Nuggets guard Jamal Murray shoots 20-for-36, including seven 3-pointers, to register a career-high 55 points.
DENVER (AP) — The only thing hotter than Jamal Murray’s jumper on Wednesday night might have been his temper.
The Denver guard was still carrying a grudge against the Portland Trail Blazers over being ejected for some trash talking on Monday night. Facing them again two days later, Murray let his play do his chirping with a career-best 55 points the Nuggets’ 132-121 victory.
“They (the Trail Blazers) shouldn’t have done that,” Nuggets forward Zeke Nnaji said about the trash talk. “When he’s mad, there’s no one in the world that can stop him.”
Murray conjured up visions…