Jamal Murray

For every contender with their eyes adjusted to the goal of raising the NBA championship, there remains one ominous, familiar sight that they must hope to avoid: No. 27 of the Denver Nuggets with the ball in his hands and the game on the line. One cold-blooded bucket away from putting both a 2-0 lead in his team’s future and a slow offensive start into the distant past, Jamal Murray gets started on a legendary, crowd-stirring moment, locating vacated space in isolation against Anthony Davis. First testing the balance of the Los Angeles Lakers star with a quick hesitation, Murray takes his chance, elevating through the air for an off-balanced, 15-foot fallaway jumper that calmly sinks through the net. Threatening to outdo himself with another series-clinching game-winner just one week later, Murray offered a fascinating reminder of his status as one of the league’s premier talents in the win on April 22, 2024. Heroic over the game’s final stretch, Murray ignited for 20 points — including 14 in the fourth — supporting it with three rebounds, five assists, and a pair of blocks.