After the shock wore off from Tuesday’s pounding against the Warriors, Nuggets coach Michael Malone asked his players to learn from what Steph Curry and Klay Thompson had just done to them.
Keep moving like Curry, create space like Thompson, hoist like Kevin Durant.
“Learn from the best,” Malone said.
Jamal Murray cooked the Bulls with seven 3-pointers in Thursday’s 135-105 rout, including six in the game-defining third quarter. Murray rolled off screeners, created separation and exploited lazy closeouts like Curry had done to the Nuggets only two nights earlier.
Asked if he was thinking about Curry during his 22-point third quarter, Murray clapped back.