Overview
- Murray left in the first quarter after eight minutes with two points on 1-of-3 shooting and one assist.
- Denver clarified he was out due to illness rather than a new injury after he had been cleared to start despite pregame right hamstring tightness.
- Head coach David Adelman said Murray looked awful and had been heavily medicated before departing.
- The Nuggets beat Boston 103–84 as Nikola Jokić took on more initiation with ball-handling by committee.
- In-game updates first listed Murray as questionable to return, and the team later ruled him out as his availability now shifts to day-to-day monitoring.