Jamal Murray (37 PTS) & Nikola Jokic (24 PTS) Lead Nuggets To Game 3 W! | May 20, 2023

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Led by Jamal Murray's 37 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, the No. 1 seed Denver Nuggets defeat the No. 7 seed Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3, 119-108. Nikola Jokic (24 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists) and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (17 points, 4 3pt. FG) added a combined 41 points in the victory. Anthony Davis (28 points, 18 rebounds) and LeBron James (23 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists) combined for 51 points for the Lakers. The Nuggets lead the best-of-seven series, 3-0, with Game 4 taking place on Monday, May 22 (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN).
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Murray a good look and Murray starts off two for two but the transition defense is letting the
Lakers down but then in game two just four of 15 from the field had as many turnovers as field
goals that pass stolen by Caldwell Pope and Murray goes in and lays it up on him almost got it back
Murray step back inside the arc and Murray well a little brush screen by Jokic the shed the step
back he's just a big-time offensive scorer good minutes from their bench right now
Murray and Jokic round out the five nice up and under and Murray banks it home
the smaller nuggets well-designed play force-feeding the bond to that spot
Murray again Jamal Murray 15 points here in the first quarter he's only missed one shot
Murray drives spins and scores Jamal Murray eight field goals here in the first quarter
he's got 17 points he's been terrific scoring off the bench his first points here tonight
and this is where Aaron Gordon's got to rebound the ball better as Jokic slips to the rim
Jokic tries a three that's good Murray looks to answer and does Jamal Murray drills another
he's got 23 points in 14 minutes nearly lost it Davis is on him and Murray's going to reset
now fires away another three puts it in Jamal Murray's got 26 some more Murray magic here
in the first half of game three in favor of the Lakers Murray cuts back to a beautiful pass and
28 points here in the first half for Murray Reeves throws it up broken up nicely by Porter
crowd wanted a foul here comes Murray behind the back in the paint leans in shot is good
30 points in the first half for Murray Lakers had a real rough start shooting
the ball but turned it around meanwhile Denver couldn't miss early Jokic
in traffic a nice feed from Gordon excellent half-court defense again Lakers putting a lot
of pressure Murray trying to get free gets it inside Jokic and Jokic gets a bucket just his
fourth field goal James tries another three that's two that have rattled in and out the last two
after he hit a couple Porter drives down the lane finds Jokic boy nice look from Porter that's his
fourth assist it's offensively and it's timely shots but it's outstanding defense against the
Joker Jokic spins count it and one here there's no one with size or activity on the weak side
a beautiful finish by Jokic Jokic Murray Jokic drives on Hachimura floats it up and good
up top to Brown thought about it back to Murray Schroeder fell down Murray three-pointer
puts it in Jamal Murray part of a 9-0 run he's got 33 that's his first points of the second half
the Lakers weaknesses in transition and like Mark said you try to sell that call you don't get it
rightfully so to me that's inadvertent contact fans nervous right now here in LA
Lakers down by 10 under five to play Jokic beautiful pass lays it up and in in the fourth
quarter of game two in Denver that's the same shot a cushion given he takes it and makes it
Jokic answers back with a three-pointer Nicola Jokic 14 fourth quarter points
under three minutes remaining going right back to the two-man game
Murray inside double team spins flips it up and in Jamal Murray with a couple of buckets here
in the fourth discipline by Anthony Davis how about this play Jamal Murray once again Stella
