WATCH: Donovan Mitchell, Jamal Murray Dueling 50-pt Games
If you missed the Jazz-Nuggets game on Sunday night, you missed a crazy battle between Donovan Mitchell and Jamal Murray. Both 23-year old guards went off for 50-point games, with Mitchell (51 points) edging out Murray (50) and getting the last laugh with a 129-127 win. Utah now leads the series 3-1. They’ll play again on Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. ET on TNT.
This was the second 50-pt game of the series for Mitchell. As for Murray, it was his playoff career-high and career-high in general; his previous high was a 48-point game during last year’s regular season.