MIAMI — Bam Adebayo needed to hear the question again, so I repeated it.
“Jamal Murray,” I said. “Jimmy spent a lot of time on him in Game 2. He had more of a quiet Game 2. I’m wondering what you saw out of Jimmy in that defensive matchup.”
“He takes the challenge,” said Adebayo, who’s taking on an awfully tough challenge himself in these 2023 NBA Finals, in the form of Nuggets superstar two-time MVP Nikola Jokiu0107. “Whatever the assignment is, I feel like he'll take the challenge. He's going to find a way to make it tough on him.