Jamal Murray scored 34 points, hitting six of Denver's 16 three-pointers, and the Nuggets sprinted past the visiting Phoenix Suns 125-107 on Saturday night in Game 1 of their second-round series.
Reigning back-to-back NBA MVP Nikola Jokic had 24 points and 19 rebounds, while Aaron Gordon finished with 23 points for the No.
1 seed in the Western Conference. But this was the Murray Show, where he went six of 10 from three-point land and frequently exhorted for more noise from the already raucous crowd.
Kevin Durant scored 29 points for the Suns, with Devin Booker adding 27 and Chris Paul 11. Booker averaged 37.2 points in a first-round series win over the Los Angeles Clippers.
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