Jamal Murray channels inner Steph curry vs Lakers, NBA fans praise nuggets star

Jamal Murray's stunning performance helped lift  Denver Nuggets to ir 114-106 victory against Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday (Wednesday IST). Nuggets, having me it this far in playoffs with ir comebacks, cut Lakers' Western Conference Finals le to 2-1. Murray's game was celebrated by fans on Twitter, earning him comparisons to Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry, who is arguably  best shooter in NBA history. 

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Jamal Murray points: Fans react to Murray's crunch-time three-pointers and Curry-like shimmy

"Jamal Murray went full Steph Curry right re. Cashed a deep three, hit em with a shimmy, AND beat LeBron James," one user wrote on Twitter. Murray extended Nuggets le in final quarter with his three-pointer, even shimmying like Warriors star. Murray scored 28 points and 12 assists for Nuggets while shooting an impressive 50% from three-point line. "Jamal Murray is UNREAL!!!!!! That was a Steph Curry shot," wrote ar user. 

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Jamal Murray elbows LeBron James

Lakers vs Nuggets highlights: Murray, Nuggets cut Lakers le to 2-1

Despite LeBron James' 26th playoff triple-double, Lakers were unable to overcome Nuggets le. Though Lakers mand to cut Nuggets 20-point le, Murray's late three-pointers and one incredible assist to Paul Millsap maintained ir le. "Everybody always has us packing our bags and leaving, but we're t rey to go," coach Michael Malone said, before ding that y love bubble. 

"We feel that we should be up 2-1 right w, to be honest," Murray said, explaining that y will be moving on to Game 4. While Nuggets have overcome two 3-1 deficits this season, team has overcome a 3-0 deficit yet. LeBron James too, accepted that while y played well in fourth quarter, initial 36 minutes hurt. Game 4 is scheduled for Thursday, 9:00 PM EST (Friday, 6:30 AM IST). 

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• LeBron James points: 30 PTS, 10 REB, 11 ASTS
• Jamal Murray points: 28 PTS, 8 REBS, 12 ASTS
• Anthony Davis points: 27 PTS, 2 REBS, 1 AST
• Jerami Grant points: 26 PTS, 3 REBS, 1 AST
• Nikola Jokic points: 22 PTS, 10 REBS, 5 ASTS
• Monte Morris points: 14 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST
• Kentavious Caldwell-Pope points: 12 PTS, 3 REBS, 1 AST
• Kyle Kuzma points: 11 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST

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(Im credits: AP)