Jamal Murray

Jamal Murray wasn’t interested in losing on a last-second jumper, so he made one of his own instead. Right after a Damian Lillard trey put the Portland Trail Blazers up two with less than 10 seconds to go, Murray grabbed a pass on the wing from Nikola Jokić, took a few dribbles and drilled a step-back 3-pointer over Jerami Grant with 0.9 seconds on the clock to put the Denver Nuggets in front for good. Murray’s return from injury after missing the entire 2021-22 season has galvanized the Nuggets to the top of the Western Conference standings, and his 21 points, five rebounds and eight assists helped rally his squad from a 10-point fourth quarter deficit in the thrilling 121-120 victory on December 8, 2022.

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