Review a Random Game: Denver Nuggets vs. Boston Celtics

With 6:46 left in the 4th quarter and his Boston Celtics trailing 102-94, head coach Brad Stevens called a time out. “Great teams win these games!”, he implored (per the Celtics NBC Sports crew). Nuggets guard Jamal Murray must have heard him, because a great team did win this game; Murray had 10 points from that moment on (19 points in the quarter, and 48 in the game) as Denver cruised to a 115-107 victory on Monday night and improved to 9-1 overall on the season.

Murray was a star against the Celtics, finishing with 48 points on 19-30 shooting and 5-11 from deep (including a “I want 50!” missed-three attempt in the waning seconds that infuriated the Celtics). Murray’s creation ability was…