Jamal Murray admitted this Sunday that the Miami Heat, who snatched the home factor from their Nuggets and tied the NBA Finals 1-1, showed a more serious and intense game than the Denver team.
“They just played hard and had more discipline,” he told a press conference.
Murray was disappointed by a game in which the Nuggets conceded “mistake after mistake”.
“It’s not that they beat you: it’s that you give them dunks or open shots (without a defender). It’s something hard to come back from. We have to stay united and look forward,” he said.
In a crazy game of sets for each other, the Heat took the win (108-111) thanks to a huge final quarter (25-36 with 69% shots from the field) and signed Denver’s first loss at their stadium in this playoff.
The Nuggets, who reached the final period with an eight-point lead, squandered Nikola Jokic’s stellar play (41 points and 11 rebounds) and got a three-pointer from Murray (18 points and 10 assists) in the closing seconds to force overtime .
“I think you’ve seen me hit that shot often enough. It was a good shot that just didn’t go in,” said Murray.
The Nuggets’ point guard also warned that in the Finals it’s not enough to have “gears” in some rooms yes and not others.
“We have to play a complete game (…). We have to play all the time, even during the ups and downs, be together and play with intensity and energy. I don’t think we had that today,” he said. argued.
Murray also referred to the bad last period with which the Nuggets undid all their work in this second game.
“If we play like that, we expect to lose like that, yes. We can’t play like that; home or away doesn’t matter,” he said.
Source: El heraldo
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