NBA playoffs: Jamal Murray stars as the Nuggets beat the Suns in Game 1

Murray scored 34 points, hitting six of Denver’s 16 3-pointers, and the Nuggets sprinted past the Phoenix Suns 125-107 on Saturday night in Game 1 of their second-round series

STAR TURN: Jamal Murray of the Denver Nuggets with the ball while being guarded by Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns in the first quarter at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. Pic: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

Jamal Murray kept imploring the crowd to get louder and louder with each trip down the floor.

As if the Nuggets point guard even needed to. His play was already rocking the arena.