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WATCH: Jamal Murray's Emotional Reaction to Winning NBA Championship

Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets are NBA Champions

Joey Linn

WATCH: Jamal Murray's Emotional Reaction to Winning NBA Championship
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After overcoming an ACL injury, Denver Nuggets star Jamal Murray shared an emotional reaction to winning the 2023 NBA Championship. Interviewed at mid-court after the series-clinching victory, Murray spoke on what it meant to overcome such a major injury to reach this point.

"It's just an amazing feeling," Murray said. "Blood, sweat, and tears to get back to this point. Everybody on my team here, everybody on the floor believed in me... We proved a lot of doubters wrong."

While Nikola Jokic has rightfully received most of the recognition for his historically great run, the Nuggets do not win this championship without Murray's special run as well. A playoff riser throughout the course of his career, Murray took it to another level this postseason, turning in incredible performances in route to a title.

The ACL recovery process is extensive and difficult, but Murray stuck with it, and it resulted in himself and the Nuggets winning an NBA championship. Murray was every bit of a superstar during this run, which is especially impressive when looking at his career as a whole. Never an All-Star, Murray does not have the individual accolades that other NBA stars have, but he has more signature playoff moments than a lot of those players.

Now an NBA champion, Murray gets to celebrate in front of his home crowd in Denver.

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Joey Linn
JOEY LINN

Title: Credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation Email: joeylinn52@gmail.com Education: Communication Studies degree from Biola University Location: Los Angeles, California Expertise: NBA analysis and reporting Experience: Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined Sports Illustrated's FanNation to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams during his time in school. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts, combined with his excellence in the classroom, earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time across multiple platforms, primarily serving as a credentialed Clippers beat writer.

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