After a trip to the Western Conference finals in the bubble, things were not going as planned for the Denver Nuggets this season, and the Thursday night defeat to the Washington Wizards was the most recent example. It wasn’t just that they lost, but the bizarre way it all happened.
We will resume things with six seconds remaining in the fourth half. After Raul Neto missed a tray, the Nuggets took the ball and lost by two points. And thanks to a kind of leap in recovery, they are going to the races with a numerical advantage. Pushing the ball in front of him, Jamal Murray led a quick 3 on 1 attack that put the Nuggets in a great position to tie or win the game. So it happened.
Murray resumed his dribbling on the 3-point line, which was a somewhat questionable decision, but at that point he had three teammates to help him. Except all three Nuggets spaced on the 3-point line, although there are no defenders near the edge. With time running out, he fired a pass to Facundo Campazzo, who launched a wave of despair that didn’t come close. Ball game. Nuggets lose.
Without being too much of a prisoner at the time, this was easily one of the worst fasts of all time. Especially when you consider the time and the score. Somehow, no one involved managed to do the right thing, although the positive side was that it led to this hilarious screenshot.
Unbelievable. Even Bradley Beal couldn’t understand how the Wizards escaped.
After the game, Murray logged on to Twitter to apologize to Nuggets fans. “My fault Nuggets, nation”, Murray wrote. “Let’s go to the next one .. STAY WITH US !!”
This was not just Murray’s fault, and if it was more his teammates’ fault for not cutting the basket to an open tray. In any case, this was the fourth defeat in six games for the Nuggets, who are now 17-15 in the season and clinging to the eighth division in the Western Conference.