{"id":482523,"date":"2024-04-30T02:17:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T06:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=482523"},"modified":"2024-04-30T02:17:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T06:17:49","slug":"murray-shines-again-to-sent-lakers-home-with-108-106-nuggets-win","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/murray-shines-again-to-sent-lakers-home-with-108-106-nuggets-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Murray shines again to send Lakers home with 108-106 Nuggets win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamal Murray&#8217;s clutch jumper with four seconds remaining propelled the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\">Denver Nuggets<\/a><\/a><\/a> to a 108-106 victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/los-angeles-lakers\/\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a><\/a> in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series.<\/p>\n<p>With this win, the second-seeded Nuggets secured a 4-1 series victory and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals, where they will face the third-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves.<\/p>\n<p>Murray, who also delivered a game-winning shot in Game 2, once again showcased his clutch gene by scoring 12 of his game-high 32 points in the fourth quarter, despite playing through a strained left calf.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JAMAL MURRAY GAME WINNER \ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n<p>NUGGETS ELIMINATE THE LAKERS \ud83d\ude24 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MTCJuMXM2r\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/MTCJuMXM2r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1785164764563300782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\">Nikola Jokic<\/a><\/a><\/a> contributed a dominant performance with 25 points, 20 rebounds, nine assists, and seven turnovers, narrowly missing out on a triple-double. Michael Porter Jr. added 26 points, while Aaron Gordon chipped in with 13 rebounds for the Nuggets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Until next time, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lakers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Lakers<\/a> \ud83e\udd1d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bkpaXrVzk0\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/bkpaXrVzk0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuggets\/status\/1785174490374160535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On the Lakers side, LeBron James led the charge with 30 points, 11 assists, and nine rebounds, nearly recording a triple-double. Anthony Davis battled through an injured left shoulder to contribute 17 points and 15 rebounds. However, Taurean Prince&#8217;s long-range attempt at the buzzer fell short, sealing the Lakers&#8217; fate.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kP37GQSmvRU?si=vo-8_WwTqs7DXIZB\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamal Murray&#8217;s clutch jumper with four seconds remaining propelled the Denver Nuggets to a 108-106 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":482524,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16736,17266,16970],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[17859,18385,17645],"acf":{"announce":"Despite playing with an injured calf, Murray proved crucial for Denver once again with a winning shot ","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482523"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482523"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482527,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482523\/revisions\/482527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482523"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=482523"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=482523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}