Has Jamal Murray Finally Arrived?
The Lead
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🗓️ 3 September 2020
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
On Tuesday, Jamal Murray helped the Nuggets finish off a remarkable comeback against the Utah Jazz, climbing back from a 3-1 deficit in the series to move on to the Western Conference Semifinals. With Game 1 against Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and the Clippers coming up tonight, we’re joined by The Athletic’s Kendra Andrews to discuss whether Murray — inconsistent throughout the early part of his career — has finally arrived as a bona fide star.
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| 0:00.0 | On Tuesday night, the Denver Nuggets completed an incredible comeback from a 3-1 deficit |
| 0:10.9 | to win their series against the Utah Jazz. |
| 0:12.9 | And leading that series comeback was Jamal Murray. |
| 0:24.9 | Murray fires again and Murray hits again. |
| 0:28.9 | Today, the Athletics Kendra Andrews on Murray's historic performance and whether or |
| 0:34.8 | not he has become a bona fide star. |
| 0:37.5 | I think the Nuggets knew that Jamal had this in him. |
| 0:41.4 | They just didn't know when it was going to come out. |
| 0:44.1 | And it just happened to come out at the perfect time for them. |
| 0:50.0 | From wondering on the Athletic, I'm Kavisa Davidson. |
| 0:52.9 | And I'm Anders Kelto. |
| 0:54.2 | It's Thursday, September 3rd, and this is the lead. |
| 0:57.9 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:01.9 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the team. |
| 1:05.9 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this in. |
| 1:09.9 | I have never seen anything like that. |
| 1:11.9 | This isn't a story where the interview the athlete will hold. |
| 1:16.9 | It stays with you. |
| 1:23.9 | Hey, it's Matt. |
| 1:24.9 | I'm Senior Producer here on the lead. |
| 1:26.9 | And even though we're all home a lot these days, it still feels like we constantly have |
| 1:31.1 | to be on. |
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