Jamal Murray's 50-Point Game & Role in Championship Aspirations

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00:00All right. So last night, Jamal Murray, I was joking about this earlier. You probably could

00:04quantify it more. It feels like once every year or once every couple of years, we get a Jamal

00:08Murray like 50 point game. And then you don't get any 30s really like the rest of the season.

00:14But this was his game last night, unconscious from outside the line, 135 to 120. Nuggets are

00:21right in the mix, of course, to potentially get to a Western Conference finals or even win a

00:25championship. Indiana's having a horrendous season. I didn't think one player would be this much of an

00:29impact, but apparently it is with Halliburton out. 135 to 120. What did you make of this one?

00:34Listen, I'll put it right on Jamal Murray. The spotlight is on him. In my opinion,

00:39there are two teams in the Western Conference and we're all waiting for that Western Conference

00:43finals. The Thunder are going to be there. We know that. And the Nuggets are going to be that

00:46other team that takes them on. And then it's going to be a great seven game series, providing

00:50both teams are healthy. We got a great seven game series out of them the last time around.

00:54The Thunder had to squeak by. And really, that was their toughest series until they got to the finals

00:58of the entire playoffs. If they don't go through that mess with the Denver Nuggets, I'm talking

01:04about the Oklahoma City Thunder, I don't know that they're going to be built to get past what

01:08they had to do to get past the Pacers in the finals because they were down 2-1 in that final

01:13series to Indiana Pacers and had their backs against the wall. People forget that because

01:17they obviously end up winning the championship. The winners win right history. But the Denver Nuggets

01:23have a chance here with a very healthy Jamal Murray to be the team to upset the Thunder.

01:30They have one loss all season long. But you put me in a seven game series with the best

01:33player in the world, Nicole Jokic, and a healthy Jamal Murray. And I think that causes problems

01:38for the Oklahoma City Thunder. This is the best season Murray's ever had. He's never been

01:42an all-star. He's played at all in the regular season. He's doing that right now, shooting

01:48over 50% from the field for the first time his career, over sent from the three-point range

01:52for the first time his career. He's making it easier for Nicole Jokic. I think this is

01:58the season that Jamal Murray's an all-star. And I think this is the team that if you're

02:02a Thunder fan, you have to be afraid of. You want to see the Nuggets in the playoffs this

02:07year.