For the first time in the Nikola Jokic era, the Denver Nuggets will face the Oklahoma City Thunder in a playoff series.

But OKC has five perimeter defenders (Alex Caruso, Jalen Williams, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Cason Wallace and Lu Dort) who ranked in the 89th percentile or higher in defensive estimated plus-minus (one of the most trusted catch-all metrics in NBA front offices). And all five will get their shots at Murray.

It wasn't that long ago he was introduced as the new Oklahoma City Thunder head coach with confusion and skepticism. Five years later, he's gone from an unknown to a household name. The Coach of the Year winner is now the sixth-longest tenured NBA head coach after Gregg Popovich recently announced his retirement from the San Antonio Spurs job.