After the All-Star break, the teams are already in contention for the second half of the season. It is related to the situation of this year's playoffs, so at present, all teams in the East and West have begun to spare no effort, especially in the West, the competition is very fierce. As the leader team in the West in recent years, the Nuggets' overall performance this year can be said to be low and high, their performance at the beginning of the season was not satisfactory, and now they seem to be slowly starting to find a rhythm to win. The Nuggets are now on a nine-game winning streak and are in second place in the West.

The reason why the Nuggets have begun to recover at this stage is closely related to the performance of one person, this person is the team's starting point guard Jamal Murray, Murray's importance to the Nuggets is self-evident, the Nuggets have many games in the playoffs before they relied on Murray's efforts to turn the tide to win, Murray can often hit some key shots in the playoffs, which is of great help to the Nuggets to win at the last critical moment. But Murray was very poor early in the season. The Nuggets' record at the beginning of the season was not satisfactory, but at this stage, Murray has fully found his form and began to explode slowly.

Murray has averaged 44 points per game in his last two games. Murray scored 55 points against the Trail Blazers in the past two days, and today against the Hornets, he scored 34 points again. Murray's performance has eased the pressure on Jokic, who doesn't have to do it on the offensive end. It can be said that the Nuggets are a two-person team of Murray and Jokic, and if the two of them can play very well in blocking and pick-and-roll, then they can easily win a game. It will also be difficult for the opponent to defend against the combination of the two of them, as Murray is also very capable of scoring from mid-range.

So that's why the Nuggets are willing to offer Murray a $200 million contract, and what they want is Murray's explosive scoring and playoff decisiveness. Sometimes a few Murray playoff shots can make a difference to an entire series and save the Nuggets, and his ability to make key shots is something the Nuggets value a lot. Moreover, it is difficult to find a player on the free market who works so well with Jokic, so if Murray can start to get normal in the next games, the Nuggets will still be a force that many teams in the West are afraid of, and they have added a very good player to the team this year.