Luke Walton furious with Jamal Murray late in Lakers-Nuggets game
Murray previously drew the ire of the Lakers by dribbling around Lonzo Ball in an earlier game
Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton goes off on Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray late in their game. Murray previously drew the ire of the Lakers by dribbling around Lonzo Ball in an earlier game.
Per ESPN, For the second time this season, the Los Angeles Lakers left a loss in Denver upset with Jamal Murray's late-game antics.
Lakers coach Luke Walton said the Nuggets guard was acting "disrespectful" at the end of the Nuggets' 125-116 victory Friday.
Murray shot free throws late and Lakers point guard Isaiah Thomas and Murray exchanged words, with Thomas following Murray toward the Nuggets bench during an ensuing timeout with 19.8 seconds remaining.
"I felt like for the second time we played here, Murray was being a little disrespectful at the end of the game," said Walton, who would not go into specifics. "[It was] just some trash-talking toward our guys."