Jamal Murray didn't quite guarantee a Game 7. He alluded to it, though, in between sips of his blueberry-colored postgame recovery smoothie.
"Very confident," the Denver Nuggets guard said of a return to Oklahoma City.
Before then, there's the matter of Game 6, which is Thursday night in Denver . For the Nuggets, there's also the matter of finding a way to protect a fourth-quarter lead after the Thunder won the last two with late surges to take a 3-2 advantage in the second-round series.
The young Thunder are gaining experience by the moment in their quest to make the franchise's first appearance in the Western Conference finals since 2016. The Nuggets have shown that depth remains a concern as they brace for a win-or-stay-home scenario at Ball Arena.
"We're going to go play the game in Denver, and then we get to come back," Murray said after Tuesday's 112-105 loss in Oklahoma City, hinting at a Game 7 that would take place Sunday. "We've just got to keep a good mindset. It's not like we're playing a bad brand of basketball. It's not like we're playing selfish. It comes down to getting a couple stops to win the game."
