Lake Buena Vista, Fla. — His will brought the Nuggets back from the dead. But it was his skill — 42 points ain’t too shabby — that allowed Denver to avoid NBA playoff elimination. In the Nuggets’ 117-107 victory against Utah, guard Jamal Murray created a little Disney magic of his own. Not that anybody in America outside of the Rocky Mountains has much noticed. If his name were Luka, would this league love Murray more? On this Tuesday evening, Murray laced up his sneakers in honor of Black lives lost. It’s a cause bigger than basketball for him.In a win-or-go-home playoff game, Murray rocked shoes adorned with the faces of the late Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, whose deaths have inspired a powerful movement demanding racial justice in a persistent manner not seen in these United States since the 1960s. “I wear those Breonna (Taylor) shoes, those George Floyd shoes. We’ve been fighting that battle for 400 years,” Murray said. “The least I can do is go out there on the court and fight my battle and play as hard as I can.” The NBA has a man, woman and child crush on young Dallas guard Luka Doncic. For… Read full this story
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