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NBA Fans Loved Jamal Murray’s Emotional Interview After Winning NBA Title

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It’s been a tough couple of years for Nuggets star point guard Jamal Murray, but Monday night’s NBA title makes it all worth it.

Murray tore his ACL at the end of the 2020–21 season and missed all of last season due to the recovery from the injury. Back and better than ever this season, Murray was key in guiding the Nuggets to their first-ever NBA title. He scored 14 points and added eight rebounds and eight assists in Game 5 on Monday.

He spoke with ESPN’s Lisa Salters after the game about what it meant to reach the mountaintop after overcoming the adversity stemming from the devastating knee injury he suffered two years ago.

“It’s just an amazing feeling, you know?” Murray said as he was overcome with emotion and received thunderous applause from the home crowd in Denver. “Blood, sweat and tears to get back to this point. Everybody on my team in here, everybody on the floor believed in me. Believed in me to get back to myself. We proved a lot of doubters wrong.”

NBA fans loved the interview, as Murray’s return the floor was an inspiration to his team, and his play helped pace Denver on its championship run.

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Here are some of the best reactions to Murray’s postgame interview from NBA Twitter.

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