Jamal Murray suffered an ankle injury in Denver’s loss to the Mavericks

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The Denver Nuggets suffered a 131-121 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night, but the scoreboard wasn’t their only concern. Star point guard Jamal Murray sprained his right ankle in the third quarter while passing Denver a growing list of injured starters.

Murray suffered the injury early in the third period and was seen limping into the locker room. The running back would try to come back and finish the quarter, but ended up not playing. He would watch the final minutes from the sidelines as his team was knocked out for the fourth consecutive home game. Murray would finish with just 10 points, nine assists and four rebounds in 26 minutes before an injury forced him out.

“I don’t know how he’s doing. I know he tried (to play), because that’s Jamal. Jamal is tough,” Nuggets head coach David Adelman he said postgame. “If he’s sitting in pain by himself, you know it hurts. I hope that something happened tonight and he can heal for the next two days, and we’ll see him come back.”

The Denver Nuggets’ injury crisis deepens

Murray’s potential absence makes an already difficult situation worse for the Nuggets. He would join fellow starters Aaron Gordon and Christian Brown on the injury report if he is unable to play. Gordon has been sidelined since November 21 with a right hamstring injury and is expected to return in late December or early January. Brown sprained his left ankle on Nov. 12 and is expected to miss at least six weeks.

The star center of the Nuggets Nikola Jokic he acknowledged Murray’s importance while stressing the team’s need to adapt.

“He’s a great player for us. He can score, he can get other people involved,” said Jokic. “But if somebody’s down, we can’t think about him. Some other guy has to step up, and we’ve got to find a way to win the game.”

Murray is scheduled to be evaluated Tuesday to determine the severity of the sprain and his availability.





2025-12-02 13:15:00

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