Murray swishes a half

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Denver’s Jamal Murray scooped up Minnesota’s errant inbounds pass near the sideline, rebalanced his body after carefully keeping his feet in and launched a 55-foot shot at the end of the first half.

Murray crouched down for some extra coaxing of his heave from behind the half-court line, watched the ball sail on track toward the basket and — swish! — struck a pose right in front of the broadcast table.

“So sick. You make something like that, it’s like `OK, at least we know our point guard’s hot,’” said Aaron Gordon, who had 25 points on 12-for-13 shooting Sunday night in the series-tying 115-107 victory over the Timberwolves in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals.

As TNT announcer Kevin Harlan exuberantly called the improbable make, the Nuggets raced over to swarm their teammate in appreciation of the 15-point halftime lead he’d just given them. The celebration didn’t include star Nikola Jokic, who claimed he was already headed to the locker room to rest.