I believe Mike Gorman asked Scal if Murray would take a shot to get 50, when the Nuggets had the ball at the end of the game and the shot clock was off. Scal said no. I started laughing, because Murray clearly looked like he wanted one more shot. It was a bush league move, as that shot had the intent to score and get him into the 50 point range. The fact that he knew how many points he had and how far away he was from 50, is the salt in the wound when the game was clearly over.
I’m not sure if the people saying someone should try defending Murray, actually watched that game. The guy was making circus shots, and was unconscious from the field. What bothered me in that game, was the fact that Kyrie (13-17) was shooting even better than Murray (19-30) from the field. I kept on waiting for Kyrie to just take the game over, and go full blown assassin. Someone should have given Kyrie the green light, and told him to keep up with or surpass Murray, so the Celtics could win the game.