOOR SHUT WITH SOME OF THE CLUTCHEST