After a lengthy rehab from an ACL injury in 2021 that kept him out of back-to-back postseasons, Murray showed out in the playoffs on Wednesday night.
Murray dropped 40 points and kept the Denver Nuggets ahead of the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of their opening-round playoff series at Ball Arena. The 122-113 win gave the Nuggets a 2-0 series lead as it heads to Minneapolis on Friday.
“It took a lot to get back to this point,” an emotional Murray said on TNT. “A lot of doubts, a lot of unknowns, a lot of fears.