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Tim BontempsESPN
DENVER – Jamal Murray scored 48 points on Monday night, his best career score, but Kyrie Irving reacted to Murray's decision to shoot with a 3-pointer when the time was already up. The most memorable moment of the night.
Irving was found with the ball after Murray's shot was missed and after being torn apart when Jordi Fernandez, assistant to the Denver Nuggets, was the player's development assistant with the Cleveland Cavaliers during the first two NBA seasons in Irving's NBA, he attempted to shake him. He turned and shot the ball high in the stands before leaving the field.
Irving had not cooled much when he spoke to the media shortly after the Boston Celtics' 115-107 loss to the Nuggets.
"I mean, what kind of competitor would not be upset?" Said Irving. "I understand if we foul it by going to the line of free throws … I do not want to make a fuss.
The Denver Nuggets are not embarrassed after being the best team in the Western Conference with no playoff participation in the last two years.
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Jamal Murray scored 48 points, a career high, including 19 in the fourth quarter. The Denver Nuggets overcame a slow start to beat the Boston Celtics 115-107 on Monday night.
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"Obviously, I was angry at the game, but it's time to unpack and move on, congratulations, he scored 48. He did it in a remarkable way against us. better, especially against a player like this He was the focus of concern tonight and he has made us pay in some cases for successful hard shots and shots up.
"But the ball deserves to be in the crowd after a bull — move like that, so I threw it into the crowd."
Murray's 48 points surpassed those of Andrew Wiggins on a score of 2016-17, the NBA's history record for a Canadian-born player. And Murray was clearly overtaken by the moment – he had missed an inverted superposition that would have brought him 50 seconds earlier, and the crowd in his hometown hoped to see him eclipse the mark. But he also seemed instantly to realize that he had crossed the finish line and had excused himself during his field interview immediately after the match, as well as several times during his interview. after-game in front of his locker.
"I think my emotions have taken over, as usual," said Murray, who shot 19 points out of 30 overall, 5 of 11 after 3 points and 5 to 5 of the foul line . "I do not disrespect the Boston organization and the fans with this shot, I just had in mind that I was going to be 50 years old and I think everyone understood that this Was what I was trying to do.
"I really did not want to disrespect … I know half of the team there, so no resentment."
It was not the first time Murray got into hot water after letting his emotions take over him. Both times, the Los Angeles Lakers went to Denver last season, seeing him play with different Lakers players. When both teams played in Denver on Dec. 2, Murray dribbled the runway and around the Lakers goalkeeper Lonzo Ball as he moved away in the final seconds of a 115-100 victory. from Denver.
The second time, Murray exchanged words with the Lakers goalie of the time, Isaiah Thomas – who is now his teammate with the Nuggets – after making free throws in the closing seconds of a win at 125-116.
"I had the impression that for the second time we were playing here, Murray was a bit disrespectful at the end of the game," said Lakers coach Luke Walton. "Just a trash talking to our guys."
Murray himself referred to those moments against the Lakers trying to explain what he thought when he let go of the last shot.
"I had no conscience," Murray said. "I really did not care at that time.
"Everyone knew that I was trying to get 50 years old at that time.That was the problem.I did not mean to say no-respect.My emotions just got the better of me. , as was the case with the Lakers last year.
"I get lost sometimes."
Murray and Irving made the right choice, Irving finishing with 31 points on a 13-for-17 performance. But that was not enough to defeat Murray, who scored 14 consecutive points in the first quarter to allow Denver to stay in the match while Boston quickly took the lead on a double-digit lead, then 19 more in the fourth quarter put the game aside and improve to 9-1 over the season as they remain a half-match back from the Golden State Warriors for the best West Conference record.
"The first shot," said Murray, when asked when he knew he would have a good night. "I was tired of getting into the game, but I play better when I'm tired.I'm more focused.We taught myself so, I grew up like that … I do not know how much I had half, but I did not lose that mood, I did not lose that confidence and my team kept looking for the ball. "
They found him enough to get those 48 points and lead the Nuggets to a win – and getting into the hot water with Irving, a player he said earlier Monday is the kind of player he's learning with.
"It was just a fun game," Murray said. "I was not really worried about learning. I was at school for a year only, so I did not want to put the ball in the basket.
"That's all I was trying to do."
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