Jamal Murray has averaged 27 points per game in the playoffs since the Bubble. This detailed film breakdown & scouting report breaks down how Murray swung two games against the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, what exactly makes him so explosive in the playoffs, and how “Playoff Murray” fits so well with Nikola Jokic and the incredible Denver Nuggets offense.
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10:47 “you do not want to be guarding this guy, when he starts talking to himself” 😂😂😂😂😂😂
That was hilarious.
So true though, he’s such a competitor and when he speaks to himself and gets that angry fearless face…. No one in the league can guard him, he gets too hot🔥🔥🔥
This video is making me think that the problem with the Celtics two stars isn’t redundancy, but neither of them being strong in passing. Both Murray and Jokic have excellent shooting and finishing, but their passing makes this “redundancy” an asset instead of a liability. Even take Klay and Steph for example, even though they’re both guards and defenses can switch everything with those two involved, Steph’s ability to find Klay when he’s open makes their overlapping skill sets even harder to guard in spite of their similar size. On the other hand, with Tatum and Brown, they can’t maximize each other’s strengths not because they share strengths, but because neither of them are strong facilitators. Imagine if it was Lebron with Brown instead. You could argue that they would have a lot of overlapping skill sets, but I’m sure Lebron would find a way to make Brown incredibly threatening even when he doesn’t have the ball.
Jamal is on that level
These breakdowns are the best in the entire sports mediasphere. Nothing in football/soccer holds a candle to it, I wish we had access to this level of analysis.
Epic games. Is it Larry Bird 2.0? Like to see Joker handle Bill Laimbeer.
How is this guy not an all star?????
❤
Beautiful beautiful guy
the world is figuring out the healthy nuggets team isnt a one man show with Jokic. they're all unselfish, most are excellent shooters, and can get hot to swing a game
awesome video
this is the definition of a deep bag
Great video!
https://youtu.be/oFz5GF7pIlc
7:58 you always do this thing where you try to make things sound way deeper and grander than they really are. Just cover the footage and stop exaggerating everything dude.
Those twist shots are so fucking nasty. ELITE!
That being said I hope he cools off for the Heat 😅
Murray and the Nuggets as a whole are so utterly disrespected. Shameful it took a completely dominant historic Finals run just to get some light on them from anybody. Jokic was the real MVP
He’s was out there dog walking the lakers. Shit hurt bruh
How good is Murray? He single-handedly took down the Lakers in game, three and four.
We need a top 10 players this season. I used to enjoy it so much
i love the fact that joker said that jamal was the best player on the team, he isnt, but his sinergy with joker is what makes this team such a force to be feared
Jamal and Jokic remind me of Steph and if Draymond was a scorer.
Jamal and Jokic have some of the best chemistry of any duo I’ve ever seen
Better than Curry and Thompson in this year's playoffs.