After escaping with two wins in the first four games of their Western Conference playoff series, the Denver Nuggets had their best showing against the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 5 on Tuesday night thanks to Jamal Murray's 43-point night.

Murray makes eight 3-pointers on his way to 43 points, Russell Westbrook scores 21 off the bench and the Nuggets hand the Clippers a 131-115 defeat in Denver. Game 6 is Thursday in Inglewood.

Jamal Murray has broken the hearts of the Los Angeles Lakers in the playoffs so many times, he figured it was time to do the same to the LA Clippers. This time it wasn't a back-breaking buzzer-beater,