Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell (45) goes up for a shot as Denver Nuggets’ Jamal Murray (27) defends in the course of the second half of an NBA first-round playoff sport Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Ashley Landis, Related Press
Word: This story is a part of the Deseret Information sports activities group’s Flashback Friday collection, which revisits memorable moments involving Utah groups.
Two years in the past this week, throughout a delayed — and socially distanced — NBA Playoffs at Walt Disney World, Donovan Mitchell and Jamal Murray made historical past collectively.
The 2 guards every scored at the very least 50 factors within the fourth sport of their first-round collection, which the Utah Jazz received 129-127. It was the primary time in NBA Playoffs historical past that a pair of opposing gamers crossed the 50-point scoring threshold, in keeping with NBA.com.
And, because the article famous, that wasn’t the one milestone reached by Mitchell and Murray that night time.
“Murray’s 50-point efficiency (marked) a brand new Nuggets franchise file for factors in a postseason sport,” NBA.com reported. “Mitchell ... turned simply the third participant in NBA historical past to attain 50 greater than as soon as in the identical collection.”
Right here’s how the Deseret Information summarized the epic matchup:
“Mitchell led the Jazz with a game-high 51 factors and added seven assists as well. ... On the Denver facet, Jamal Murray had the very best sport of his younger postseason profession, scoring a team-high 50 factors and connecting on 9 3-pointers.”
The sport 4 win gave the Jazz a commanding 3-1 lead over the Nuggets within the collection, however Denver emerged victorious ultimately.
“We have been this shut,” Mitchell stated after the Jazz misplaced 80-78 in sport seven, in keeping with the Deseret Information. “We have been down and got here again and fought and fought and clawed, and to be that shut, that hurts. I didn’t know what else to do. I used to be exhausted. I simply form of laid there. It sucks.”
The article famous that Murray comforted Mitchell after the sport.
“Murray rushed to Mitchell’s facet, urged him to face up and the 2 embraced,” the Deseret Information reported.
After beating the Jazz, the Nuggets received one other shut collection in opposition to the Los Angeles Clippers earlier than falling to the eventual 2020 NBA champions, the Los Angeles Lakers, within the Western Convention finals.