INDIANAPOLIS — Jamal Murray’s ankle is fine.
He couldn’t play through the pain 48 hours earlier. It might’ve been contagious to the rest of the Nuggets. “I think he felt like he was hurting us more than he was helping us,” coach David Adelman reflected Wednesday night. But the absence of Murray proved just as painful during a fourth-quarter scoring drought and eventual loss to Dallas.
With the benefit of those 48 hours, Murray looked springier than ever.
Enough to unretire his signature celebration.
On a night he was listed as questionable on Denver’s injury report with a sprained ankle, Murray ignited for his fifth career 50-point game (including two in the playoffs) in a 135-120 win over the Pacers.