NBA Season 2025-26

[Roy H.]

Jamal Murray logged 36 mins with only 5 points. If he played just an average game they may have won comfortably in LA.

Hopefully these two teams meet in round 1. Would be another classic rematch and maybe Lebron's nightmare reminder

ah, the full Jamal Murray experience the last 11 games.

Points Scored
5
39
30
21
12
28
45
25
39
2

That is what you always get with him.  He looks like the best player on the floor one game and the next you don't even realize he even played in the game because he does nothing.

They need him.  The year they won the title, he was Good Jamal Murray.  He just can't sustain it.  When good, he is very good.

That ten game run is pretty impressive even with a couple of stinkers.  24.6 ppg.  Incidentally, those are Murray's only single digit performances of the season.

[Donoghus]

Jamal v. Jaylen was a fun debate around these parts a couple of years ago.

[Phantom255x]

Minnesota had a bad start to the game, but rebounded and are up 6 at halftime vs. OKC

I've said OKC-SAS-DEN are Tier 1 in the West for this year's postseason IMO, but Minnesota to me is a real darkhorse that wouldn't surprise me if they made a run to the Finals. They remind me a bit of the Celtics in the late 2010s/early 2020s, that made a handful of deep runs and often times overachieved but also got bored in the regular season yet they could turn it up in the playoffs.

Could this be Minnesota's time to break through? Feels like the Wolves are going through the motions at some points of the season, but come playoff time they could emerge. IIRC they are also 4-4 so far against DEN/SAS/OKC this year, and even a few of their losses were super close to the end. They can hang with them and have the roster to do so, even if they might lack a true consistent #2 (Randle is really good, I don't view him as that).