PORTLAND, Ore. — Less than an hour after Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray silenced the rowdy Moda Center crowd and crushed Portland’s hopes of ending this second-round series early, Denver’s rising star was already receiving tutelage from his dad, Roger Murray, who’s long been his harshest critic.
Father and son stood some 15 rows up in the stands, no doubt reliving the seismic 34-point, five-rebound, four-assist performance that propelled the Nuggets to their massive Game 4 victory in Portland. The Nuggets don’t win 116-112, sending the series back to Denver 2-2, if Murray doesn’t have another clutch Game 4 that was reminiscent of what he did to San Antonio in the first round.