Jamal Murray had a night to forget amid the Denver Nuggets‘ embarrassing loss on Thursday. The lethal guard did not affect the game as the Minnesota Timberwolves defenders sidelined him for the entire game. It was the Wolves guard Anthony Edwards who stood out with 27 points. Amid this disappointment, Murray faced another blow off the court. However, this time he had support to save him.

Following the 115-70 blowout loss, ‘Bubble Murray’ went viral for a remark he made during the pressers. When a reporter asked about ‘Ant-Man’s defense of him, Murray started his response with “Who? “. This was enough for NBA Retweet, X user to blow it out of proportion. The user misread the context and covered the situation as if the Nuggets guard made an adamant remark about the 22-year-old.

However, the user’s claim was far from reality as it’s an entirely different story. Tony Jones, a reporter, took the noble task of breaking the misinformation and clarified it with a fact. Importantly, Jones also claimed that he was only five feet from the reporter when Murray reported.

In reality, Jamal Murray wasn’t taking a shot at Anthony Edwards. Instead, he showered with praise. When the reporter asked him about Edwards’ defense, Murray wanted to clarify if the reporter wanted to know the star’s defense on which Nuggets player and asked, “Who? For me?”. Once the reporter confirmed, he went ahead, answering with no hesitation.

Murray blamed his injured elbow as the restricting factor on his poor shooting night and said, “It was more offensively for him. it wasn’t him guarding me … He was scoring on the other end, scoring at a great rate.”

The reigning NBA Champion had a tough night as he dropped only 10 points with an embarrassing 4-18 FG in a series decider. Now that the series is again tied at 3-3, the pressure falls on him.

Story of Jamal Murray in the semifinal series?

The 27-year-old entered the semi-final series as a superstar after his first-round heroics. While the Lakers had all the potential to drag the series to Game 7, Jamal Murray killed their hopes with two game-winning daggers. It seemed like Murray would overpower Nikola Jokić and take the Nuggets to back-to-back. But the Wolves’ defenders kept him at bay, almost throughout the entire series.

He had two disappointing games in this series, shooting under 22% from the field. In Game 2, he recorded his poorest run in this postseason with a 3-18 FG. And tonight, he repeated it with a 4-18 FG, completely shutting himself down. While he should have been acting as a second fiddle for Jokic, instead, he turned into a burden.

Notably, there is a pattern in his two poor nights. Whenever the ‘Joker‘ has had a poor shooting night, Murray has also joined him with an even poorer stat line. The Wolves defenders might have to watch the films from Game 2 and Game 6 before stepping into the showdown. In Game 2, Joker recorded 16 points with a 5-13 FG, and tonight he scored 22 points with a 9-19 record. He scored over 32 points on three occasions, including a 40-pointer.

What more can Jamal Murray do to escape the Wolves’ defenders? Let us know in the comments.