Lakers fans let Jamal Murray know exactly how they felt about him during Tuesday night’s game, and even one of Murray’s fellow Kentucky Wildcats is not coming to his defense after the Denver Nuggets guard has become publicly enemy No. 1 in Los Angeles.
After Murray was mercilessly booed and showered with unflattering chants on Tuesday, Lakers big man Julius Randle was critical of him for his “antics.”
Julius Randle on Jamal Murray: “This is my team and I’m not going to let the antics fly.” pic.twitter.com/jt8r5AaPNR
— Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) March 14, 2018
Like Murray, Randle played his college ball at Kentucky. However, it’s not surprising that Randle is siding with Lakers fans.
In Denver’s win over the Lakers on Friday, Murray got under the skin of Lonzo Ball and others with his trash talking and taunts. There was already some history there, as the former No. 7 overall pick appeared to try to show up Ball back in December when he dribbled around him as the final seconds were ticking off the clock.
Jamal Murray dribbles the ball around Lonzo Ball. Julius Randle and Brandon Ingram wasn’t happy about that.
pic.twitter.com/KgFtDXMBbQ— NBA Inside Stuff (@NBAInside_Stuff) December 3, 2017
Lakers fans didn’t forget any of that, and they taunted Murray in unison on Thursday. Clearly, Randle and other L.A. players thought the Nuggets star deserved it.
