PHOTOS: Denver Nuggets beat Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of NBA Western Conference Finals

© AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post/TNS Jamal Murray (27) of the Denver Nuggets celebrates after ferociously attacking Anthony Davis (3) of the Los Angeles Lakers for a three-pointer during the fourth quarter of the Nuggets’ 108-103 win in Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference Finals at Ball Arena in Denver on Thursday, May 18, 2023. Murray scored 23 points.

Jamal Murray sized up The King and decided he wasn’t afraid of the crown.

Already on a torrid run of devastating daggers, Murray hoisted one more in LeBron James’ face, burying a 30-foot 3-pointer to whip Ball Arena into a chaotic frenzy Thursday night. Murray’s scintillating 23-point fourth quarter built the Nuggets a double-digit lead, and it took everything they had not to squander it amid egregious turnovers.

The Nuggets, though, owe no apologies. Their 108-103 win at Ball Arena staked them to a 2-0 series lead in this Western Conference Finals before the series flips to Los Angeles for Saturday’s Game 3.

“This was a war,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said after the game.

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