LOS ANGELES: Jamal Murray scored 36 points, including 10 in overtime, as the Denver Nuggets overcame a 57-point performance from Donovan Mitchell ...
Denver Nuggets Jamal Murray drives against Royce O'Neale of the Utah Jazz during the first half of an NBA playoff game in Florida AFP/POOLLOS ANGELES: Jamal Murray scored 36 points, including 10 in overtime, as the Denver Nuggets overcame a 57-point performance from Donovan Mitchell to defeat the Utah Jazz 135-125 in a playoff game on Monday.
Murray seized command in overtime, clinching the outcome with a three-point dagger with 46 seconds on the clock to give the Nuggets a 1-0 lead in their first round NBA playoff series. The teams met four times in the regular season and the last time was August 8, when Mitchell had another huge game but the Jazz lost that one as well in double overtime. The Nuggets have now won all five games against the Jazz this season.This is the fifth time the teams have met in the playoffs and the Jazz have won three of those previous playoff series, most recently a 4-2 win in the first round of the 2010 playoffs.
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