Jamal Murray has scored 20+ in 35 playoff games in his career (Denver Nuggets are 27-8).

In playoff games when both Murray and Nikola Jokić score 20+ points, Denver is 24-7.

Murray has scored 20+ in 40% of his regular season games, and 64% of his playoff games (Jokić is 56% and 87%).

The Lakers choosing to switch baskets led to the unbelievable game-winning shot by Jamal Murray to happen right in front of the Nuggets bench.

Made the celebration that much better.

The @Nuggets have 5 Munders in their last 7 playoff games!

Prior to this stretch Denver held opposing teams below 100 in just 2 of the previous 35 playoff games.

Denver has now held each of its last 10 postseason opponents below 50% FG, tying the team's longest streak (2008-09)

In the 2023 NBA Finals, Michael Porter Jr. was 4-28 3pt-FG in the 5 games.

In the 2 games against the Lakers this year, he is 9-17 3pt-FG.

In game 2 he was 6-10 while the rest of the Denver Nuggets were 2-24.

All time NBA playoff triple-doubles:

30, Magic Johnson (in 190 games)
28, LeBron James (in 284 games)
17, Nikola Jokić (in 70 games)

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Playoff games with 25+ points, 20+ rebounds, 10+ assists:

Wilt at Royals 3/22/67
Wilt vs Celtics 4/11/67
Kareem at Knicks 4/13/70
Cowens vs Suns 5/23/76
Nikola Jokić vs Suns 6/11/21
Jokić vs Lakers 5/16/23
Jokić vs Heat 6/7/23
Jokić vs Lakers 4/22/24

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Jamal Murray was 3-16 FG, 6 pts in the first 3 quarters, hen he went 6-8 FG, 14 points in the 4th quarter.

That is the 6th time he has scored 14+ in the 4th quarter of a Denver Nuggets playoff game.

Denver scored 18 points in the paint in the 4th quarter (the Lakers scored 20 total).

The Denver Nuggets have now won 6 straight playoff games against the Lakers, tying for the longest by any team against LA (the Jazz won 6 in 1997-98).

Denver has also won 10 consecutive overall (regular season and postseason) against the Lakers.

The Lakers led by 20 and lost, the 2nd time in their playoff history losing when leading by 20+ (vs the Celtics in 2008 after leading by 24).

The Denver Nuggets had their biggest postseason deficit overcome in franchise history (had overcome 19-point deficits twice before).

For the 3rd time since 1997, a player had a double-double in the first quarter of an NBA playoff game (all 3 involved the Lakers):

Shaq vs Kings on 5/8/01
Nurkic at Lakers on 8/18/20
Nikola Jokic vs Lakers on 4/22/24

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The NBA playoffs so far:

Teams in both conferences seeded 7th and 8th advanced from the play-in games.

In the first round of the playoffs home teams were 8-0, with 6 games decided by 10+ (average margin of victory of 13.3 ppg).

The T-Wolves were the only team to shoot 50% FG.

All time in playoff games between the Nuggets and Lakers, LA had been 18-1 when leading after the first quarter but Denver has won the last 2 times that has happened.

Similarly with halftime leads, as LA had been 21-1 when leading at half but Denver has won the last 3 times.

The Denver Nuggets starters in game 1 vs Lakers had 25 assists to 1 turnover, the best in the NBA postseason since 1984 (next best Bucks 22 and 1 vs Pistons in 2019).

In Nov vs the Rockets Denver’s starters had 32 ast and no TOs (only NBA game this year with no starter having a TO).

The x - Colorado Avalanche lost for the 3rd time in their playoff history since moving to Colorado when having an advantage in shots on goal of +22 of more.

Dallas 4, Avs 1 on 5/21/2000 (Avs +24 SOG)

Arizona 4, Avs 2 on 8/15/2020 (Avs +28 SOG)

Winnipeg 7, Avs 6 on 4/21/2024 (Avs +22 SOG)

How Jokic & Jamal Murray Be Like 😂

An NBA player has had 20+ points, 10+ assists, 5+ rebounds with 0 turnovers in a playoff game 14 times since 1984 (those teams are 14-0).

The last two times have been done by Denver Nuggets players:

Nikola Jokić vs Spurs on 4/27/19
Jamal Murray vs Lakers on 4/20/24

There have been 15 NBA playoff games in which a team had 6 or fewer free throw attempts.

The Heat had 2 FTAs at Denver 6/1/23 and the Denver Nuggets had 6 FTAs vs the Lakers on 4/20/24. In both games those teams had 0 FTAs in the 2nd half (the only 2 such games in playoff history).

Nikola Jokić has scored 20+ points in 20 consecutive playoff games. The only Denver Nuggets player with a longer streak is Alex English (24 in a row).

That is the longest active streak in the NBA (Paul George is at 19 straight).

The Denver Nuggets took 13 fewer free throws than the Lakers in game 1, the 29th time in Denver playoff history with that big a difference.

Denver has now won the last 2 times that has happened, and is 5-24 all time.

The Lakers are 70-12 with a +13 margin in their playoff history.

For the 3rd time in their last 6 playoff games, 3 Denver Nuggets have had a double-double. That has now happened a total of 9 times in Denver postseason history.

This season Denver is 5-0 (regular season plus playoffs) when 3 players have a double-double.