If the Spurs’ overtime victory over the Kings was any indication, Dejounte Murray’s minutes restriction may be over. Lost in all he chaos of that game was the fact that Murray played for 31:43 minutes off the bench, which included never leaving the court after entering the game at the 7:01 mark of the fourth quarter. For the record, that’s 12 straight minutes, including overtime.
Asked if his minutes restrictions had been lifted at practice on Monday, this is what Gregg Popovich had to say:
Coming back from a torn ACL that forced him to miss all of last season, Murray averaged 22.