It took Jamal Murray in cheat code mode — if you’re rocking NBA Jam on the Super Nintendo, press B, B, B, B, B, B, B, then press and hold Up, Y, B to simulate Murray’s fourth quarter — to drag the Nuggets, kicking and screaming, over the finish line. But without Paul Millsap kicking tail and taking names at the start of the race, Denver’s offense might’ve spent even more time Tuesday night spinning its bloody wheels.
“He was great for us,” Nuggets center Nikola Jokic said of Millsap, who dropped 20 points — 15 in the first half — on San Antonio to start turning the engine over on a 114-105 Game 2 victory over the Spurs at the Pepsi Center.