Jamal Murray recently revealed that he had to deal with plantar fasciitis, which may explain his difficulties this season, with statistics and efficiency largely in decline…
And if he didn't start too badly against the Kings, his second and third quarters were very, very complicated, at 2/12 shooting. Sacramento had thus regained the advantage in the game and as Nikola Jokic was not necessarily having a very great night either, it smelled quite bad for Mike Malone's players.
Except that Jamal Murray will relaunch in the last quarter, to score 15 of his 28 points, 5/7 shooting including 3/3 from distance, including the winning shot against De'Aaron Fox. Did you say “clutch”?
Airs of Portland
“Jamal is fighting. He did a lot of good things tonight, six assists, no turnovers, but we need Jamal” reminds his coach. “He knows it. We know it. So even if he is not skillful, if he takes the right shots, if he defends, if he makes the right choices, we trust him because we know what he is capable of doing. »
Like taking the “money-time” to your account to succeed in the heist, therefore.
“One of my assistants made an interesting parallel after the match. At this time of year (in 2022), we played in Portland, while he was coming back from his cruciate ligament surgery, and from there, Jamal Murray was back to being the Jamal Murray we had grown to love . And maybe this evening, this fourth quarter with 15 points, which gives us an important away victory against a team that had us on the ropes, it will boost his confidence and his state of mind. general. »
On December 9, 2022, Jamal Murray was in difficulty for three quarters on the Blazers field, in order to be decisive and get back on track with his career. Repeated this season?
| Jamal Murray | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2016-17 | DEN | 82 | 22 | 40.4 | 33.4 | 88.3 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 9.9 |
| 2017-18 | DEN | 81 | 32 | 45.1 | 37.8 | 90.5 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 16.7 |
| 2018-19 | DEN | 75 | 33 | 43.7 | 36.7 | 84.8 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 18.2 |
| 2019-20 | DEN | 59 | 32 | 45.6 | 34.6 | 88.1 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 18.5 |
| 2020-21 | DEN | 48 | 36 | 47.7 | 40.8 | 86.9 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 21.2 |
| 2022-23 | DEN | 65 | 33 | 45.4 | 39.8 | 83.3 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 20.0 |
| 2023-24 | DEN | 59 | 32 | 48.1 | 42.5 | 85.3 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 21.2 |
| 2024-25 | DEN | 18 | 36 | 42.5 | 33.7 | 80.9 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 17.9 |
| Total | 487 | 31 | 45.1 | 37.8 | 86.4 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 17.5 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
