The days pass, the regular season ends and the situation has still not changed in Denver. Michael Porter Jr. and Jamal Murray did not play again and according to The Athletic, we should not see them again in the playoffs.
For the first, the Denver Post has already mentioned a new relapse in his rehabilitation from his back surgery in November, drastically reducing his chances of returning for this season.
For the second, everything is going well, his rehabilitation is ending and the Colorado franchise has left the ball in the playmaker’s court. It is therefore Jamal Murray who will decide whether or not to return, a year after his ligament rupture. crossed in April 2021. Will he take the risk of returning to the playoffs?
It’s hard to imagine when you remember that, a few days ago, Michael Malone was talking about the difficulty of bringing him back at the end of the regular season against “a complicated period because each match is so important”. The coach spoke about “a balance between trying to reintegrate a player and knowing that every game counts”. It will be even worse in the first round…
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Nikola Jokic | 74 | 33.5 | 58.3 | 33.7 | 81.0 | 2.8 | 11.0 | 13.8 | 7.9 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 27.1 |
| Aaron Gordon | 75 | 31.7 | 52.0 | 33.5 | 74.3 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| Will Barton | 71 | 32.1 | 43.8 | 36.5 | 80.3 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 14.7 |
| Monte Morris | 75 | 29.9 | 48.4 | 39.5 | 86.9 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 12.6 |
| Jeff Green | 74 | 24.7 | 51.8 | 31.7 | 83.2 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 10.2 |
| Bones Hyland | 68 | 18.9 | 40.3 | 37.0 | 85.2 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 10.0 |
| Michael Porter, Jr. | 9 | 29.4 | 35.9 | 20.8 | 55.6 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 9.9 |
| Demarcus Cousins | 30 | 13.6 | 44.7 | 31.0 | 72.8 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 8.6 |
| Bryn Forbes | 34 | 16.9 | 42.4 | 40.6 | 90.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 8.1 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 40 | 16.8 | 53.7 | 48.7 | 61.3 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 6.6 |
| Jamychal Green | 66 | 16.1 | 48.1 | 26.8 | 87.9 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 6.4 |
| austin rivers | 66 | 22.1 | 41.7 | 34.4 | 72.7 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 6.0 |
| Pj Dozier | 18 | 18.9 | 36.4 | 31.2 | 76.9 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 5.4 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 64 | 18.4 | 36.3 | 30.0 | 76.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 5.1 |
| Vlatko Cancar | 14 | 10.9 | 56.4 | 58.3 | 75.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| davon reed | 47 | 13.6 | 49.7 | 42.2 | 83.3 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 4.1 |
| Markus Howard | 30 | 5.1 | 36.9 | 41.9 | 86.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| bowl bowl | 14 | 5.8 | 55.6 | 25.0 | 40.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| Rayjon Tucker | 3 | 9.8 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| James Ennis | 3 | 4.6 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| Petr Cornelie | 13 | 2.9 | 33.3 | 12.5 | 75.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| carlik jones | 2 | 2.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |