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Liputan6.com, Jakarta – Jamal Murray was finally able to lead the Denver Nuggets to win the NBA for the first time in history. The Nuggets won the 2022/2023 NBA season after beating the Miami Heat 4-1. The certainty of victory for the Denver Nuggets came on Tuesday (6/13/2023) WIB morning when they beat the Miami Heat 94-89 in Game 5 at the Ball Arena in Denver.

Jamal Murray is very grateful for the achievement, having been sidelined for nearly two seasons with an ACL injury. He just returned to defend the Denver Nuggets late last year. But since his return, Murray has impressed. Throughout the regular season this season, he scored 20 points, 6.2 assists and 4 rebounds per game.

Jamal Murray’s stats increased in the 2023 NBA playoffs. Playing 19 games, he scored 26.7 points, 7.1 assists and 5.5 rebounds per game to help the Denver Nuggets win the NBA competition for the first time since its creation in 1967.

With this feat, Murray can follow in the footsteps of Lamar Odom and Marc Gasol who won the NBA and FIBA ​​World Cup or the Basketball World Cup in the same year. Lamar Odom did it in 2010 with the LA Lakers and the USA basketball team, while Marc Gasol tied that unique record in 2019 with the Toronto Raptors and the Spain national team.

Murray is a member of the Canadian basketball team. He has represented Canada since he was 16, capturing bronze at the FIBA ​​Americas Under-16 Championship in 2013. Two years later, Murray led Canada to silver at the Pan American Games. After being drafted by the Denver Nuggets in 2016, he did not play for Canada. Murray was included in Canada’s big roster but then missed out on the 2019 FIBA ​​Basketball World Cup. An ankle problem a few days before preparation prevented him from playing in China.