The word clutch is the most overused word in professional sports. Peering into the statistics will prove this. So many of the guys who are historically talked about as being clutch actually shoot quite horribly when the game is on the line. The ones who shoot well at the end of tight games usually shoot with more or less the same accuracy that they do throughout the rest of the game. Clutch exists, but fans often are way too fast to annoint a player as “clutch” without merit.
Jamal Murray is clutch. Not just because at 20 years old he’s already stepped into the role of closer for the Denver Nuggets but because of how confidently, calmly, and aggressively he demands the ball and is willing to take shots when everything is on the line.