The Denver Nuggets face the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night in a rematch of the Western Conference Semifinals series. Minnesota defeated Denver in seven games and defeated the 2023 NBA champions in a very hard-fought series.

Minnesota looks very different after trading away Karl-Anthony Towns, and Denver looks different too after losing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in free agency and signing Russell Westbrook and Dario Saric.

Even without Caldwell-Pope, the Nuggets have a lot of cohesion with their starting lineup of Jamal Murray, Christian Braun, Michael Porter Jr., Aaron Gordon and Nikola Jokic. That group suffered a setback in the second half on Friday when Murray was sidelined with a concussion.

Via Nuggets: “Injury update: Jamal Murray will miss the remainder of the game with a concussion.”

Murray has appeared in all five of the Nuggets' games this season and was averaging 18.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists entering Friday. Murray's shooting numbers are down as he came into Friday's game shooting just 37.9 percent from the field and 35.0 percent from three.

At the time of his exit against Minnesota, Murray had recorded six points, three assists and two rebounds in 22 minutes of play. Hopefully this doesn't end in an extended absence for Murray and the Nuggets.

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