DNVR Denver Nuggets Podcast
Jamal Murray, Nuggets Offense Shut Down in 2nd Half vs Lakers | DNVR Nuggets Postgame Live
21 Jan 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Sports over everything. I mean, you can take a lot of things over sports right now. Still no.
Not me.
Not me. All right, you're going to have to carry this one.
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barely barely like at the very end yeah it is sick look like it was going to be an easy hit nope we're also in the toyota losers lounge by your front range toyota stores toyota the official vehicle of dnvr the nuggets what a what a game man it was the highest of highs the lowest of lows a tale of two halves just gonna say i dare you to describe this game without saying a tale of two halves
I gave you both the intro line and the title on that one. It really was a tale of two halves.
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Chapter 2: What were the highlights of Jamal Murray's performance in the first half?
A game of runs, if you will. Jesus. First quarter run, our first half run and a second half run. Frustrating, but a lot of stuff to get to. Luckily, I got a two-man partner to run a two-man game. I might get trapped all night. You got to make some shots if I get trapped. D-Line Cove.
Chapter 3: How did the Lakers adjust their defense in the second half?
No.
As a matter of fact, I'm not going to. Listen, the Nuggets don't do it. Why the hell do I have to do it? I'm going to Bruce Brown this thing, man.
Maybe Tim Hardaway Jr.
Chapter 4: Who is most to blame for the Nuggets' loss against the Lakers?
at 0 for 8. If you go 0 for 8 on takes tonight, it'll be rough. This was, as you can tell by our voices, kind of an annoying one. I was very annoyed.
Chapter 5: What were the thoughts on David Adelman's coaching decisions?
I continue to be annoyed. I was disgusted. Short-handed Nuggets continue to look like the short-handed Nuggets. Let's go through a fast breakdown, shall we? Relive our game. Let's just relive it. Nuggets started 4-4 from three. The beginning of this game was awesome.
They still, after that game, still ended up shooting 40% from three. The Nuggets.
They're at 44.8.
Chapter 6: How did the Nuggets' rebounding struggle affect the game?
Pretty good, man. I mean, to be honest, they didn't get any shots in the second half. It was like there was nothing going.
Look at these stats. You kind of think it looks like the Nuggets won.
Chapter 7: What were the key moments that shifted the game's momentum?
Oh, 40.5%. I'm reading it now. Kind of, not really. We don't have rebounds on there.
Chapter 8: What are the implications of this loss for the Nuggets' season moving forward?
That might have told a little bit of a story. Nuggets start 4-4 from three, but Luka Doncic was on fire. It was like the Nuggets three-point shooting versus Luka's shot making, which was just incredible all night. But Spencer Jones, he was absolutely on fire. We had a spend cycle in the first quarter and a Murray flurry. Very rare you get two of those in one quarter. We were eating.
We were feasting 3728 Nuggets after the first quarter. Lakers went on a quick 7-0 run, but the Nuggets clawed back. And then when Murray checked back in, he just found that groove again. Him and Luca were having quite the duel for the first half here. It was incredible to watch. To end this half, though, we get an alley-oop to Aaron Gordon.
Then you get a Luca missed three, tried to go like two for one. Peyton Watson had a huge three. LeBron then got a charge on Spencer Jones. And then Jabal hit a heave. It was the greatest way to end a half you could possibly imagine. Four consecutive great plays for the Nuggets. I love that that was the end of the game. That was the end of the game, to be honest with you. Nuggets were up 71-57.
Ball Arena was rocking. All those Lakers fans in there with their chin straps and their horrible breath. They were so furious. Jamal Murray had 26.7 assists at the half, man. He was incredible. But J.J. Redick. made a genius adjustment. He looked around the Nuggets and he goes, wait, where's Jokic? Where's Cam Johnson? Where's Big Val? Where's Christian Brown? Those guys are all out.
What if we just trap Jamal every time he touches the ball, no matter what, and dare anyone else to beat us? It was a genius adjustment because it worked incredible. Lakers just went on an insane run to start the second half, completely dominating. Nuggets trying to stay afloat.
At the end, they go to the no Luca, yes, LeBron lineup, and LeBron just kind of took over down to the end of that third quarter, and they cut it to two. 88-86, Nuggets going into the fourth, but the Lakers had all the momentum. Jamal did not score in the quarter. Fast forward, tight game, seven minutes left. Nuggets couldn't get anything on.
Oh, it was so lame how shut down the Nuggets offense was with one dumb trap of Jamal Murray. They weren't letting him like turn the corner at all. It was a hard, aggressive trap, very vulnerable to anything outside of that. But Denver just got bad games from so many guys tonight. It was rough. They were completely shut down.
The only glimmer of hope in the entire second half D-line, the entire second half, because they were down like nine or ten points. P-Watt hit a corner three, then stole the inbound, and A.G. hit a three. And you thought, wait a second, the Nuggets haven't had a single good thing happen for 22 minutes, 22 and a half minutes, and all of a sudden they have six points.
You're like, all right, maybe that sparked something. Absolutely not. Absolutely not.
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