Murray is my favourite player to watch right now and I think they could give the Clippers some serious resistance if they get hot. Jokic has to be better though. Glad they forced a Game 7 at least. Awesome battle.
My theory: all the young guys are balling out because they are playing in a bubble with zero pressure. Pressure is really a big factor in the playoffs and that is just non existent at the moment.
Give credit where credit's due. You can't just put it on bad defense. Yes, Dallas's defense is pretty bad. (What have PG13 done against them?) And Denver's defense is mediocre. But Utah is a good defensive team and Murray still torched them. These guys are playing out of their mind, which is good for the NBA. We'll see how the Clippers defense do against Mitchell/Murray. They couldn't stop Doncic.
I got to ask though, where was Murray in Game 2 and 3? They wouldn't have to dig themselves this big of a hole if they won 1 of those 2.
Fair question. But it happens. Doncic had two bad games against the Clippers. Harden had poor shooting in Game 2. Mitchell had a mediocre Game 3. Only Leonard seems to be the most consistent. Maybe because he relies less on shooting 3s, a lower variance style. Or maybe the Dallas defense is really to weak to contain him. Not trying to defend Murray. Just think what he's been doing so far is phenomenal. He's averaging 34 ppg on .728 TS%, compared to Harden's 32 ppg on .624 TS% in this playoffs. Not saying that Murray is better than Harden. But if Harden is the benchmark for offensive efficiency, he's right there on that level.
Yeah, he is even more out of the world. 38 ppg on .727 TS%. We can at least partially credit the mediocre defense of the Nuggets. Utah is supposed to be a well-coached defensive team.
We'll see how either team fair against the Clippers. I am hoping the Nuggets to win so I don't have to see Utah's ugly uniform again. (j/k) Denver has more depth to hang with the Clippers. The Jazz just don't have enough fire power when Mitchell cools off.
I was surprised that Clarkson got hot, seemed like mini sweet Lou. Always good for 18 - 20+ pts. Gobert just not wired to be a skillful offensive player.
Game 7! Who y'all got? I'm rooting for nuggets to make the epic 3-1 comeback and because of Murray crazy 3 game performance. Not a big Murray fan, but rooting for his epic stretch to continue.
Man, it really is amazing how many players I'm looking at right now that are better than Westbrook, like Donovan looks so much better than this dude, it's ridiculous. Please prove me wrong tomorrow ...please.
We have to give the caveat of Westbrook coming off an injury but . . .yea. . i still agree Rocket River
