Thursday’s game 6 matchup between Danver Nagets and Oklahoma City Thunder was one important for both teams.
Of course, Nagets entered Thursday’s competition, who was looking to win his home court to keep his season alive, while Thunders were looking to achieve a series with a win and proceed to the finals of the Western Conference.
These were the nuggets who won in Game 6 as they were able to take the victory of 119–107 behind a major second half.
Denwar Nagets Center Nikola Jokik (15) and Guard Jamal Murray (27) © Ron Chenoy-Imagon Images
Nikola Jokik led the victory for Nugets with 29 points, 14 rebounds and eight assistance in Thursday’s victory, while Christian Braun scored 23 points and 11 rebound adds and Julian Strawon scored a playoff career-hai 15 points from the bench.
While these three players were big in Thursday’s victory, Nugets Star Guard Jamal Murray also played an important role.
Murray recorded 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assistance in 42 minutes in Denwar’s game 6 win over Oklahoma City.
Denwar Nagets Guard Jamal Murray (27)
Of course, Murray was listed as a suspect one hour before the tipoff after battling a disease. Fortunately, for Nugets, he was able to play and was able to keep his most full game of playoffs together on Thursday night.
After Thursday’s victory, Murray was asked if there was no chance to play in Game 6 after dealing with any disease.
“I was always going to play,” Murray replied.
"I was always going to play."
Jamal died ahead of his reported illness ahead of the game 6 💪 pic.twitter.com/puvznrqufr
– NBA TV (@nbatv) May 16, 2025
This was a clear five-word statement by Murray and it is clear that the disease was not only going to ignore the star guard, but it was also not very impressed.
It was an incredible performance from Murray on Thursday night and the Star Guard will now have two days to rest and on Sunday, Oklahoma City will be ahead of the disease before Game 7, where the Nagets will need to come back again to come up again if they want to move forward in the final of the Western Conference.