Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray and Utah Jazz shooting guard Donovan Mitchell are having a battle of the ages that will be decided with a Game 7.
The Western Conference quarterfinals matchup between the No.3 Denver Nuggets and No.6 Utah Jazz is going to a Game 7. After the Nuggets swept the regular-season series against their Northwest Division rivals 3-0, the Jazz took a 3-1 series lead — only for the Nuggets to tie the series. While the second-seeded LA Clippers await the winner for a Game 1 that would be played Thursday, the Nuggets and Jazz will give us one more entry into the most fascinating duel of the playoffs so far: Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray versus Utah Jazz shooting guard Donovan Mitchell. Through six games, Mitchell, a 2020 All-Star, leads all players in scoring this postseason with 232 points, an average of 38.7. Right behind Mitchell is Murray, with the fourth-year pro scoring 204 total points and an average of 34.0 against the Jazz. There have been four 50-point games in this 2020 NBA postseason. That is the most 50-point games in a single postseason in NBA history, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. Editor’s PicksThe Boston Celtics’ depth is showing up in these playoffsLuka Doncic and the Mavericks’ championship window is approaching 1 Related All four 50-point games have come from Mitchell and Murray in this series. And according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the duels between Murray and Mitchel that saw them score more than 40 points apiece twice this series marks the first time that a pair of opposing players have done that multiple times in a playoff series.
