Point guard Jamal Murray is back, and so is the Denver Nuggets' potent two-star game alongside Nikola Jokic, just in time for the playoffs. Murray scored 15 points in his return to the Nuggets' lineup Friday night after missing six games with a sprained ankle and he hit a couple of clutch shots in the fourth quarter that helped Denver rally past the Memphis Grizzlies 117-109.

The Nuggets could use an enema. Everything that isn’t Joker or Aaron Gordon has gotta go. But Murray’s four-year, $208.5-million extension through 2029 makes his contract about as easy to move as a baby grand up 12 flights of stairs.

Denver Nuggets players grew tired of Michael Malone giving Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray “preferential treatment,” an NBA source told.