Career best, four games

Murray has the best four-game stretch of his career

Jamal Murray averaged 38.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 6.8 assists over four games from Aug. 21 to 30, shooting 57 for 97, and the Nuggets went 2-⁠2.

By Performance Score the four add up to +60.4, the best four-game stretch of his 317 games.

The best of them was 50 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists at Utah on Aug. 23, +24.3. He went 16 for 22 at the rim, 8 for 13 in the paint and 9 for 19 from mid-range. His 138 points from the field came on 97 shots, 38.6 more than the league scores from the same zones. Nikola Jokić set up 12 of his 57 baskets.

His old best four, +39.2, came Aug. 19 to 25: 29.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 6.3 assists a game, 1-⁠3.

The four games

Game	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TO	+/−	PS
Aug. 21, 2020at UTA, playoffs	L 87-124	27	12	5	6	1	1	5-16	2-8	0-0	1	−12	−1.0
Aug. 23, 2020at UTA, playoffs	L 127-129	43	50	11	7	0	1	18-31	9-15	5-5	0	+5	+24.3
Aug. 25, 2020vs UTA, playoffs	W 117-107	41	42	8	8	1	0	17-26	4-8	4-4	0	+20	+20.3
Aug. 30, 2020at UTA, playoffs	W 119-107	43	50	5	6	0	0	17-24	9-12	7-9	5	+12	+16.8
Four games	2-2	154	154	29	27	2	2	57-97	24-43	16-18	6	+25	+60.4

PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.

His shots, all four games

His shots: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange. Click any shot for the play.

Jamal Murray

154 PTS · 57-97 FG · 24-43 3P · 16-18 FT

57-97 FG 58.8%24-43 3P 55.8%

138 points from the field on 97 shots: 38.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.

By zone, against the league
Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	16-22	72.7%	64%
In the paint	8-13	61.5%	40%
Mid-range	9-19	47.4%	40%
Corner 3	2-3	66.7%	39%
Above-the-break 3	22-40	55.0%	35%

His old best four

Game	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TO	+/−	PS
Aug. 19, 2020vs UTA, playoffs	L 105-124	30	14	3	4	0	0	6-13	1-2	1-1	3	−20	−4.4
Aug. 21, 2020at UTA, playoffs	L 87-124	27	12	5	6	1	1	5-16	2-8	0-0	1	−12	−1.0
Aug. 23, 2020at UTA, playoffs	L 127-129	43	50	11	7	0	1	18-31	9-15	5-5	0	+5	+24.3
Aug. 25, 2020vs UTA, playoffs	W 117-107	41	42	8	8	1	0	17-26	4-8	4-4	0	+20	+20.3
Four games	1-3	142	118	27	25	2	2	46-86	16-33	10-10	4	−7	+39.2

His shots: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange. Click any shot for the play.

Jamal Murray

118 PTS · 46-86 FG · 16-33 3P · 10-10 FT

46-86 FG 53.5%16-33 3P 48.5%

108 points from the field on 86 shots: 19.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.

By zone, against the league
Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	15-23	65.2%	64%
In the paint	4-10	40.0%	40%
Mid-range	11-20	55.0%	40%
Corner 3	1-2	50.0%	39%
Above-the-break 3	15-31	48.4%	35%