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Jamal Murray Had Historically Poor Playoff Performance vs. Timberwolves

Denver Nuggets On SI·Logan Struck·28 days ago
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While the Denver Nuggets are moving on to the offseason, many fans are still stuck on what went wrong in their first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Despite being favorites to advance to the second round, and even among the top-five favorites to win the NBA Finals, they fell well short, losing to the Timberwolves 4-2. As a team, the Nuggets struggled immensely. They had the NBA's top offense through the regular season, yet they collapsed when it mattered most, scoring less than 100 points in three of their six games. Leading the poor shooting charge for Denver was Jamal Murray, who is typically a playoff riser, but could not get it going against Minnesota. Murray became just the second All-Star in NBA history to shoot 36% or worse from the field and 27% or worse from three-point range in a single playoff run (min. 6 games), joining Jason Kidd, who did so in the 2004 postseason, per Stathead .…

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