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NBC Sports
17-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Nuggets' Aaron Gordon suffers hamstring strain, availability for Game 7 Sunday in serious doubt
Aaron Gordon, who has been clutch for the Nuggets throughout these playoffs and is a key reason there is a Game 7 for Denver on Sunday in Oklahoma City, will very likely miss that game with a strained hamstring. The strain diagnosis was first reported by ESPN's Shams Charania and has since been confirmed by multiple reports. Gordon appeared to strain his hamstring in the final minutes of the Nuggets' Game 6 win on Thursday, rubbing it and moving slowly on the court, then he checked himself out of the game in the final minute. After the game Gordon said he would be okay, however, coach David Adelman was concerned about his status. As has been discussed with Stephen Curry and his hamstring strain, that is an injury that usually takes around 10 days to heal. Gordon has averaged 16.8 points and 7.3 rebounds a game while playing clutch defense in these playoffs. More than that, he hit this clutch shot against the Clippers. AARON GORDON DUNK AT THE BUZZER FOR THE NUGGETS WIN!!! 🚨🚨 ONE OF THE CRAZIER ENDINGS YOU'LL SEE 🤯😱#TissotBuzzerBeater#YourTimeDefinesYourGreatness And this clutch shot against Oklahoma City in Game 1. AARON GORDON 3 FOR THE WIN!!!@nuggets take Game 1 in a THRILLER 🤯 'There's certain people in our league I would define as championship pieces, I think we say that too much, he is one those people, he is a definition of that and he always has been since he got to us,' Adelman said of Gordon earlier this postseason. That's the kind of player the Nuggets need to step up on Sunday, but Denver will have to go without him.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
The Nuggets vs. Thunder win probability chart after the Aaron Gordon shot is mesmerizing
The Nuggets vs. Thunder win probability chart after the Aaron Gordon shot is mesmerizing The Denver Nuggets had a highly improbable comeback win versus the Oklahoma City Thunder during the first game of the Western Conference semifinals. Oklahoma City held a lead as large as 14 points while at home during the opening matchup of the Western Conference semifinals. After completing a 15-4 run to end the game, per ESPN, Denver became the first team to erase a nine-point lead over the course of the final three minutes since 2015. This was all possible because just days after he also had a game-winning dunk in the first round of the playoffs, Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon once again came up in the clutch with a massive 3-pointer. ADVERTISEMENT Advertisement More: Aaron Gordon's series-saving dunk proved just how difficult it will be to actually bury the Nuggets AARON GORDON 3 FOR THE WIN!!!@nuggets take Game 1 in a THRILLER 🤯 — NBA (@NBA) May 6, 2025 More: 1 stat shows just how doomed the Nuggets might be against the Thunder in the playoffs To illustrate just how improbable it was for Denver to pull off this comeback, let's take a look at some win probability charts. ADVERTISEMENT Advertisement Here is one from Inpredictable, which shows just how in control Oklahoma City was until the final seconds of the game: Here is another version from ESPN Analytics, who pegged Oklahoma City with an 89.1 percent chance of winning with just 13.2 seconds remaining in regulation. But thanks to Gordon's heroics, he was able to reverse the course of the game: Love an wild win probability chart swing. Another epic Aaron Gordon and Nuggets moment! — Kevin Lytle (@Kevin_Lytle) May 6, 2025 More: The Celtics and Thunder played like losers so they lost ADVERTISEMENT Advertisement Fortunately for Oklahoma City, they weren't the only top-seeded team to play poorly in the series opener. Cleveland and Boston also had similarly difficult Game 1 performances despite entering the games as a favorites. This article originally appeared on For The Win: The Nuggets vs. Thunder win probability chart after the Aaron Gordon shot is mesmerizing
The 42
06-05-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Jokic-inspired Nuggets stun Thunder, Knicks down Celtics
AARON GORDON SCORED a last-gasp three-pointer and Nikola Jokic produced a 42-point masterpiece as the Denver Nuggets stunned the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder 121-119 in a dramatic NBA Western Conference semi-final series opener. Nuggets forward Gordon drained a 25-foot effort from outside the arc with four seconds remaining to snatch victory against a Thunder line-up who had led by as many as 14 points in the third quarter at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. AARON GORDON 3 FOR THE WIN!!!@nuggets take Game 1 in a THRILLER 🤯 — NBA (@NBA) May 6, 2025 The Thunder continued to lead by double digits for much of the fourth quarter, but saw their advantage evaporate after 18 points from Serbian star Jokic in the final frame. The towering three-time NBA Most Valuable Player finished with 22 rebounds, six assists, two blocks and a steal in addition to his 42-point tally. NIKOLA JOKIĆ WAS SPECTACULAR IN GAME 1 🤯🔥 🃏 42 PTS (26 in 2H) 🃏 22 REB 🃏 6 AST 🃏 2 BLK Only the fourth player to record 40/20/5 in the playoffs in NBA history! — NBA (@NBA) May 6, 2025 Oklahoma City were left ruing two missed free throws from forward Chet Holmgren with 10 seconds remaining with his team defending a slender 119-118 lead. Those misses proved costly, with Denver rebounding and launching the final offensive raid that ended with Gordon's winning three-pointer. Denver interim coach David Adelman paid tribute to the all-round effectiveness of Gordon, who finished with 22 points and 14 rebounds. Advertisement 'I'm looking at ball-handling, responsibilities, leadership — he is a Denver Nugget, the soul of our team,' Adelman said. 'So cool to see him have a moment like that.' Gordon said the Nuggets' calmness under pressure had helped them close out the win. 'A lot of guys stepped up,' he said. 'We had poise and a belief that we were going to win no matter the circumstances.' Gordon and Jokic were backed by 21 points from Jamal Murray and 18 points from Russell Westbrook. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led Oklahoma City with 33 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, with Alex Caruso scoring 20 off the bench after shooting five three-pointers. Game two of the best-of-seven series takes place on Wednesday. In the Eastern Conference semi-finals, a pulsating battle in Boston saw the New York Knicks dig deep to edge past the reigning champion Celtics 108-105 after Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby scored 29 points apiece for New York. Down 20 points midway through the 3rd quarter... Watch the @nyknicks storm back to take Game 1 in an OT thriller! 🚨 It was the largest postseason comeback from New York in the play-by-play era (1997-98). — NBA (@NBA) May 6, 2025 Brunson — the 40-point hero of New York's series-clinching win over Detroit last week — was once again in superb form as the Knicks climbed out of a 72-52 hole in the third quarter to snatch game one at the TD Garden. Brunson's 29 points included five-of-nine from three-point range, with Anunoby pouring in six three-pointers in his 29-point haul. Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum led Boston's scoring with 23 points apiece on a miserable shooting night for the Celtics, who missed 45 three-point attempts — the most ever missed threes in a playoff game. 'It was a great team win,' Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said. 'We started well, then we fell into a hole and then we fought our way out and then we made tough plays down the stretch,' Thibodeau added. Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said lax defense in the second half cost his team dearly. 'We left some of their good shooters open,' Mazzulla said. 'There's detail stuff that we have to be better at.' Brown, who shot only seven-of-20 from the field and made only one-of-10 attempted three-pointers, said the Celtics would not get hung up on their wayward shooting night as they prepare for game two in Boston on Wednesday. 'We had a historic night of missed three-pointers,' Brown acknowledged. 'We'll take a look and kind of see what the energy was. 'In reality you've got to have a short-term memory — throw it away and get ready for game two. 'We don't have time to let stuff carry over.' – © AFP 2025
