

Game 4 player projections for Murray range from as low as 19.8 to as high as 22.3 but none come close to his prop total of 24.5 points for Sunday. That’s smack in between his totals of 23.5 points for Games 1 and 3 and 25.5 for Game 2. Murray, who averages 26.5 points so far in the NBA Playoffs, has a point prop of 24.5 (Under -122) after Game 3’s high-scoring showing. "It may be a little thing, but it takes a lot of energy trying to get the basketball and trying to come off screens clean."

Everybody who guarded him, being up in him, making him feel you coming off screens, making it hard to get catches, forcing him out," Craig added.

Don’t let him get to his spots easy because he’s one of those guys if let him get in the groove, he can get it going,” Craig told the Arizona Republic. The Phoenix Suns drilled down on defending Murray during Saturday’s practice, with key perimeter defender Torrey Craig telling reporters that Phoenix plans to up the physicality when covering Denver’s dangerous point guard. Murray posted 32 points in Game 3 but still struggled with his shooting, going 13-for-39 from the floor including 1-for-6 from beyond the arc. The Denver Nuggets point guard opened this Western semifinal set with a 34-point performance in Game 1 followed by a 10-point egg in Game 2. It’s been feast or famine for Jamal Murray so far in this series. Nuggets vs Suns Game 4 picks and predictions I dissect the point spread and Over/Under total for Game 4 and give my best NBA picks and predictions for Nuggets at Suns on May 7. The pair combined for 86 of Phoenix’s 121 total points and found another gear in crunch time, making up for the injured Chris Paul. That has the Suns laying a slim spread as favorites Sunday.Īfter two losses in Denver, the Suns returned serve with a 121-114 victory at home in Game 3 fueled by the fourth-quarter star power of Kevin Durant and Devin Booker. Heading into Game 4 in Phoenix, the host team is a perfect 3-0 SU and ATS. Home court has held up in the Western Conference semifinal between the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets.
