Jamal Murray shoved the ball away from him like it was a heat pad.
With 4.2 seconds left and the Nuggets trailing Dallas, 121-119, Murray stepped up for the second of two free throws with the intention of missing. The Blue Arrow pushed the rock at the rim on a rope, with exquisite disgust.
It banked off the backboard and tushed right through the net.
One of those nights. One of those Novembers.
“The whole game, I’m trying to make (a shot), and I’m trying to miss one time,” the Nuggets guard recalled with a rueful chuckle late Friday night after a 123-120 defeat.